Guide to the Stanford Divestment Collection SCM0285
Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford divestment collection
creator:
Hanson, Katherine H., collector
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0285
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1985
Abstract: These materials primarily pertain to a meeting of the Board of Trustees in May 1985 that was marked by student protest over
the issue of divesting from firms doing business in South Africa. Included are statements by the student group Stanford Out
of South Africa, their brochure "A Stanford Divestment Primer," letter to trustees from Mario Huerta on divestment, and clippings.
Other items include a letter from Rosamond Bacon pertaining to the sorority-fraternity situation and a press release on new
alumni members to the Board of Trustees.
This collection is open for research.
Stanford Divestment Collection (SCM0285). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Hanson earned her AB in economics at Stanford University in 1969 and later served on the Stanford Board of Trustees.
These materials primarily pertain to a meeting of the Board of Trustees in May 1985 that was marked by student protest over
the issue of divesting from firms doing business in South Africa. Included are statements by the student group Stanford Out
of South Africa, their brochure "A Stanford Divestment Primer," letter to trustees from Mario Huerta on divestment, and clippings.
Other items include a letter from Rosamond Bacon pertaining to the sorority-fraternity situation and a press release on new
alumni members to the Board of Trustees.
There are related materials in the Stanford University Archives Museum Collection (AM 2005-041).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Students -- Political activity.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
Stanford Out of South Africa.
Huerta, Mario.
Stanford University. Board of Trustees
Huerta, Mario.
Bacon, Rosamond Clarke.
Bacon, Rosamond Clarke.
Hanson, Katherine H., collector
Hanson, Katherine H., collector
box 1
