Library & Archives
Since 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University has become an international center for documentation and research. It serves as a learning organization and a repository of knowledge holding more than one million volumes and over 6,000 archival collections pertaining to war, revolution, and peace.
Welcome
For over 100 years, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has served as a platform for a vibrant community of scholars and a broad public interested in the meaning and role of history. We collect, preserve, describe and make available collections for research and discovery.
Our collections contain the most important materials on war, revolution, and peace and social, political, and economic change in the modern era. We preserve records of enduring value through proactive care and conservation practices to maintain long term access. Access to our collections for research and scholarship (onsite and online) is free to the public. We build connections to our collections by sparking curiosity and we welcome audiences to explore and learn what the Library & Archives has to offer.
Explore
Explore nearly one million volumes and over six thousand archival collections from 171 countries.
EngageVisit our exhibitions and learn about our collections through our education and outreach in-person, online, and hybrid programs.
ResearchLearn about how we can support your research efforts, in-person and virtually.
Search Our Collections
Our collections contain rare and unique library materials and archives that include posters, photographs, texts, sound recordings, moving images, and art and memorabilia.
Highlights
New Exhibition Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives In A Time Of Famine Opens At The Hoover Institution Library & Archives
American medical relief in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is the subject of a new exhibition opening…
Featured Events
Through a Transnational Lens: Embedding Japan in Global History—Japanese Diaspora Public Lecture
Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives In A Time Of Famine
A Virtual Exhibition Tour Of Fanning The Flames: Propaganda In Modern Japan
