Letters Home

Letters Home from Stanford, a collection of students' handwritten & electronic correspondence, speaks to discovering purpose, self—and how to do the laundry.

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Thanks for the retweet, Elena! Loved your talk on Lou Henry Hoover!

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Great to be back at it! Honored to be signing and chatting about my book "Letters Home from Stanford" this Sat. 1 - 3 p.m. at the Books Inc. in Campbell.
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Thx much @_Sam_Tran_. So fun to meet you! @LettersStanford @wordsconnect @stanfordreunion @StanfordLive @StanfordLibs @Stanford @StanfordAlumni @ReedyPress @bbc5live @XMRadio_TM @StanfordOHP @StanfordHistory @FarmHistory @StanfordArchive @StanfordBkstr @StanfordClass18

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Would love to chat tomorrow at Stanford Bookstore, 3-5 pm!!! #lettersstanford #stanforduniversity #stanfordreunion #stanfordalumni #wordsmatter #Stanforduniversity #Stanfordalumni #GoStanford #Stanfordarchives #StanfordLibraries #ReedyPress #lettershome #bayarea
#wordsconnect

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“The professors are so kind, they give you about two weeks to worry over your exams….” - Julia Hamilton Conkling, 1911, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa four years later.

Quote courtesy of Stanford Archives.
#Phibetakappa #graduation

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“Well I am about typed out for this time and besides it’s 1:00 a.m. and past my bedtime. I got very little sleep during “Dead Week.” - Fred Weintz Jr., 1946

Good lucky to everyone during their Spring Quarter finals!

Photo: Stanford Quad
Quote courtesy of @StanfordArchive

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A perspective from an international student:
“The American sense of humour is a little difficult to adjust to. Sometimes (a little more often that that!) I feel pressure to be “cool,” i.e. funny and entertaining…. - Natasha Pratap, 1991
Photo: Pratap
Quote: @StanfordArchive

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More words from abroad: “P.S. Gorbachev is speaking at Stanford this quarter. I can’t believe I’m missing it. He’s one of the most influential people of this century.” - Anonymous, May, 1990

Photo courtesy of Tom Mondragon and quote courtesy of Stanford Archives.

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#Stanforduniversity #Stanfordalumni #GoStanford #Stanfordarchives #StanfordLibraries #ReedyPress #lettershome #bayarea
#wordsconnect #booklovers
#bookreaders #bookaddicts #book #bookstagram #whattoread #studyabroad #oxford #UnitedKingdom #architecture #history #harrypotter

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Study abroad in Oxford: “On the tour they showed us places where the movie Harry Potter was filmed. We also visited the colleges where Bill and Chelsea Clinton studied, Lawrence of Arabia, and Tony Blair. The city has so much history and beautiful architecture.” -Tamandra M., ‘07

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“When I was a freshman I took for granted that I had to do a great deal of sitting up of nights, etc.. but now I take it for granted that the one thing to do is to go [to] bed & get plenty of sleep….” -Rose Payne, 5/17/1897

Photo: Stanford 125
Quote: Stanford Archives.

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We have all been there: You, me and the DMV.

#Stanforduniversity #Stanfordalumni #GoStanford #Stanfordarchives #StanfordLibraries #GoCard #ReedyPress #wordsconnect #booklovers
#bookreaders #bookaddicts #book #bookstagram #whattoread #StanfordResEd #DMV #driving #waiting #reading

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“I miss you guys, I really do. You’re a great family and I guess it’s about time I admitted it.” - Phil B. Laird Jr., [Late 1960s]

As the year wraps up, we are all missing our families and are excited to see them when we go home.

Quote courtesy of @StanfordArchive

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Former Sacramento Magazine editor Alison Carpenter Davis is talking with Marianne about her years at Stanford University and the shared student experiences dating back to the 1800s, written in her new book Letters Home from Stanford. https://t.co/GGpdCgQiuA

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70 years ago today: “Tell dad that the first thing I want to do when I get home for summer recess is to drive the tractor like mad.” -Bob Lowell Swetzer, May 16, 1948

Leaving one farm and going to another!

Photo courtesy of Stanford 125 and quote courtesy of @StanfordArchive

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Did you know that between the 1910s and 1960s, college students across the country sometimes sent laundry home in a reusable laundry box to mom, who would mail back the box with clean, pressed clothes inside?

Photo courtesy of National Postal Museum.

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#Stanforduniversity #Stanfordalumni #GoStanford #StanfordLibraries #ReedyPress #lettershome
#wordsconnect #booklovers
#bookreaders #bookaddicts #book #bookstagram #whattoread #StanfordResEd #mothersdayseries #thankyou #appreciationpost #mothersday #moms

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“You have always done everything for me and I don’t seem to be very grateful.” - (Mary) Carol Stearns, 11/7/46

Always take time to thank your mother for all she has done! Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers out there.

Photo&quote courtesy of @StanfordArchive

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Segment Video
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Quiz:
1. What do Global Beads in Mountain View (store display shown above) and the @avidreaderdavis have in common?

2. What do Tom Sellek and "Letters Home" have in common?

First follower to reply correctly to both questions gets a specially discounted copy of Letters Home.