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Katchadourian (Herant A.) Papers
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  • Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Herant A. Katchadourian papers
    Identifier/Call Number: SC0649
    Physical Description: 33.5 Linear Feet and 19937.28 megabytes
    Date (inclusive): 1951-2003
    Language of Material: English .

    Access to Collection

    Apart from the materials in 2014-075, the materials are open for research use. Researchers must get permission from University Archivist to access materials in 2014-075. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

    Publication Rights

    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 94305-6064. 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/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], Herant A. Katchadourian Papers (SC0649). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical / Historical

    Katchadourian, emeritus professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences as well as human biology at Stanford, has also served as university ombudsman, vice provost, and dean of undergraduate studies. He is renowned among students for his dynamic lectures and approachable teaching style, and for a class in human sexuality that has attracted 20,000 students since he introduced it in 1968. His books include FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN SEXUALITY; FIFTY : MIDLIFE IN PERSPECTIVE; and CREAM OF THE CROP: THE IMPACT OF ELITE EDUCATION IN THE DECADE AFTER COLLEGE.

    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence, research files, notes, lectures, memoranda, articles, photographs, audio and video tapes of lectures, and other papers pertaining largely to his teaching and research career at Stanford University, with some materials from his association with the American University of Beirut. Correspondents include John Boli, John Romano, David Hamburg, Erich Lindemann, and Herbert and Judith Williams (concerning Anjar village). Also included are his files from a research project on the Armenian village of Anjar in Lebanon.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Human reproduction -- Study and teaching.
    Sex instruction.
    Villages -- Lebanon.
    Slides.
    Majdal 'Anjar (Lebanon)