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Call Number: SC1009
Creator:
Sheehan, James J.
Title: James J. Sheehan papers
Dates: 1974-1999
Bulk Dates: 1993-1997
Physical Description:
5.5 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
The materials were the gift of James Sheehan, 2010, 2011.
The materials are partially restricted. Accession 2011-204, Advisory Board materials (boxes 2-3), are restricted. See below
for details.
James J. Sheehan Papers (SC1009). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
The Commission on Undergraduate Education was created by Stanford University President Gerhard Casper in April 1993; it was
charged with a comprehensive, year-long study of undergraduate education. James J. Sheehan, professor of history, was appointed
its chair.
The records include minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, press coverage, and background materials. Background materials
of notes include press coverage on the CIV/Western Culture debate at Stanford, 1986-1990; and a report by James L. Gibbs,
"Stanford Undergraduate Education in the Seventies: A Call for Educating the Whole Person" 1974.
Gibbs, James Lowell.
Sheehan, James J.
Stanford University. Commission on Undergraduate Education..
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--California
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Universities and colleges--Administration.