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Guide to the Stanford Humanities Center, Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series, Videorecordings
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC1072
    Creator: Stanford Humanities Center.
    Title: Stanford Humanities Center, Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series
    Dates: 1920-2005
    Physical Description: 1 Linear feet (2 boxes)
    Summary: Collection includes Bernard Knox's 1984 lectures on Psychology; Peter L. Galison's lectures, November 2002, "Poincare's Maps" and "Empires of Time: Einstein's Clocks"; and Lorraine Daston's lecture, March 2005, "Science as Work: Modern Obsessions."
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
    Stanford University Libraries.
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    Access: tapes that are not VHS will need to be reformatted prior to use.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Stanford Humanities Center, Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series (SC1072). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    The Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1910 by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic West of Seattle in memory of their son, a student at Stanford University. The lectures are to promote the subject of "immortality, human conduct, and human destiny."

    Description of the Collection

    Collection includes Bernard Knox's 1984 lectures on Psychology; Peter L. Galison's lectures, November 2002, "Poincare's Maps" and "Empires of Time: Einstein's Clocks"; and Lorraine Daston's lecture, March 2005, "Science as Work: Modern Obsessions."

    Access Terms

    Daston, Lorraine, 1951-
    Galison, Peter, 1955-
    Knox, MacGregor
    Stanford Humanities Center.
    Lectures.