Description
These papers were created by Glover while he worked in the President's Office under Stanford University Presidents J.E. Wallace
Sterling, Kenneth Pitzer, and Richard W. Lyman. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, files pertaining to Ad
Hoc Trustees Budget Committees, newspaper clippings, and subject files.
Background
Frederic O. Glover enjoyed a long association with Stanford University. A member of the class of 1933, Glover returned to
Stanford in 1946 as its first full-time director of information. In 1952 he moved to the President's office as assistant to
President J.E. Wallace Sterling and was promoted in 1959 to executive assistant. He remained in the President's office under
President Kenneth Pitzer, 1968-70, and then was appointed secretary to the university by President Richard W. Lyman. Glover
retired in 1977 but remained active at Stanford as a founding member of the Stanford Historical Society and a member of the
Stanford Associates. He also started the Stanford Oral History Project, a joint effort of the Stanford Historical Society
and the Stanford University Archives. Fred Glover died of cancer on November 18, 1993.
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 materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.