The 1947 Partition Archive
The 1947 Partition Archive
Survivors and their Memories
On August 15, 1947 British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent ended and the independent nation states of India and Pakistan were born. In the mass migration that …
A Stanford Atlas
A Stanford Atlas
Maps and architectural drawings of the Stanford University campus and associated land holdings
This exhibit showcases the growth of campus using illustrative materials from several University Archives (UA) collections, including the Maps Collection, the Architect …
Images of Rome
Images of Rome
The Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive
The "Fondo Rodolfo Lanciani" is currently housed at the Biblioteca Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte at Rome’s Palazzo Venezia. Assembled over the course of …
Stanford Prison Experiment
Stanford Prison Experiment
Materials documenting the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by psychology professor Philip G. Zimbardo.
Travel Through Time: Japan
Travel Through Time: Japan
Travel-related ephemera from the 17th through the early 20th century.
The study of travel is often associated with maps. And yet, many of the most precious Japanese maps were never used by travelers. This collection of prints represents …
The Bob Fitch Photography Archive
The Bob Fitch Photography Archive
Movements for Change
Movements for Change contains iconic images of the movements for civil rights and social justice by Watsonville, California photographer Bob Fitch, spanning the period …
Secret Service: Old and Young King Brady, Detectives
Secret Service: Old and Young King Brady, Detectives
A Dime Novel Series
This collection of Dime Novels provides scholars the complete text of a selective sample from one of Stanford Libraries collection's series, Secret Service.
Research from Stanford University
Research from Stanford University
Data and More from Stanford's Cutting Edge Researchers
This collection includes research outputs from Stanford-associated researchers on the wide variety of topics and fields under investigation at Stanford University, incl …
Herbert Matter: Modernist Photography and Graphic Design
Herbert Matter: Modernist Photography and Graphic Design
A Stanford University Special Collections Exhibition
A digital exhibit celebrating the work of Herbert Matter (1907–1984), best known for his international contributions in photography, photomontage and graphic design.
Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts at Stanford
Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts at Stanford
Resources for Research and Pedagogy
The home for Stanford's digital manuscript collections and exhibits.
Views: Portraying Place and Space
Views: Portraying Place and Space
2nd Exhibit from the David Rumsey Map Center, January 22 - August 31, 2017
This is the second exhibit on view at the Rumsey Map Center, focused on Views.
Universe of Maps - Opening the David Rumsey Map Center
Universe of Maps - Opening the David Rumsey Map Center
This website features the inaugural exhibit from the David Rumsey Map Center.
The American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment
Treasures from the Stanford University Libraries
This exhibition tells the story of how New World discoveries and ideas contributed to the Enlightenment and illustrates the transatlantic debates over issues of governm …
Stanford Publications
Stanford Publications
Publications documenting Stanford University. Included are course catalogs, directories, newsletters, magazines, and more.
Stanford University Board of Trustees Records
Stanford University Board of Trustees Records
Records of the Trustees pertaining to legal issues, financial affairs, investments, academic departments, student housing, gifts received, real estate, campus developme …
Stanford University Faculty Senate Records
Stanford University Faculty Senate Records
Agendas, minutes and supporting materials created by the Stanford Faculty Senate.
Rare Music Materials at Stanford
Rare Music Materials at Stanford
This site features digitized music manuscripts, letters, and other rare music materials held in the Department of Special Collections and the Music Library.
Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison
Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison
Project Gallery
Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison’s artistic collaboration began late 1960s. Pioneers of the eco-art movement; their work often involves co-collaborators such as …
California as an Island in Maps
California as an Island in Maps
Maps from the Glen McLaughlin Collection of California as an Island
California was depicted as an island on maps from 1622 until the middle of the 18th century and beyond. This collection is the most comprehensive known covering the ma …
Hanna House Collection
Hanna House Collection
Correspondence, blueprints, drawings, photographs, and other records relating to the planning, design and construction of the campus home of Professor and Mrs. Paul R. …
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
A collection of maps and books featuring landmark maps from the California Gold Rush, exploration of the western coast of North America amongst other maps from the 16th …
Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
Eadweard Muybridge Collection
Eadweard Muybridge Collection
Combined holdings of Muybridge material held in Special Collections and University Archives.
The Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers
The Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers
Work in artificial intelligence and computer science at Stanford University
The Edward A. Feigenbaum Papers collection primarily concerns his work in artificial intelligence at Stanford University and includes administrative files, corresponden …
Maps of Africa: An Online Exhibit
Maps of Africa: An Online Exhibit
A digital collection of African Maps at the Stanford University Libraries
The Maps of Africa at Stanford Libraries is a growing collection buoyed significantly by the acquisitions of the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich and Caroline Batchelor Collections …
Stanford Stories From the Archives
Stanford Stories From the Archives
This exhibit showcases 125 years of Stanford Stories, illustrated using materials from the Stanford University Archives.
Incomparable: The Stanford Band
Incomparable: The Stanford Band
An exhibit documenting the history of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band and Dollies. Included are photographs taken by long-time Band photographer Rob …
Stanford Historical Photograph Collection
Stanford Historical Photograph Collection
The Stanford Photograph Collection contains over 16,000 images of Stanford scenes including photographs of and relating to the Stanford family, views of the campus and …
Digital Forma Urbis Romae
Digital Forma Urbis Romae
The Forma Urbis Romae, or Severan Marble Plan of Rome is an enormous map, measuring ca. 18.10 x 13 meters (ca. 60 x 43 feet), that was carved between 203-211 CE and cov …
Chinese Railroad Workers Project
Chinese Railroad Workers Project
Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct America’s first Transcontinental Rai …
!Women Art Revolution
!Women Art Revolution
Voices of a Movement
The artists’ and critics’ interviews presented here chronicle the founding years of the feminist art movement in the 1970s. Created by artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershm …
Preventing Genocide
Preventing Genocide
Pioneers in the prevention of mass violence
Genocide need not happen ever again. This documentary explores three different genocides -- the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and the more recent Rwandan genocide …
The History of Artificial Intelligence
The History of Artificial Intelligence
Stanford's library collections document the history of artificial intelligence captured on film, video and audio.
Stanford Oral History Collections
Stanford Oral History Collections
Oral history collections and interviews documenting the Stanford community and associated projects.
"The First Hebrew City"
"The First Hebrew City"
Early Tel Aviv through the Eyes of the Eliasaf Robinson Collection
The Jewish settlement that became the city of Tel Aviv was established in 1909. Almost everything in this collection dates from before 1948, the year that the State of …
The Burke Collection of Early Italian Miniatures
The Burke Collection of Early Italian Miniatures
A selection of objects from the Burke Collection exhibit in the Field Room, Green Library
Stanford Photos
Stanford Photos
Photograph collections in the University Archives documenting Stanford.
Queer @ Stanford
R. Buckminster Fuller Collection
R. Buckminster Fuller Collection
Architect, Systems Theorist, Designer, and Inventor
The R. Buckminster Fuller Collection contains over 1,400 linear feet of personal and professional papers, manuscripts, drawings, blueprints, audio and video recordings, …
Activism @ Stanford
Activism @ Stanford
Photographs, audiovisual materials, posters, and ephemera documenting activism at Stanford.
Stanford in the News
Stanford in the News
Photographs, audio and video recordings, and newspapers created by the Stanford News Service.
Project South
Project South
This collection contains transcribed meetings and interviews with Civil Rights workers in the South recorded by several Stanford students affiliated with the campus rad …
Matt Kahn Papers
Matt Kahn Papers
Materials include professional files, teaching files (including videos of lectures), and photographs.
Hume Center for Writing & Speaking
Hume Center for Writing & Speaking
Stanford University
A digital archive created on 15th Anniversary of the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking to preserve the history of the Center.
Copyright Renewals
Copyright Renewals
A searchable index of the copyright renewal records for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.
The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection
The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection
Archive of the world's longest running jazz festival
This site provides historical information about the Monterey Jazz Festival, one of the premiere jazz institutions in the world, and information about the recordings fro …
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy was established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and existed from 1946 to 1977. It was created to "make continuing studies of the a …
Collecting in Life and Death
Collecting in Life and Death
The Curatorial Legacy of Leland Stanford Jr.
Leland Stanford Jr., only son of Governor and railroad tycoon Leland Stanford Sr. and heiress Jane Lathrop Stanford, died suddenly in 1884, just shy of his 16th birthda …