Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0693
Creator:
Stanford University
Title: Historical Seminary of Leland Stanford Junior University records
Dates: 1891-1901
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear feet
Summary: The records consist of minutes from weekly meetings with outlines of reports presented. The topics included issues in political
and legal history, international relations, historical figures, slavery, abolition, American Indian policies, railroad history,
American expansion, and historical methods. Although the United States and Europe were the primary focus, some meetings focused
on Africa, India, Russia, and Latin America.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Information about Access
The materials are open for research use.
Cite As
Historical Seminary of Leland Stanford Junior University Records (SC0693). Department of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
The Historical Seminary was an upper level class offered by the Department of History to "afford a practical training in methods
of historical research through the use of original materials" [from the Annual Register]. Weekly sessions included the presentation
and discussion of papers, reports, book reviews and other independent research.
Scope and Contents note
The records consist of minutes from weekly meetings with outlines of reports presented. The topics included issues in political
and legal history, international relations, historical figures, slavery, abolition, American Indian policies, railroad history,
American expansion, and historical methods. Although the United States and Europe were the primary focus, some meetings focused
on Africa, India, Russia, and Latin America. Professors associated with the Seminary included George Elliott Howard, Mary
Sheldon Barnes, Clyde Augustus Duniway, Arley Barthlow Show, and David Ellsworth Spencer. Of particular note to Stanford's
history is an 1898 report on Mary Sheldon Barnes and the rise of the "source-method" in secondary schools.
Access Terms
Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 1850-1898
Duniway, C. A., (Clyde Augustus), 1866-1944.
Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928.
Show, Arley Barthlow, 1856-1920.
Spencer, David Ellsworth.
Stanford University. Department of History.
History--Study and teaching.