Description
Administrative
records of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences include executive
director's correspondence, Board of Directors meeting minutes and agendas, financial
records, reports, grant files, statistical information on Center fellows, and other
records.
Background
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (CASBS) is
a national and international resource that exists to extend knowledge of the principles
governing human behavior to help solve the critical problems of contemporary society. CASBS
offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars from this
country and abroad. Since 1954, CASBS fellowships have been awarded to scholars working in a
diverse range of disciplines. These include the five core social and behavioral disciplines
of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology as well as scholars
from a wide range of humanistic disciplines, education, linguistics and the biological
sciences.
Extent
100 Linear Feet
(80 boxes)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use.