From the founding of the University, Stanford Library has collected rare and unique materials documenting the history and culture of California and beyond. The last thirty years have been transformative for the Library’s Department of Special Collections, as it has expanded and deepened its collecting areas, in the process acquiring and making available signature collections that expand notions of life and culture in the Golden State: including deep collections in Mexican American history, the history of Silicon Valley, Asian American history and art, the struggle for civil rights in California and beyond, the 1960s counterculture, photography in a variety of genres, and artists books and fine press printing, among many others.
Join Curator for American and British History and Associate Director of the Department of Special Collections Benjamin Stone as he discusses Stanford’s Special Collections initiatives across a variety of fronts, including ongoing major projects such as the 2025 acquisition of the California Historical Society Collection and the papers of late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein.
An in-person and virtual presentation by Benjamin Stone, Curator for American and British History and Associate Director, Special Collections, Stanford University, California
**Co-presented & co-hosted by the Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America