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Guide to the Stanford University, President's Office, Sterling-Pitzer transitional records
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Call Number: SC0217
Creator:
Stanford University. Office of the President
Title: Stanford University, President's Office, Sterling-Pitzer Transitional Records
Dates: 1946-1970
Bulk Dates: 1964-1970
Physical Description:
15 Linear feet (10 boxes)
Summary: These records were generated during the tenure of President Kenneth Pitzer as well as his predecessor J. E. Wallace Sterling.
Records are arranged in the following sequence: committees, academic and administrative departments, general files, and materials
pertaining to the Stanford Research Institute. Other subjects of note in the general files include the House Un-American Activities
Committee, Women’s Social Regulations, 1965-68, and Card Stunt at the Air Force Football Game, 1966.
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
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Stanford University, President's Office, Sterling-Pitzer Transitional Records (SC0217). Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
J. E. Wallace Sterling, Stanford's fifth president, served from 1949 through 1968. Kenneth Pitzer took office on December
1, 1968 and served until September 1970.
These records were generated during the tenure of President Kenneth Pitzer as well as his predecessor J. E. Wallace Sterling.
Included are files on committees, academic and administrative departments, and the Stanford Research Institute, as well as
general administrative files. Subjects of note in the general files include the House Un-American Activities Committee, women's
social regulations, 1965-68, and the card stunt at the Air Force Football Game, 1966.
Records are arranged in four series: Committees, Academic and Administrative Departments, General Files, and Stanford Research
Institute Files.
Pitzer, Kenneth S., (Kenneth Sanborn), 1914-1997
Stanford Research Institute.
Stanford University. Office of the President
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Women college students.