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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.