http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt587037x1 Online items available Guide to the J. E. Wallace Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers SC0216 compiled by Phil Cline and Polly Armstrong Department of Special Collections and University Archives 1990 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0. Guide to the J. E. Wallace SC0216 1 Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers SC0216 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: J. E. Wallace Sterling, president of Stanford University, papers creator: Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace) Identifier/Call Number: SC0216 Physical Description: 300 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1913-1969 Date (bulk): bulk Abstract: Papers primarily represent Sterling's years as President of Stanford University and include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, speeches, minutes, reports, budgets, clippings, and legal papers. Access Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], J. E. Wallace Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers (SC0216). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biography J.E. Wallace Sterling, president of Stanford University from 1949-1968, earned his A.B. in history at the University of Toronto in 1927; he taught at the University of Alberta while pursuing graduate work there from 1928-1930. He came to Stanford in 1930 to pursue his doctorate, which he received in 1938. While at Stanford, he was also a research assistant in the Hoover Library and taught in the History Department. From 1938 to 1948 Sterling taught at the California Institute of Technology, where he was elected chairman of the faculty in 1944. He had been Director of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery for five months when he accepted the presidency of Stanford University. During Sterling's 19 years as president, Stanford's endowment nearly doubled, the faculty increased by 170 percent, graduate programs were improved, major building plans were completed, the Medical School was moved to campus from San Francisco, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was built. After his retirement in 1968, Sterling was named University Chancellor. He died on July 1, 1985. Scope and Content of Collection These records primarily represent Sterling's years as President of Stanford University and include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, speeches, minutes, reports, budgets, clippings, and legal papers. Some files predate his term as president. There is a separate series pertaining to the Hoover Institution, 1948-68. Collection also includes Sterling's class notes, lectures, manuscripts, and professional correspondence, 1925-1949. Arrangement note Materials are arranged as received. Subjects and Indexing Terms Universities and colleges -- Administration. Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace) Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace Papers Series 1 Guide to the J. E. Wallace SC0216 2 Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers SC0216 Papers Series 1 box 1.1, folder 1 Air Science and Tactics, Dept. of 1950-1956 Scope and Contents note correspondence contains the following 5 misfiled items at front: Assoc. of World Language; Allen & Company; Antonelli, Muriel; American Meteorological Society; Anderson, Walker E.; Art and Architecture - budget box 1.1, folder 2 Air Science and Tactics, Dept. of 1952-1955 Scope and Contents note correspondence box 1.1, folder 3 Air Science and Tactics, Dept. of 1956-1962 Scope and Contents note correspondence box 1.2, folder 4 Anthropology box 1.2, folder 5 Art and Architecture, Dept. of 1946-1950 box 1.2, folder 6 Art and Architecture, Dept. of 1954 Scope and Contents note one letter about improving lecture halls for slides box 1.2, folder 7 Art and Architecture, Dept. of 1954-1955 Scope and Contents note budget memos box 1.2, folder 8 Asian Languages (formerly Dept. of Asiatic and Slavic Studies) 1956-1961 Scope and Contents note contains Slavic Studies box 1.2, folder 9 Biological Sciences, Dept. of 1948-1952 box 1.2, folder 10 Biological Sciences, Dept. of 1954-1956 box 1.2, folder 11 Biological Sciences, Dept. of 1952-1956 box 1.3, folder 12 Biological