Guide to the Stanford University, Institute of American History, Records
SC0162
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Institute of American History, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0162
Physical Description:
7.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1938-1973
Summary: The administrative
records include correspondence predating the Institute's official founding, correspondence
regarding THE CRISIS OF THE UNION (1966), manuscripts of articles, publications, materials
relating to conferences, workshops, committees, special scholarships, the Coe fellowships,
and other Institute activities.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer, History Department: Institute of American History, 1977.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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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
Stanford University, Institute of American History, Records (SC0162). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Institute was founded in 1942 by Professor Edgar E. Robinson and the Stanford History
Department to examine current conceptions of American History, and current methods of
presenting American History in the schools, colleges and university.
Description of the Collection
The administrative records include correspondence predating the Institute's official
founding, correspondence regarding THE CRISIS OF THE UNION (1966), manuscripts of articles,
publications, materials relating to conferences, workshops, committees, special
scholarships, the Coe fellowships, and other Institute activities.
Records Accession ARCH-1994-005
Box 1, folder 1
"Historical Bases of Americanism" - note cards, 1952
Box 1, folder 2
Interpreting American History (E. E. Robinson) - typescript
Box 1, folder 3
Hystory Syllabi - E. E. RAobinson
Box 1, folder 4
Seminar 330, 8/16/55 - notes from, book lists
Box 1, folder 5
Misc. Syllabi, book reviews
Box 1, folder 6
Scholarship and Cataclysm (E. E. Robinson) - typescript, correspondence,
etc.
Box 1, folder 7
White House Library list, 1963
Box 2, folder 1
"Adjustment of the College Curriculum to Wartime Conditions and Needs,"
1943
Box 2, folder 2
Correspondence (largely of E. E. Robinson), 1944 - 46
Box 2, folder 3
History Courses in Junior College & College
Box 2, folder 4
Inst. of Amer. History - Misc. pubs., memos
Box 2, folder 5
Misc. Items re. Teaching History
Box 2, folder 7
NY Times Survey on Teaching of U.S. History in Colleges, 1942
Box 2, folder 8
Sources: "News of the Nation"
Box 2, folder 9
Stanford Conf. of Ca. College and Univ. Teachers of American History,
1942
Box 2, folder 10
Survey on the 11th Year Social Studies
Box 2
Clippings and Publications
Box 3
Clippings and Publications
Box 5
Scrapbook of Clippings
1942-1944
Language of Material: English.
