Description
Research notes, reports, Stanford news releases, and Peter Allen's draft of the first five chapters of a projected thirteen
for a study entitled, "Demonstrations at Stanford, autumn 1965-spring 1971." Materials about campus demonstrations were assembled
by Allen, University Editor. Also includes news releases, memos, etc. regarding minorities, anti-military sentiment, and racist
policies.
Background
Peter Allen received A.B. in Economics from Stanford in 1936 and in 1938 received an A.B. in English, also from Stanford;
served as editor of the Stanford Review (1946-1952), Director of News and Publications (1952-1961), later the Publications Service (1961-1965), University Editor
(1965-1976), and University Editor emeritus (1977-2001) at Stanford.