Guide to the Alfredo Castañeda Papers SC0268
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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.
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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.
Papers
Language of Material: English.
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4, 5, and 7 are restricted and may be made available in 2051.
Box 1
Affirmative Action at Stanford: Policies, 1972-73 Report, 1973-74
Priorities
Box 1
Study Guideline of the History and Culture of the Mexican
American
Box 1, folder 7
Palo Alto Unified School District (1979)
Box 1, folder 8
Research Group: Inter-ethnic Relations Research Group
Box 1, folder 9
Research Assistantships 1974
Box 1
Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development and Education (Ramirez and
Castaneda)
Box 1
Bilingual Education Paper Series: The Title VII (Bilingual Education)
Fellowship Program: A Preliminary Report (4 copies)
Box 1, folder 10
Bilingual Educ. -Crt. & Educ. Acts (Lau vs. Nichols)
Box 1, folder 11
Bilingual Educ. -Curriculum Models Spanish-Speaking Migrant
Students
Box 1
Memorandum: January 6, 1976
Box 1, folder 12
Book: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education by A.
Castaneda and M. Ramirez, 1974-75
Box 1, folder 13
Book: Mexican Americans and Educational Change
Box 1, folder 15
Brazilean Project -Vince Martin, 1975
Box 1, folder 16
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973-74
Box 1, folder 17
Practicum for the MA Program in Cultural Pluralism -A. Castaneda
Box 1, folder 20
Ramos, Robert -A.T.&T., 1975
Box 1, folder 23
Administrative Correspondence regarding Advisees ... , 1976-1977.
Box 2
Various student papers (Education 180,214,242,381), publications, articles,
Biocognitive Inventory Forms (adult, student, teacher), dissertations, Bibliographies
for classes, References for Bilingual Education Title VII
Box 3, folder 3
Faculty Schedule of Classes
Box 3, folder 9
Harvard Journal on Chicano Affairs
Box 3, folder 10
Harvard University Press Nat'l Advisory COuncil
Box 3, folder 11
Faculty Meetings: Chicano
Box 3, folder 12
La Red!fhe Net Monthly Newsletter
Box 3, folder 13
Farwest Laboratory for Ed'l Research and Development 1973-74
Box 3, folder 15
Faculty Memos, Bulletins, & Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box 3, folder 19
Bilingual Association of Students Materials
Box 3, folder 20
Bilingual-Bicultural Education
Box 3, folder 21
Jr. High Midsites & Participation
Box 3, folder 24
Relation of Stress and Differential Position ..... Motor Learning
Box 3, folder 25
Response to Conflict as a Function of Response-Defined Anxiety
Box 3, folder 26
Clash of Cultures in the Classroom
Box 3, folder 27
Description of a Program to Train Parents to Influence the Development of
Question-Asking Skills in their Young Children, by Angela Garcia
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 28
Grand Jury Report: San Francisco Unified School District
Box 3, folder 29-35
Student papers, proposals, dissertations, teaching guidelines
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 1-15
Miscellaneous Papers and articles for Education students
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 16
Relation of Associative Strength, Competition, and Anticipation Interval to
Verbal Paired-Associate Learning in Children
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 17
Associative Strength and Degree of Learning Competition in Verbal
Paired-Assoc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 18
Complex Learning and Perfomance as a Function of Anxiety in Children and Task
Difficul ty
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 19
Differential Relation of Latency and Discrimination Response Vigor to
Stimulus .... Brightness
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 20
The Education Needs of Mexican Americans
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 21
Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 22
Castaneda, Alfredo: Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 23
Bibliography
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 24
Sex Differences, Sex Typing, and Women's Studies Bibliography
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 25
Anxiety and the Differential Adaptation Hypothesis
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 26
Notebook: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education
I-IV
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 27
Notebook: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education
V-VIII
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 28-29
Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education
I-VIII
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 30
The Book of Readings
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 31
Symposium: Mexican Americans and Educational Change
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 32
Nat'l Committee on the Education of Migrant Children
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 33
Chicanismo
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 34
Nuestra Lucha
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 35
Assm. of Police-Comm. Relations: Toward Quality Education for Mexican
Americans
Language of Material: English.
Student papers
Language of Material: English.
Conditions Governing Access note
Restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