Sciences, Dept. of 1956-1964 box 1.3, folder 13 Chemistry, Dept. of 1948-1949 box 1.3, folder 14 Chemistry, Dept. of 1949-1950 Scope and Contents note contains Luthy, Nydia resignation during Justice Dept. communism hunt box 1.3, folder 15 Chemistry, Dept. of 1951 box 1.3, folder 16 Chemistry, Dept. of 1951-1952 box 1.3, folder 17 Chemistry, Dept. of 1952-1953 box 1.3, folder 18 Chemistry, Dept. of 1953-1954 box 1.3, folder 19 Chemistry, Dept. of 1954-1955 box 1.3, folder 20 Chemistry, Dept. of 1955-1956 box 1.4, folder 21 Chemistry, Dept. of 1955-1964 box 1.4, folder 22 Classics, Dept. of 1946-1955 box 1.4, folder 23 Classics, Dept. of 1956-1963 box 1.5, folder 24 Communication and Journalism, Dept. of 1957-1962 box 1.5, folder 25 Communication and Journalism, Dept. of 1962-1964 box 1.5, folder 26 Computer Science, Dept. of 1964 Scope and Contents note Request to transform division into dept. box 1.5, folder 27 Computation Center 1961-1964 box 1.5, folder 28 Earth Sciences, School of (formerly School of Mineral Sciences) 1961-1964 box 2.6, folder 1 Economics, Dept. of 1948-1949 Guide to the J. 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Wallace SC0216 3 Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers SC0216 Papers Series 1 box 2.6, folder 2 Economics, Dept. of 1949-1950 box 2.6, folder 3 Economics, Dept. of 1951-1952 box 2.6, folder 4 Economics, Dept. of 1952-1953 box 2.6, folder 5 Economics, Dept. of 1953-1955 box 2.6, folder 6 Economics, Dept. of 1956-1959 box 2.6, folder 7 Economics, Dept. of 1958-1964 box 2.6, folder 8 Economics, Dept. of 1959-1964 box 2.6, folder 9 English, Dept. of 1947-1949 box 2.7, folder 10 English, Dept. of 1949-1951 box 2.7, folder 11 English, Dept. of 1950-1954 box 2.7, folder 12 English, Dept. of 1953-1955 box 2.7, folder 13 English, Dept. of 1955-1957 box 2.7, folder 14 Humanities and Sciences, School of 1965 Scope and Contents note faculty salary surveys box 2.7, folder 15 English, Dept. of 1957-1959 box 2.7, folder 16 English, Dept. of 1959-1964 box 2.8, folder 17 Geography, Dept. of 1948-1957 box 2.8, folder 18 Geography, Dept. of 1957-1963 box 2.8, folder 19 Geology, Dept. of 1946-1950 box 2.8, folder 20 Geology, Dept. of 1958-1960 box 2.8, folder 21 Germanic Languages, Dept. of 1947-1951 box 2.9, folder 22 Germanic and Romanic Languages, Dept. of 1950-1953 box 2.9, folder 23 Germanic and Romanic Languages, Dept. of 1953-1957 box 2.9, folder 24 Germanic and Romanic Languages, Dept. of 1956-1958 box 2.9, folder 25 History, Dept. of 1948-1949 box 2.9, folder 26 History, Dept. of 1949-1951 box 3.1, folder 1 History, Dept. of 1952-1953 box 3.1, folder 2 History, Dept. of 1953-1957 box 3.1, folder 3 History, Dept. of 1956-1958 box 3.1, folder 4 History, Dept. of 1958-1962 box 3.2, folder 5 Journalism, Div. of 1944-1955 Scope and Contents note Name changes from Division of Journalism to Institute for Journalistic Studies to Dept. of Communication and Journalism (1955). Within this Dept. is the Institute for Communication Research. box 3.2, folder 6 Journalistic Studies, Instutite of 1949-1954 box 3.2, folder 7 Communication and Journalism, Dept. of 1955-1957 box 3.2, folder 8 Mathematics, Dept. of 1945-1953 box 3.2, folder 9 Mathematics, Dept. of 1955 Scope and Contents note contains Browder, Felix appointment appeal (denied for public and government relations reasons) box 3.2, folder 10 Mathematics, Dept. of 1957-1958 box 3.2, folder 11 Mathematics, Dept. of 1959-1966 box 3.2, folder 12 Military Science and Tactics (ROTC), Dept. of 1952-1955 box 3.2, folder 13 Military Science and Tactics (ROTC), Dept. of 1952-1959 box 3.3, folder 14 Military Science and Tactics (ROTC), Dept. of 1952-1962 box 3.3, folder 15 Military Science and Tactics (ROTC), Dept. of 1962-1964 box 3.3, folder 16 Military Science and Tactics (ROTC), Dept. of 1962-1964 Scope and Contents note Distinguished Military Student appointments Guide to the J. E. Wallace SC0216 4 Sterling, President of Stanford University, Papers SC0216 Papers Series 1 box 3.3, folder 17 Modern European Languages, Dept. of 1959-1962 box 3.3, folder 18 Music, Dept. of 1952-1954 Scope and Contents note Contains 1952 proposal for new music building next to Memorial Auditorium (with plans) box 3.4, folder 19 Music, Dept. of 1956-1958 box 3.4, folder 20 Music, Dept.