Guide to the J. E. Wallace Sterling Speeches
compiled by Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
September 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0557
Creator:
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Title: J. E. Wallace Sterling speeches
Dates: 1949-1964
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection of President Sterling's speeches covering the years 1949 to 1964. Does not include every speech he made during
those years. The format of the speeches includes typescripts, press releases, photocopies, and published versions.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Cite As
[Identification of item], J. E. Wallace Sterling Speeches (SC0557). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
J. E. Wallace Sterling was president of Stanford University from 1949 to 1968. During his 19 years in office, Stanford's endowment
nearly doubled, the faculty increased 170 percent, graduate programs were improved, major building plans were completed, the
Medical School was moved to campus from San Francisco, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was built. After his retirement
in 1968, Sterling was named University Chancellor.
Scope and Contents note
This collection of President Sterling's speeches covers the years 1949 to 1964 but does not include every speech he made during
those years. The format of the speeches includes typescripts, press releases, photocopies, and published versions.
Arrangement note
The speeches are arranged chronologically.
Access Terms
Stanford University--Presidents.
Stanford University--Public Relations.
Accession ARCH-1993-071
J. E. Wallace Sterling speeches
1949-1964
Box 1, Folder 1
A Lofty Purpose Shared. Inauguration Speech.
1949 Oct 7
Box 1, Folder 1
Stanford Commencement.
1954 Jun 13
Box 1, Folder 1
The Goals of Stanford University.
1954 Dec 30
Box 1, Folder 1
American Higher Education: Touchstone or Blarney Stone? American Iron & Steel Institute.
1957 Nov 8
Box 1, Folder 1
Freshman Convocation
1958 Sep 24
Box 1, Folder 2
Three Score and Fourteen Years Ago. Chamber of Commerce, Palo Alto, dinner.
1959 Feb 12
Box 1, Folder 2
Pasadena Rotary Club.
1959 Apr 8
Box 1, Folder 2
Annual Stanford Conference.
1959 May 16
Box 1, Folder 2
“
Make Your Checks Payable To…” National Council on Community Foundations, San Francisco.
1959 May 22
Box 1, Folder 2
Freshman Convocation
1959 Sep 23
Box 1, Folder 2
The Meaning of Education. Westover School.
1959 Oct 23
Box 1, Folder 2
What’s the Mind and What’s the Matter. Glass Containers Manufacturers Institute, Phoenix.
1959 Nov 12
Box 1, Folder 2
Reply by Sterling to questionnaire of November 27, 1959 from Fred M. Hechinger, education editor, New York Times.
Box 1, Folder 3
Stanford Today and Tomorrow. Student Assembly.
1960 Jan 8
Box 1, Folder 3
Changes and Chances. The Senior Lecture on Higher Education.
1960 May 10
Box 1, Folder 3
An Educated Person. University of Southern California Commencement.
1960 Jun 9
Box 1, Folder 3
Dedication of Stanford branch campus at Tours, France.
1960 Oct 8
Box 1, Folder 3
Dedication of Stanford branch campus at Florence, Italy.
1960 Oct 12
Box 1, Folder 4
Stanford Today and Tomorrow.
1961 Jan 10
Box 1, Folder 4
Los Angeles Dinner.
1961 Jan 19
Box 1, Folder 4
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Santa Monica. (2 copies)
1961 Jan 28
Box 1, Folder 4
Letter to Dr. Henry T. Heald, The Ford Foundation.
1961 Feb 7
Box 1, Folder 4
Notes for President Sterling. Stanford PACE Program Leadership Conference.
1961 Oct 20
Box 1, Folder 4
Stanford Today and Tomorrow. Assembly.
1961 Nov 6
Box 1, Folder 4
Stanford Conferences
1961 Feb 27
Box 1, Folder 5
Stanford Today and Tomorrow.
1962 Jan 9
Box 1, Folder 5
Trustees’ Dinner, Los Angeles (2 copies)
1962 Feb 15
Box 1, Folder 5
Greetings to the Class. Commencement Exercises. (2 copies)
1962 Jun 17
Box 1, Folder 5
Address, Stanford PACE Program National Chairmen’s Conference.
1962 Sep 22
Box 1, Folder 5
Volunteer Recognition Day
1962
Box 1, Folder 6
Corporate Luncheon, San Francisco.
1963 May 15
Box 1, Folder 6
National Telephone PACE Meeting, Chicago. Draft.
1963 Apr 24
Box 1, Folder 7
Address, Stanford Today and Tomorrow Convocation. (2 copies)
1964 Jan 21
Box 1, Folder 8
Statement by President Sterling for
Smoke Signal news reel.
Box 1, Folder 8
The University in the West Today.