Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stanford Staffers records
- Dates:
- 1951-1999
- Creators:
- Stanford Staffers.
- Abstract:
- Records, 1951-1995, include correspondence, publications, financial records, publicity, program information, photographs, clippings, and video taped interviews (1998-1999).
- Extent:
- 9 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Stanford Staffers Records (SC0548). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Records, 1951-1995, include correspondence, publications, financial records, publicity, program information, photographs, clippings, and video taped interviews (1998-1999).
- Biographical / historical:
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Stanford Staffers began in 1951 as the Distaff Club, a group of women staff members who gathered for lunch and companionship. Faculty wives served as sponsors, hosting teas and luncheons at their campus homes. Ann Sterling, wife of the late President J.E. Wallace Sterling, was the founding faculty wife-sponsor.
In 1978, the group agreed to admit men and changed its name to Stanford Staffers. Organization goals include providing career support and sharing resources, networking, doing community service, developing and cultivating a diverse workplace and enjoying social contacts. Its activities range from monthly lectures on subjects as diverse as public service and tax planning to an "attitude adjustment hour," held every other month at a restaurant lounge after work.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stanford Staffers, 1998, 2003.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Employees -- California.
- Names:
- Stanford Staffers.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-24 11:26:43 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
-
Stanford Staffers Records (SC0548). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022