Guide to the Stanford Humanities Center, Raymond Fred West Memorial Lecture Series, Videorecordings

Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson
Stanford University Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford, California
October 2010
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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.


 

Series 1 Audiovisual Materials

 

Knox, MacGregor

Box 1

1.1 "Mythinterpretation/Freudians" 1984 Oct 29

"Mythinterpretation/Freudians"
"Mythinterpretation/Freudians"

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 1

1.2 "Mythinterpretation/Dumezil and Levi-Strauss" 1984 Oct 30

"Mythinterpretation/Dumezil and Levi-Strauss"
"Mythinterpretation/Dumezil and Levi-Strauss"

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 1

1.3 "Mythinterpretation/Levi-Straussians" 1984 Nov 1

"Mythinterpretation/Levi-Straussians"
"Mythinterpretation/Levi-Straussians"

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 1

1.4 "Mythinterpretation: The Elegant Mythology of the Greeks" 1984 Nov 2

"Mythinterpretation: The Elegant Mythology of the Greeks"
"Mythinterpretation: The Elegant Mythology of the Greeks"

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
 

Galison, Peter L

Box 1

1.5 "Poincare's Maps" 2002 Nov 18

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (DVCAM)
Box 1

1.5U Use copy

Physical Description: 2 videotape(s) (VHS)
Box 1

1.6 "Empires of Time: Einstein's Clocks" 2002 Nov 19

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (DVCAM)
Box 1

1.6U Use Copy

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (VHS)
Box 2

Daston, Lorraine 2/28/2005

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (DVCAM)
Box 1

1.7 Daston, Lorraine, "Science as Work: Modern Obsessions." 2005 Mar 2

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (DVCAM)
 

Series 2 Additional Materials

Custodial History

Materials in this series were previously classified in the Stanford University Publications and Ephemera Collection "4digit" collection.
Box 1, Folder 1

West Memorial Lectures, press releases

Box 1, Folder 2

West Memorial Lectures, announcements, programs

Box 1, Folder 3

Taylor, Henry Osborn, The Freedom of the Human Mind in History [manuscript] 1920 Apr 14

Box 1, Folder 4

West Memorial Lectures, History

Box 1, Folder 5

Moltmann, Jurgen, Human Identity in Christian Faith [bound volume, 2 copies] 1974 Mar

Box 1, Folder 6

Angell, James Rowland, The Higher Patriotism 1938 Oct 1

Box 1, Folder 7

Ross, G.A. Johnston, Behavior and Destiny: A Christian View 1931 Nov 2