Rowe (Mary Budd) Papers, 1981-1996

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Mary Budd Rowe papers
Dates:
1981-1996
Creators:
Rowe, Mary Budd.
Abstract:
Papers include correspondence, reports, proposals, videos, publications, teaching materials, and other items largely pertaining to science education.
Extent:
76 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Mary Budd Rowe Papers (SC0552). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers include correspondence, reports, proposals, videos, publications, teaching materials, and other items largely pertaining to science education.

Biographical / historical:

Rowe earned a bachelor's degree in biology and physics education from New Jersey State University in 1947, a master's in zoology from the University of California-Berkeley in 1954 and a doctorate in science education from Stanford in 1964. She taught at Columbia and the University of Florida and was a visiting professor at Stanford's School of Education from 1990 until her death in 1996. Rowe, an innovator in the use of technology to teach science concepts, headed the science education research division of the National Science Foundation from 1976 to 1980 and was part of the first science education delegation to the People's Republic of China in 1979.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-20 11:30:19 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Student files in boxes 1-2 are restricted for 75 years. Materials in Addenda, 2022-024, including student and faculty PII, are restricted for 75 years. These records may be made available in 2065. Boxes 3-46 are open for research use.

Terms of access:

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.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

Mary Budd Rowe Papers (SC0552). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022