Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Information about Access
Ownership & Copyright
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Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frederic O. Glover papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0468
Physical Description:
8.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1929-1993
Summary: These personal papers
of Frederic O. Glover pertain mostly to his writing and his interest in Stanford history;
there are very few papers relating to his official activities as presidential aide. Included
are oral history transcripts, correspondence, stories and articles, travel journals,
speeches, class of 1933 reunion files, subject files, and photographs.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Frederic Glover, 1992, and estate of Frederick Glover, 1994.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Frederic O. Glover Papers (SC0468). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Frederic O. Glover enjoyed a long association with Stanford University. A member of the
class of 1933, Glover returned to Stanford in 1946 as its first full-time director of
information. In 1952 he moved to the President's office as assistant to President J.E.
Wallace Sterling and was promoted in 1959 to executive assistant. He remained in the
President's office under President Kenneth Pitzer, 1968-70, and then was appointed secretary
to the university by President Richard W. Lyman. Glover retired in 1977 but remained active
at Stanford as a founding member of the Stanford Historical Society and a member of the
Stanford Associates. He also started the Stanford Oral History Project, a joint effort of
the Stanford Historical Society and the Stanford University Archives. Fred Glover died of
cancer on November 18, 1993.
Description of the Collection
These personal papers of Frederic O. Glover pertain mostly to his writing and his interest
in Stanford history; there are very few papers relating to his official activities as
presidential aide. Included are oral history transcripts, correspondence, stories and
articles, travel journals, speeches, class of 1933 reunion files, subject files, and
photographs.