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GSB Archives Checklist


We are looking for unique material that helps to tell the GSB story.

  What we want:

  • One copy of all publications your department produces (Stanford Business, Alumni  newsletters, student facebook, Report to Investors, marketing brochures), but only if we don’t already receive it; check the library catalog if unsure.
  • Documentation of major decisions affecting the direction of School (new curriculum, new collaborations, new campus)
  • Correspondence detailing significant changes of programs and departments, particularly creation of new activities (creation of research centers, division of PMP & GMP, STEP and SAIL agreements, creation of Bass seminars)
  • Minutes of meetings where School-wide policy decisions are made (Masters degree for Sloan program)
  • Physical artifacts (ashtray from library director’s office in the 1970s, broken glass from 1960s demonstrations). Please provide short note with context; without it, glass is just glass.
  • Anything that demonstrates the GSB student experience at a given point in time (study trip reports, conference details, student show, pictures, videos, meeting minutes, club activities)
  • Statistics that help track growth or changes (40 years of CMC placement statistics, a record of the  number of electives offered each quarter)


How we want it:

In context

Say, for example, you have correspondence between faculty that led to the development of a GSB program.  Please include a quick cover note explaining what program came of it, and identify any non-GSB correspondents. You may be the only person that can connect those dots.

As complete as possible

If there is accompanying data you do not have, please let us know. If you have material that is not suitable for public view until a later date, we can oblige.

Hard Copy format

Digital material is not yet archival.  If you have digital video or audio, please give it to Bryan McCann; digital photos to Stephanie Culberson. If you do not have hard copy of a document, please create a PDF for us to print out.

Unconditional

We reserve the right to do as we see fit with donated material. We may not keep it or may pass it on to University Archives.


  What we Do NOT want:

  • Routine correspondence and minutes
  • Student projects (They own the rights, not us)
  • Personnel records (These are confidential)
  • Unreviewed boxes full of stuff (You know better than we do if it’s important; please don’t pass it on if it’s not)

Please see the University Archives page on staff donations for additional information.

THANK YOU for your help!

 

Download print-friendly PDFversion of the Archives checklist .