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EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM 2023
2024ACAD EMIC YEAR
We explore interdisciplinary perspectives on science & technology.
Launched in conjunction with the 2022 opening of Hohbach Hall in Cecil H. Green Library, the Hohbach Hall Exhibitions Program is a new programming endeavor overseen by the Silicon Valley Archives. Our exhibits highlight interdisciplinary perspectives on science and technology, with a particular focus on Silicon Valley and the larger region of Northern California.
The Silicon Valley Archives are the world’s greatest repository of materials related to the history and development of the region. Primarily housed in the Department of Special Collections, the Silicon Valley Archives identify, preserve, and make the documentary record of science and technology–and related business and cultural activities in Silicon Valley–available to students, scholars, and the general public.
More than a cluster of
libraries, Stanford Libraries connects people with information by providing diverse resources and services to the academic community. The Libraries includes a world-class collection of nearly 12 million books, ebooks, journals, films, maps, databases, and more. We have developed digital tools that enable students, faculty, and scholars to access hundreds of thousands of items from our collections as well as from partnering with institutions around the world.
If you are interested in supporting the Silicon Valley Archives and/or the Hohbach Hall Exhibitions Program, please contact Sonia Lee in the Library Development Office, sonialee@stanford.edu, 650-736-9538.
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Print media became key reference material for engineers who sought to encode language for computers. This annotated newspaper from the Unicode Collection highlights how former Soviet countries that use the Cyrillic script, like Ukraine & Uzbekistan, had to advocate for additional characters that Russia objected to after the fall of the USSR.
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Sept.
Encoding: Computers as a Global Medium
Main Exhibit Promenade through Dec. 15
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The Poisonous Green Book of the Victorian Era
Entrance Case through Sept. 15
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Women in Science, Technology, & Medicine: The Early Years at Stanford & Beyond
Entrance Case through Dec. 15
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Jan. 09
The Apes & Us: A Century of Representations of Our Closest Relatives
Main Exhibit Promenade through June 21
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Undergraduate Showcase: Stanford Storytellers
Entrance Case through March 22
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April 02
July 08
Yes I Am: the Richard Weiland Story
Entrance Case through Oct. 4
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Stanford’s Rainbow Coalition
Entrance Case through June 21
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Encoding:
Computers as a
on display through Dec. 15 2023
Main Exhibit Promenade
Global Medium
Drawing from the Libraries’ extensive collections, Encoding illustrates two fundamental shifts in the history of computing: recasting computers as a communications medium rather than solely as a means for calculation by “number crunching” and developing encoding systems that encompassed more of the world’s text and language systems. The result was global computing: a technology that today encompasses virtually all the world’s cultural, financial, educational and entertainment media. Notable collections include the Unicode Collection , t he Louis Rosenblum Papers , & the Thomas S. Mullaney East Asian Information Technology History Collection .
The Poisonous Green Book of the Victorian Era
on display through Sept. 15 2023
Entrance Case
During the Victorian Era, the toxic compound copper acetoarsenite was frequently used to create a bright green binding color. Inspired by the Winterthur Poison Books project, this exhibit examines the context and history behind copper acetoarsenite and the field of chemistry during this period, as well as the rise of workplace safety regulations. It explores the available testing methods for identifying this toxic compound and gives practical tips and advice for safe handling of books and materials.
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On View NOW July 19
Women in Science, Technology, & Medicine: The Early Years at Stanford & Beyond
on display through Dec. 15 2023
Entrance Case
AN EXTENSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS’ EXHIBITION Embodied
Knowledge: Women & Science
before Silicon Valley on display from Aug. 11 2023 - March 25 2024
Peterson Gallery & Munger Rotunda, Bing Wing, 2nd Floor
Many women participated in making knowledge. Long before the rise of the institutional laboratory, the body and the home were domestic laboratories. Embodied Knowledge: Women & Science before Silicon Valley explores the long history of women pursuing scientific, medical, and technical knowledge from the Middle Ages through the mid-twentieth century. It showcases Stanford’s considerable holdings for this subject, including the role of our own university in this history. We invite viewers to see them as building blocks in a global history of gender and knowledge.
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The Apes & Us: A Century of Representations of Our Closest Relatives
on display through June 21 2024
Main Exhibit Promenade
Centering upon a set of paintings by the Austrian artist and evolutionist Gabriel von Max (1840-1915), The Apes & Us explores a century of representations of primates in relation to humans. Come tour the cultural fascination with apes that began in the decades after Darwin published On the Origin of Species (1859) as it spread into art, literature, and film, science and pseudoscience, the scholarly and the sensational.
