Jim Tranquada collection on the divestment movement at Stanford University, 1970-1978.

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Jim Tranquada collection on the divestment movement at Stanford University, 1970-1978.

Collection consists of materials compiled by Tranquada while covering the Stanford divestment movement as a reporter for the Stanford Daily in 1977-1978. The material includes leaflets created by the Stanford Committee for Responsible Investment Policy (SCRIP); press releases issued by SCRIP, Stanford News Service, and ASSU; copies of Board of Trustees correspondence; reporters' notes' press coverage of the divestment movement at Stanford and elsewhere; and copies of organizing booklets published by campus progressives, including Fire and Sandstone (Stanford, circa 1970), Disorientation (Berkeley, circa 1977); and Organize (Stanford, circa 1978).

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Stanford University. Board of Trustees

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The Stanford National Board, whose members were elected by the Board of Trustees, met once or twice yearly with the Trustees for a discussion of University problems and policies. From the description of Stanford University, Board of Trustees, records concerning the Stanford National Board, 1923-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703840671 Leland Stanford Junior University was formally founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford in the name of their son. While found...

Stanford Committee for Responsible Investment Policy.

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Tranquada, Jim

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