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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Peter Stansky papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0190
Physical Description:
35 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1930s-2015
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Peter Stansky, 1983-2016.
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.
Peter Stansky Papers (SC0190). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Peter Stansky received his first BA in History from Yale, and a few years later received
his second BA in History from King's College, Cambridge. He contemplated a career in law,
but eventually earned his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard
until 1968, when he left to join the Stanford faculty, where he has remained since. In 1974
Stansky became the holder of the endowed Frances and Charles Field Chair in History, and has
been the chairman of the History Department for a least two terms. He is the Author of THE
UNKNOWN ORWELL, ENGLAND SINCE 1867: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, AMBITIONS AND STRATEGIES, and
others.
The first series of the Stansky papers consists of three different sections, each
representing a distinct academic activity he was involved with: his committee involvement,
his publishing activities, and his library correspondence. His committee work ranged from
Academic Senate, the Drama Department, the English Department, the Land and Building
Committee, and the Foreign Campus Sub-Committee which was centered in Cliveden, England. An
addition made in 2003 consists of two scrapbooks on Stansky's career, 1960-69. Accession
2015-167 contains materials from Stansky's early education, family letters, and research
about Marina Alandra Vaizey. Accession 2017-060 contains research files for Stansky's book
"Edward Upward: Art and Life."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
England -- Intellectual life -- Study and teaching.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Study and
teaching.
Clinton, Chelsea
Stanford University. Overseas Study Program
Stansky, Peter, 1932-
Stanford University. Department of History
Stanford University. Libraries
Stanford University. Senate of the Academic
Council