Major additions to the Stanford Historical Society Web site over the past several years have made it an even more valuable resource for members of the Stanford community, as well as for anyone who has an interest in Stanford history.
The Stanford Historical Society was founded in 1976 to collect and preserve the history of Leland Stanford Junior University and to encourage wider understanding of Stanford's history and the ideals of its founders.
The Society fosters and supports the documentation, study, publication, and preservation of the University's history. Areas of interest include research on the University's intellectual history, the story of the Stanford family, and documentation and preservation of campus buildings and monuments.
Faculty Memorials
Since 2004, the site has included full-text copies of all of the known memorials for deceased faculty. This past summer, Historical Society volunteers improved access to the memorials by researching and adding the individuals' departments to the alphabetical list of memorials, and by creating a separate online departmental index for them.
Sandstone and Tile
Other popular resources on the site include the complete file of the Historical Society's periodical, Sandstone and Tile, which began publication in 1976. The site also lists upcoming, as well as past, programs. The past programs page includes links to the streaming audio for programs that have been made available on the Stanford on iTunes U site.
Historic Houses
The complete text of the Society' Historic Houses Committee publications, Historic Houses of San Juan Hill and Historic Houses of Lower San Juan Hill, are now available online, as well as the full text of two of its out-of-print occasional publications: An Early History of the Founding of Leland Stanford Junior University, by George E. Crothers, Class of 1895; and Stanford's Red Barn, by Karen Bartholomew and Peter Allen. The publications page also lists the Society's in-print publications, many of which are available both in the Stanford Bookstore and through the Society.
Other Features
Other features include the page of the Society's Oral History Committee, and a resource page linking to general and subject-specific histories of Stanford that have been written by various individuals and organizations.
For More Information
Interested browsers may simply visit the site and partake of its many resources, or they can join the Society, and even offer their services as a Society volunteer.
