Guide to the Stanford Student Self-Government Collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0799
Creator:
Stanford University
Title: Stanford student self-government collection
Dates: 1909-1913
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Records pertaining to student self-government consist of individual answers by Stanford students to a survey requested by
Frank Kiernan of the School Citizens Committee on the advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also includes a petition
from Stanford students for a course in public speaking and completed survey forms on debating societies at other universities,
1912; and responses from fraternities to a request by Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on a proposed
rule to limit membership when a chapter's academic performance falls.
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
This collection is open for research.
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.
Stanford Student Self-Government Collection (SC0799). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Records pertaining to student self-government consist of individual answers by Stanford students to a survey requested by
Frank Kiernan of the School Citizens Committee on the advantages of self-government, 1913. Collection also includes a petition
from Stanford students for a course in public speaking and completed survey forms on debating societies at other universities,
1912; and responses from fraternities to a request by Stanford president David Starr Jordan for their opinion on a proposed
rule to limit membership when a chapter's academic performance falls.
College student government.
Debates and debating.
Greek letter societies--California--Stanford.
These records were originally received in the President's Office.
Box 1
Records