Arizona State University

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Arizona State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning with its main campus in Tempe, Arizona, U.S. The university offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in areas including agriculture, engineering, business, education, and the arts and sciences. It also includes Colleges of Architecture and Environmental Design, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Law. Students can study abroad at locations throughout Europe, and in Mexico, Asia, and the Middle East. Branch campuses are ASU West (1984), located in northwestern Phoenix, and ASU East (1996) in nearby Mesa. The university also has an extended campus in downtown Phoenix designed to accommodate working adults. Total enrollment at the school exceeds 47,000. Arizona State University was created as a normal school by the territorial legislature in 1885. Instruction began in 1886. The university’s Camp Tontozona, located in the Mogollon Rim area, allows for instruction and research in mountain terrain. The university also has a centre for meteorite study and a solar energy research laboratory. An important arts centre for Phoenix and its suburbs, Arizona State is home to the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1964, and the Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, the largest single-level theatre in the United States. Alumni of the university include the researcher and industrial designer Temple Grandin.
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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Salerno, Nicholas A. Nicholas A. Salerno collection, 1977-[ongoing]. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Bernard, Jeffrey P. [Bust of John Wm. Schwada] [art original]. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Bateman, George Monroe, 1897-. From horse and buggy days to the atomic age: 1897-1971, 1971. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Muir, Gertrude Hill. Gertrude Hill Muir collection, 1862-1980 (bulk 1950-1969). Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf University Records Collection, 1885-1990, 1950-1980 Arizona State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Durham, G. Homer 1911-1985. A.S.U. 1960-69 : personal history/ by G. Homer Durham. Landmarks of Science Microform Service
referencedIn Gerber, Helmut E., 1920-. Papers, 1950-1984. Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf Preliminary Inventory of the Arizona State University Land Titles, 1885-1990 Arizona State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Carpenter, Kenneth. Kenneth Carpenter collection, 1974-1975. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Arizona State University. University Archives. University Archives photograph collection, 1885-1995. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Smith, Dean, 1923-. ASU founding deans oral history project : transcript and cassettes of interviews, 1987- / conducted by Dean Smith. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Grigsby, J. Eugene (Jefferson Eugene), 1918-. J. Eugene Grigsby papers, 1940s-1983. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Joseph, Monica A. The contribution of Arthur Adel to astronomical infrared spectroscopy, 1973. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Pimental, David. [President's chain of office] [realia]. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Meier mss., 1927-2010 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Arizona State University. Office of the President. Records, 1863-1981. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn General Electric Company. Computer Dept. General Electric Company Computer Department scrapbook, 1956-1962. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Hayes, Donald S., 1939-. Oral history interview with Donald S. Hayes, 1977 November 13. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn General Electric Company Computer Department scrapbook, 1956-1962 University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
creatorOf Arizona State University. LA84 Foundation
creatorOf Academic and Administrative Documents, 1978-2005 Arizona State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Smith, Craig, 1959-. Four major building projects, Arizona State University : photographs, 1987-1989 / photographs by Craig Smith. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Conrad, Frederick Allan, 1885?-1974. Pioneering sociology on "The last frontier", 1967. University of Arizona Libraries
referencedIn Phoenix general plan 1985-2000 collection, 1974-1987. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998. The personal and political papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater (1909-1998), 1880s-2008. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Hubbard, Paul Gaylord, 1921-. Paul Hubbard collection, 1945-1990. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Bishop, Irene Redden, 1893-. Typewritten transcript of oral history interview with Rosemary Diaz, 1981 July 20. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Castle Hot Springs collection, 1951-1982. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Durham, G. Homer (George Homer), 1911-1985. Newspaper clippings, 1961-1969. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Arizona State University. College of Education. Records, 1909-1981, bulk 1968-1981. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Sir Archive Michael Redgrave V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Pimental, David. [University mace] [realia]. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Harward, Naomi, 1907-1995. Naomi Markee Harward papers, 1929-1989. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Ernst Bacon Collection, 1907-1990, (bulk 1930-1980) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Campus Environment Team records, 1990-1994. Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf Preliminary Inventory of the Centennial Commission Records, 1981-1987 Arizona State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Arizona State University. Office of the President. Records, 1961-1984 (bulk 1971-1981). Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, sound recordings, and other material, 1873-2001. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1957-1993 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Bernice Resnick Sandler, 1963-2008 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Guide to the Bill Andrews Editorial Cartoons and Papers, 1941-2011 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn John Ponsford White letter, 1964 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Kaufman, Lucile B., 1906-. Papers 1938- Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Records of the Project on the Status and Education of Women (Association of American Colleges), (inclusive), (bulk), 1969-1991, 1971-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Rosselli, David Joseph. The affects of the 1996 Super Bowl XXX on the Arizona State University student body / by David Joseph Rosselli. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Snell, Frank L., 1899-1994. Frank L. Snell collection, 1946-1998. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Arizona State University artifact collection, 1892- Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn AHF Subject Photograph Collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1990 [picture]. Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf Arizona State University. Office of the President. Records, 1863-1981. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Arizona State University. University Archives. University records collection, 1885-1990. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Papers of Gerda Lerner, 1924-2006 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn McCoy, Ronald. Mill Avenue oral history project, 1988 / interviews conducted by Ron McCoy ; sponsored by Department of Archives and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Arizona State University. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Office of Operations. Records Relating to Arizona State University Indian Community Action Programs, (a series). 1965-70. Denver art museum
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn White, John Ponsford. Letter, 1964. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Study of Multi-Institutional Collaborations. Phase I: High-Energy Physics. Oral history interviews. Series 1. Selected Experiments: FNAL-E-289: Small Angle Proton-Helium Elastic and Inelastic Scattering from 8 to 500 GeV, 1990-1991. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Tom Eckert Archives of American Art
referencedIn Arizona State University Chaco Research Archive
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Tempe AZ US
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