At a glance

Special Collections & University Archives

University Archives

Featured collections

Here are a few of our notable collections. Check more out on the Libraries' Collections page.

"Lunar Vehicle Remote Control" (n.d.): still from the earliest film in Stanford Collections showing a prototype lunar rover

Streaming audio and video of a variety of events and activities from Stanford, Silicon Valley, and the larger artificial intelligence community.

Stanford songs

Online access to selected catalogs and administrative publications of Stanford University published between 1891 and 2001.

Stanford family

More than 16,000 images documenting Stanford University and its founders.

John Perry & Ken Taylor

Philosophy Talk is a talk radio program co-hosted by Stanford professors John Perry and Ken Taylor.

This collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Correspondence, blueprints, drawings, photographs, and other records relating to the planning, design and construction of the campus home of Professor and Mrs. Paul R. Hanna designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Jane Stanford

Documents the founding and administration of Stanford University, along with her personal and social affairs.

Leland Stanford, 1824-1893.

Materials relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the founding and construction of Stanford University.