Save the Date CELEBRATION
Exhibition Opening
January 12, 2024
WORKSHOP
The Apes & Us: A Century of Thinking About Humans Among the Primates
February 9-10, 2024
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Jan. 09
Undergraduate Showcase: Stanford Storytellers
on display through March 22 2024
Entrance Case
In anticipation of Stanford’s new Capstone requirement, the Libraries is pleased to kick off a series of exhibits showcasing significant undergraduate works of research and creativity. This first exhibit features books that were authored and designed by Stanford students, including works from the Stanford Graphic Novel Project and children’s books created by students in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR).
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Stanford’s Rainbow Coalition
on display through June 21 2024
Entrance Case
This exhibition highlights the work of the Rainbow Coalition, formed in 1987 by the Asian American Student Association, Black Student Union, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), &the Stanford American Indian Association. The Coalition’s actions included drafting demands known as the “Rainbow Agenda”, protesting ethnocentric policies, & occupying the President’s office.
Save the Date PANEL
Justice and Rainbows: the Archives are Alive
Oct. 24 2023, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
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Yes I Am: the Richard Weiland Story
on display through Oct. 04 2024
Entrance Case
Richard “Ric” Weiland, joined his former high school classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Microsoft after graduating Stanford in 1976. In 1988, he left the company at the age of 35 to pursue full-time philanthropy. Drawing on the Richard William Weiland papers 1969-2006 , this exhibition showcases Ric’s story through his work, his activism for the LGBTQIA+ movement (particularly in the Seattle area), and his extensive philanthropy, as well as his personal life.
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Programming
Fall 2023
Oct. 11 Oct. 19 Oct. 25
DISCUSSION
Bob Stein on the Tapestry Project
Oct. 11 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
In a networked digital world, people need tools that foster collaboration. The Tapestry Project answers this challenge with a paradigm-breaking tool that anyone can use to construct a non-linear landscape of ideas and the connections between them–a new form of writing which allows readers to interact directly with the author’s ideas and the sources they are based on.
EVENT SERIES
PRESENTATION
Rethinking the Role of the Printing Press & Typewriter Outside of Latin Characters
Oct. 19 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Through the large-scale analysis of the Mitsui Mi’ike Mine archive, this presentation begins to chart a theory of the practice of writing and reproduction, from the brush to Unicode, in the context of global scripts.
BOOK TALK
Unstoppable: The Unlikely Story of Godfather
Oct. 25 2023, 12:00 - 1:00
Unstoppable explores Clay Sr. from his time ing his uncanny math room craps game in Missouri, to his rise technology pioneer.
TABLETOP
TUESDAYS Gaming through the Archives
third Tuesday of the month, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Aug. 15 2023
Sept. 19 2023
Oct. 17 2023
Nov. 21 2023
Jan. 16 2024
Feb. 20 2024
March 19 2024
April 16 2024
May 21 2024
June 18 2024
July 16 2024
Each month, we feature a selection of board games and collection items from across SUL’s holdings around a theme. Drop in to learn about the month’s featured game(s) and/or try some of the board games we have for open play.
SPECIAL, UNIQUE & RARE Borders
Oct. 10 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Feb. 13 2024,
Special, Unique & Rare is a monthly Area Studies Resource Group at Stanford Libraries’ collections through a different
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Nature
a Silicon Valley
1:00 PM explores the life of Roy L. time as a teenager usmath skills to run backin segregated, rural rise as a Silicon Valley
Oct. 31
PRESENTATION
Authenticity by Design
Oct. 31 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Humanity is producing more content than at any point in history. Generative AI is poised to accelerate that trend. Our collective stream of information is surging, but all too often it’s filled with misinformation. As audiences and fact checkers confront these muddied waters downstream, can we find solutions upstream? Researchers at the Starling Lab for Data Integrity are testing innovative ways to authenticate digital records at their origin, establishing the time, date and location of their creation. These methods can be used to establish trust in critical records and are even finding their way into the legal system.
Nov. 14
BOOK TALK
Replayed: Essential Writing on Software Preservation and Game Histories
Nov. 14 2023, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Since the early 2000s, Henry Lowood has had a key role in initiatives devoted to the preservation and documentation of virtual worlds, digital games, and interactive simulations, establishing himself as a major scholar of game studies. Replayed offers Lowood’s far-flung and significant publications on these subjects in a single volume.
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Money April 9 2024, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
TEXTILE MAKERSPACE Pop-up Sessions
Part of the Special, Unique, & Rare series
The Textile Makerspace (Pigott Hall, 260-238) takes over the SVA conference room for pop-up making in coordination with the Special, Unique, & Rare series. Stop by to see what you can create!
