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Castañeda (Alfredo) Papers
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition note
  • Information about Access
  • Ownership & Copyright
  • Cite As
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection

  • Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Alfredo Castañeda papers
    Identifier/Call Number: SC0268
    Physical Description: 11 Linear Feet
    Date (inclusive): 1972-1980
    Summary: These papers pertain to Castañeda's teaching career at Stanford and include correspondence, student papers, reports, publication files, and course materials. Subjects include his professional and teaching activities, his students, bilingual education, and Mexican Americans. The papers also include minutes from seminars held at the Boys Town for the Study of Youth Development at Stanford, 1975-76 (subsequently known as the Stanford Center for the Study of Youth Development).
    Language of Material: Undetermined .

    Immediate Source of Acquisition note

    Transferred by School of Education, 1981.

    Information about Access

    Box 4, 5, and 7 are restricted and may be made available in 2051.

    Ownership & Copyright

    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.

    Cite As

    Alfredo Castañeda Papers (SC0268). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Alfredo Castañeda, a nationally prominent expert in multicultural education, was professor of education at Stanford from 1972 until his death in 1981. He was the first Chicano appointed full professor at Stanford. Castañeda received his a.b. from San Francisco State in 1948 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State in 1951 and 1952. Prior to his appointment at Stanford, he taught at several universities including the University of Toronto, Queens College of the City University of New York, the University of Texas, and the University of California at Riverside, where he had been chairman of Mexican- American Studies.

    Description of the Collection

    These papers pertain to Castañeda's teaching career at Stanford and include correspondence, student papers, reports, publication files, and course materials. Subjects include his professional and teaching activities, his students, bilingual education, and Mexican Americans. The papers also include minutes from seminars held at the Boys Town for the Study of Youth Development at Stanford, 1975-76 (subsequently known as the Stanford Center for the Study of Youth Development).
    Some student files contained materials of a sensitive nature. These have been separated from the rest of the collection in Box 8 and are not open to researchers.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Mexican Americans -- Education.
    Education, Bilingual -- United States.