Holdings in art, architecture, and design include twentieth century ephemera, architectural treatises, and artists’ books.
Libraries
Blogs
- Yosemite National Park 125th Anniversary exhibit | September 30, 2015
- All accessions in the Carolyn Caddes papers are open for research | June 10, 2015
- Asawa Photos of San Francisco on Historypin | April 2, 2015
- Doug Menuez's photographs on display at the Computer History Museum | July 17, 2014
- New photograph collections available online | June 2, 2014
Topic guides
| Guide | Created by | Last Updated | Subject tag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photography | Peter P Blank | 2015-03-03 | Art, Art history, Photography |
| African Photographs | Karen Fung | 2015-02-23 | Photography, African studies |
| Muybridge (Eadweard) | 2015-03-13 | Photography, Images, Manuscripts and archives, American history, Stanford history |
Course guides
| Course number | Term | Guide | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| PWR 2PB | Fall 2014 | The Power of Political Photography | Bator, P. |
Notable collections
Photojournalism, fine art documentary work, and commercial photography capture the people and places of an emerging Silicon Valley.
More than 16,000 images documenting Stanford University and its founders.
This is the collection of former Yale professor Herbert Matter, known for his films, photography, and experimental art printing.
This collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs.
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.
Photographs of Stanford University buildings done by Baer for the architects for the University.
The Bob Fitch photography archive is the complete archive of activist photographer Bob Fitch of Watsonville, California.
Subject Librarians
Head, Art & Architecture Library
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