Libraries & Archives

Highlights from Ginsberg’s archives at Stanford University Libraries illuminate his influential role as a Beat poet and activist.

Prep school students in Menlo Park recently explored Stanford’s music-related laboratories and libraries as part of their intersession course, The Art of Noises.

The David Rumsey Map Center has spent a decade using advanced technology to transform cartographic artifacts into dynamic learning tools, advancing research on the American West.

The 20th-century photo pioneer is widely celebrated for his majestic images of the American West. Less known are his commercial projects, including a 1961 assignment to capture the “spirit and purpose of Stanford University.”

Hundreds gathered Tuesday for a discussion about King’s legacy and the importance of preserving his writings for future generations.

The Cantor’s Archive Rooms series returns with the special collections of artists Ruth Asawa and Ester Hernandez, who shared a commitment to advocacy and activism.

The archives of Al Aronowitz, a journalist known for his “street-level” coverage of the seminal poets and musicians of the 1950s and ’60s, offer scholars a new lens on mid-20th-century counterculture.

Benjamin Nathans’ acclaimed history of Soviet dissidents drew on rare records from Stanford’s Hoover Institution: “When I first opened up that stuff, I could not believe what I had found.”

Lost for more than half a century, the rare Chinese typewriter whose name means “clear and fast” was discovered in a New York basement and entrusted to Stanford Libraries.

Stanford University Libraries are digitizing films from the 1920s onward, providing a lens into key historical moments while presenting new research opportunities for students and faculty.