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Essential Writings on Software Preservation and Game Histories Henry Lowood edited by Raiford Guins
Replayed
2024,
monthly series produced by the Humanities & Stanford Libraries. Each event explores the different theme.
Enjoy a sneak peek of
events that we are actively planning for this academic year but details like the exact date, time, and venue have not been confirmed.
For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the Upcoming Events page on our website.
In the works for Fall 2023
PANEL
AI & the Entertainment Industry
John Markoff, journalist and author, will convene a panel to discuss the implications of AI on the entertainment industry.
ANNUAL EVENT
HOWLoween 2023: Celebrating Wolf Awareness Week
Mark your calendar for a week of wolf-centric events from Oct. 15-21 at Green Library. Event schedule to follow soon.
Annual Event Tag der Deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity)
Celebrate the German national holiday Tag der Deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity) with us on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Planning for Spring 2024
FILM SCREENING & TALK
“Yes I Am”, the Film
The Silicon Valley Archives and University Archives are excited to announce a screening of the film “Yes I Am” followed by a discussion with director Aaron Bear.
ANNUAL EVENT Edible Book Festival 2024
Monday, April 1 will mark the 2024 international Edible Book Festival. Stay tuned for details on how we will be celebrating the annual event.
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Image Credits
FRONT COVER
Gabriel von Max, Abelard and Heloise, c. 1900, oil on canvas. The Jack Daulton Collection. Photography by Don Tuttle/Marty Kelly.
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Patron walking by conference room and display cases, 2023. Photography by Micaela Go/Stanford Libraries.
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Annotated newspaper, Совет Ўзбекистони [Soviet Uzbekistan], March 27 1991. The Unicode Collection, circa 1980s-2000s (M2864).
James Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, and Recreations for Town Folk, in the Study and Imitation of Nature , 1852. Stanford Libraries Rare Books Collection.
Lou Henry ‘98 (“freshie”) hard at work in the Chemistry Lab , 1895. Courtesy of the Herbet Hoover Presidential Library.
Takeover of ‘89 , The Disorientation Guide 2023 , pg. 20.
Tacky Tourist Club , 1986. The Richard William Weiland papers, 1969-2006 (SC0855).
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Arabic script software on a computer, N.D. The Unicode Collection, circa 1980s-2000s (M2864).
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Supplement au Traité chimique de l’air et du feu de M. Scheele, contenant un Tableau abrégé des nouvelles découvertes sur les diverses espèces d’air , 1785.
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Alexandra Forsythe with computer science studentscomputers in background, February 26 1974. Stanford University News Service Records (SC0122).
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Figure 18, in Charles Darwin’s Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), pg. 141.
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Selection of student works from the Stanford Graphic Novel Project and Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) classes.
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Takeover of ‘89 , The Disorientation Guide 2023 , pg. 20.
Tacky Tourist Club , 1986. The Richard William Weiland papers, 1969-2006 (SC0855).
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Students and instructor using archival materials in the Special Collections classroom, 2023. Photography by Micaela Go/Stanford Libraries.
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Bob Stein, N.D. Courtesy of Bob Stein.
Collage image, N.D. Courtesy of Raja Adal.
Cover image, N.D., in Unstoppable: The Unlikely Story of a Silicon Valley Godfather (2023).
Cover image, N.D., in Replayed: Essential Writings on Software Preservation and Game Histories (2023). Photography by Linda A. Cicero/Stanford News Service.
Playing during Tabletop Tuesdays , 2022. Photography by Kathleen Smith.
Signed dollar bill , c. 1957. Jay Last papers, 19402012 (M2846).
The Textile Makerspace pop-up in Hohbach Hall, 2023. Photography by Quinn Dombrowski.
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Students studying by Hohbach portrait, 2023. Photography by Micaela Go/Stanford Libraries.
BACK COVER
Exterior of Green Library: patron near entrance and red fountain rim with Hoover in background, 2023. Photography by Micaela Go/Stanford Libraries.
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Plan your visit
Hohbach Hall, home of the Silicon Valley Archives, is located on the first floor of Cecil H. Green Library. To help make your visit as smooth as possible, please be aware of the following:
Library hours vary throughout the year. Please check library.stanford.edu before your visit.
We recommend using the East Wing entrance by Coupa Café for direct access to Hohbach Hall.
Stanford is a large campus. Be prepared to traverse at least 0.5 miles during your visit.
Parking regulations are enforced 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM on weekdays unless otherwise posted.
Accessibility Accommodations
We are committed to being accessible to all visitors. If you need a disability-related accommodation, please contact svarchives@stanford.edu at least three business days before your visit to ensure that we can best meet your needs.
hohbachexhibits.stanford.edu SILICON VALLEY ARCHIVES Cecil H. Green Library 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305