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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: John W. Gardner papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0908
Physical Description:
170.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1912-2019
Abstract: Collection includes speeches and
writings by, as well as articles about Gardner; correspondence, awards and honors,
photographs, audiovisual material, and files from many of Gardner's organizations including
Common Cause, the White House Fellows, the Haas Center for Public Service, and the John W.
Gardner Center. Collection also contains biographical files and material from memorial
services held throughout the nation for Gardner. Notes and materials related to the PBS
documentary John Gardner: Uncommon American are also included.
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:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
This collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Gardner earned his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Stanford University and his Ph.D.
in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Gardner served as the Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson from 1965-1968. He founded
the citizen's advocacy group Common Cause and was the chairman of the Commission on White
House Fellowships. Gardner served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees from 1968 to
1982. He was a founding member of the national advisory board of the Haas Center for Public
Service and remained active with the center. In 1989, Gardner was named the first Miriam and
Peter Haas Centennial Professor in Public Service. He was a consulting professor in the
School of Education at the time of his death in 2002.
John W. Gardner Papers (SC0908). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Collection includes speeches and writings by, as well as articles about Gardner;
correspondence, awards and honors, photographs, audiovisual material, and files from many of
Gardner's organizations including Common Cause, the White House Fellows, the Haas Center for
Public Service, and the John W. Gardner Center. Collection also contains biographical files
and material from memorial services held throughout the nation for Gardner. Notes and
materials related to the PBS documentary John Gardner: Uncommon American are also
included.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare
Common Cause (U.S.)
President's Commission on White House Fellowships (U.S.)
Haas Center for Public Service (Stanford University)
Stanford University. School of Education.