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Archives Acquires Ira Nowinski Photos of the Stanford Powwow

_DSC0096.jpgThe Archives is pleased to announce the acquisition of 312 digital images and 36 prints of the 2006 Stanford Powwow taken by noted photographer Ira Nowinski. The entire set of images is currently available for viewing via the iStanford app. A small exhibition of the prints will be on display in the Bender Room of Green Library in conjunction with the 2012 Powwow, held over Mother's Day Weekend.


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STOP AIDS Project Reaches Halfway Point

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The year-long NHPRC grant funded project to process the STOP AIDS Project records has reached its halfway point! The processing of over 340 linear feet of records is on target to meet the deadline of September 30, 2012, and the posters and audiovisual media have all been listed to the item-level. In addition, Rebecca McNulty has imaged the bulk of the computer media in the collection, totaling over 700 gigabytes.


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Nine Archives Photo Collections Added to iStanford

photo.JPGThe University Archives is pleased to announce the addition of nine photo collections totaling more than 500 images to iStanford. Included are several images documenting the construction of the Quad (pictured here) and the first library in Building 10.


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Allison Tracy Signs on as Oral Historian, Stanford Historical Society

Allison Tracy.jpgThe Stanford University Archives is pleased to announce that Allison Tracy has accepted the position of Oral Historian, Stanford Historical Society, effective April 16th. Allison comes to us from the University of Nevada Oral History Program (UNOHP), where she was the Coordinator from 2009-2012.


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CRLA and the Uhler Report Controversy

The CLIR Hidden Collections project is now entering its second year. While work on the MALDEF records continues, we are pleased to report that the project team has also begun processing the records of California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA).


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Finding Aid to the Robert Hofstadter Papers Now Available

The Stanford University Archives is pleased to announce the publication of a finding aid to the Robert Hofstadter papers via the Online Archive of California. Robert Hofstadter was a longtime member of the Stanford University Department of Physics and the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1961) for his work on electron scattering.


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Over 16,000 Archives Images added to iStanford

dm907qj64988_0011.jpgThe University Archives is pleased to announce the addition of over 16,000 images, including most of the Stanford Historic Photograph Collection and 6 new student life photo collections to it's iStanford image collections.


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Mascot Controversy Anniversary

Last week, students in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) course “Rhetoric and Stereotyping: The American Indian and Others” visited the Barchas Seminar Room to view items from the University Archives related to the Stanford mascot controversy.


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Seven New Archives Photo Collections Online

dm907qj6498_05_0011_large.jpgSeven Archives photo collections are now available online. Included are:


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Stanford Student Demonstration Audio Collection Online

gp9458_student_demonstrations_protests_computation_center_feb_10_1971.jpgThe University Archives is pleased to announce the online availability of 18 audio recordings documenting Stanford student demonstrations from 1965-1971. Included are are recordings of April 3rd Movement discussions (1969), the sit-in at the Old Union (1970), anti-ROTC meetings (1970), and Academic Senate and Council meetings (1966, 1970).


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