Profiles of Stanford faculty and staff, 1979-1986
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stokes, Donald.
- Abstract:
- Collection includes audiocassettes, some typescript drafts and partial transcripts of tapes, press releases, and copies of the finished article published in the CAMPUS REPORT.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 69 audiocassettes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Profiles of Stanford Faculty and Staff (SC0739). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes audiocassettes, some typescript drafts and partial transcripts of tapes, press releases, and copies of the finished article published in the CAMPUS REPORT.
- Biographical / historical:
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Stokes joined the Stanford University News Service as an academic writer in 1978; prior to that he had served as British consul-information in San Francisco (1962-78). He was known as Stanford's Boswell for the hundreds of news profiles he wrote on faculty and staff. He received his bachelor's degree at the University of London in 1941 and served with the Royal Navy and the British Foreign Service before moving to San Francisco in 1960. He died in 1986.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Donald Stokes.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Profiles of Stanford Faculty and Staff (SC0739). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022