Guide to the James J. Sheehan Papers

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
February 2011
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.


Overview

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

Administrative Information

Provenance

The materials were the gift of James Sheehan, 2010, 2011.

Information about Access

The materials are partially restricted. Accession 2011-204, Advisory Board materials (boxes 2-3), are restricted. See below for details.

Cite As

James J. Sheehan Papers (SC1009). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical note

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.

Scope and Contents note

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.

Access Terms

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.


 

Accession ARCH-2010-135 Stanford University Commission on Undergraduate Education records 1974-1995

Box 1, Folder 1

Commission, formation and charge 1993

Box 1, Folder 2

Board of Trustees 1993 Sep-Oct

Box 1, Folder 3

Commission, statements by G. Casper 1993

Box 1, Folder 4

Commission suggested membership

Box 1, Folder 5

Commission membership and C.V.'s

Box 1, Folder 6

CUE membership, sub-committees

Box 1, Folder 7

Commission, Faculty Senate 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 8

CUE minutes 1993 Oct.-Dec.

Box 1, Folder 9

CUE minutes 1994 Jan, March 14

Box 1, Folder 10

CUE minutes 1994 Mar 25-Jun

Box 1, Folder 11

CUE Final Report, working draft 1994 Jul 25

Box 1, Folder 12

Responses to final draft 1994 Aug-Sep

Box 1, Folder 13

Final Report, language requirement

Box 1, Folder 14

Final Report, BR [Breadth Requirements]

Box 1, Folder 15

Final Report, CIV

Box 2, Folder 1

Final Report, the major

Box 2, Folder 2

Final Report, grades, etc.

Box 2, Folder 3

Final Report, calendar

Box 2, Folder 4

Final Report, technology

Box 2, Folder 5

Final Report, general advising

Box 2, Folder 6

Final Report, residential education

Box 2, Folder 7

Final Report, governance, etc.

Box 2, Folder 8

Report of the Subcommittee on Academic Environment 1994 June

Box 2, Folder 9

BR [Breadth Requirements] Subcommittee 1993-1994

Box 2, Folder 10

Report of the subcommittee on The Major 1994 March

Box 2, Folder 11

Alumni response

Box 2, Folder 12

Center for Teaching and Learning (SU) publications

Box 2, Folder 13

CIV/Western Culture debate 1987-1988

Box 3, Folder 1

CIV/Western Culture debate 1986-1990

Box 3, Folder 2

CIV/Western Culture debate, press materials 1986-1990

Box 3, Folder 3

CIV/Western Culture debate, coverage in Campus Report 1988

Box 3, Folder 4

Committee on Undergraduate Studies, background materials 1989-1993

Box 3, Folder 5

Correspondence, memoranda, etc. 1993

Box 3, Folder 6

Correspondence, memoranda, etc. 1994

Box 3, Folder 7

Correspondence, memoranda, etc. 1995

Box 3, Folder 8

Course Enrollment data for 1988 Frosh cohort 1994

Box 3, Folder 9

CPPC [Career Planning and Placement Center] Survey Summaries: 1992-93 and 1993-94 academic years

Box 3, Folder 10

CUE press coverage 1992-1993

Box 4, Folder 1

CUE press coverage 1993-1994

Box 4, Folder 2

CUE press coverage 1993-1995

Box 4, Folder 3

CUE press coverage: original Stanford newspapers

Box 4, Folder 4

Focus Groups (DR [Distribution Requirements]) 1994

Box 4, Folder 5

Focus groups (CIV/DR): Roz Pierson's raw data 1994

Box 4, Folder 6

Gibbs, James L. "Stanford Undergraduate Education in the Seventies: A Call for Educating the Whole Person" 1974 May

Box 4, Folder 7

Haas Center for Public Services

Box 4, Folder 8

Irvine Foundation, clippings, reports, correspondence 1993-1994

Box 4, Folder 9

Light, Richard - visit to Stanford 1994

Box 4, Folder 10

Miscellaneous materials

Box 4, Folder 11

Mission statements of various universities

Box 4, Folder 12

Mission statements, Stanford [unofficial] 1981, 1994

Box 4, Folder 13

News Service digest on grading 1994 July

Box 5, Folder 1

Political Correctness: a group research and policy recommendation project [student paper: no photocopy allowed] 1994 Winter

Box 5, Folder 2

Questions received for a possible CUE survey 1994

Box 5, Folder 3

Reports, other universities 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 4

Reports, other universities 1988, 1992-1993

Box 5, Folder 5

Senior Survey 1994, responses to open ended questions, unedited version

Box 5, Folder 6

Sheehan: Stanford Associates talk 1993 Sep

Box 5, Folder 7

Sheehan: Volunteers in Asia, re his talk to delegation from Japan Associaton of Private Colleges and Universities 1993 Nov

Box 5, Folder 8

Source materials

Box 5, Folder 9

Source materials

Box 5, Folder 10

Source materials

Box 5, Folder 11

Stanford University Accreditation Self-Study, section on distribution requirements 1001

Box 5, Folder 12

Stanford University Continuing Studies Program, A Perspective on the First Five Years 1988-1993

Box 5, Folder 13

Student Advisory Group. Report to the Commission on Undergraduate Education [1994]

Box 5, Folder 14

Student Services and Undergraduate Education Survey Report 1994 March

Box 5, Folder 15

Student Survey 1994

 

Accession ARCH-2011-204 Committee Records 1983-1999

Access Information

Advisory Board materials are restricted. See below for details.
Box 1, Folder 1

Lorez Eitner, "The Development of the Stanford Museum, 1964-1988" 1988

Box 1, Folder 2

Operating Budget Guidelines, 1992-1993 and Budget and Strategic Summary 1992

Box 1, Folder 3

Accreditation circa 1991

Box 1, Folder 4

Senate Committee on Education and Scholarship 1991

Box 1, Folder 5

Senate Handbook 1989

Box 1, Folder 6

Senate rosters and chairs 1991-1992

Box 1, Folder 7

Senate minutes 1992

Box 1, Folder 8

Steering Committee minutes 1991-1992

Box 1, Folder 9

Hoover Committee 1984

Box 1, Folder 10

History Department minutes 1985-1986

Box 1, Folder 11

Committee on the professoriate 1988-1989

Box 1, Folder 12

Hoover Resource Group Report 1984 Jul

Box 1, Folder 13

Review of Modern Thought, Comparative Literature, Graduate Program in Humanities 1984

Box 1, Folder 14

Reagan complex 1983

Box 1, Folder 15

Task Force on Discipline 1999

Box 2-3

Stanford University Advisory Board

Box 2

Minutes 1996-1997

Access Information

Restricted 20 years from date of creation.
Box 3

Pfefferbaum case 1997-1999

Access Information

Restricted 75 years from date of creation.