Overview
In 1919, the Hoover Library and Archives began collecting firsthand accounts of historical events and political transformations. Today the library contains about 750,000 such publications, and the archives, more than 5,600 collections, including 100,000 political posters, 100,000 audiotapes, 10,000 videotapes, and 5,000 movie reels, filling twenty-five miles of shelving. Each year more than 3,000 researchers and visitors from all over the world, as well as from nearly every state in the country, visit the library and archives to use or discover materials on political, economic, and social change in modern times. Announcements About the Library and Archives Collections Exhibits Help Copyright © 2009 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University Phone: 650-723-1754 |
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