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Nowinski Powwow Photographs on Exhibit

Powwow 2006

Last month Daniel Hartwig announced the acquisition of photographer Ira Nowinski’s print and digital images of the 2006 Stanford Powwow. In celebration of the 41st annual Powwow (which begins on Friday, May 11 and runs through the weekend), selected images from the collection are now on display in the Bender Room exhibit cases on the fifth floor of the Green Library Bing Wing.


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Special Collections: Add food and stir?

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Special Collections: Add food and stir?

“Hi, I’m working on a paper…..” is one of the more common statements we hear from undergraduates coming into Special Collections. Although undergraduates using our primary sources for research papers might be the most common use, last week, Assistant Professor Tom Mullaney’s History 305A: The History of Information reminded me that there are many other ways our students use these materials.


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Treasures from the Stanford University Archives on Display for Founding Grant Society

arch_print_026.jpgThe Archives recently held an exhibit in conjunction with the Founding Grant Society's annual meeting. On display were:

1. Stanford University Founding Grant [Compared Copy in Jane Stanford’s Hand], 1885 Nov 11
2. Jane Stanford's Amendments to the Founding Grant, Drafts
3. Leland Stanford's Opening Day Speech, 1891 Oct 1
4. Opening Day Photos, 1891 Oct 1
5. Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Leland Stanford, 1893
6. Photos of Original Farm and Stanford Home


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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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