Cubberley Education Library

Cubberley has two collections of historical textbooks. Both may be found in Socrates, Stanford's online catalog.

1. Use the Combined Search.
2. In the Everything box type: cubberley textbook
3. Combine with Subject, Author, or Title words

The Pre-twentieth Century Textbook Collection, dating from the late 18th to the early 20th century, is a rare and valuable collection of historical textbooks that do not circulate, but may be used in the library. They will have a call number beginning with O.TX. For access to this collection, please consult Cubberley Library staff. (Note: We are transferring titles published before 1800 to Special Collections.)

Twentieth century elementary and secondary school textbooks, collected by Cubberley Library until the early 1970s may be checked out. This collection is housed in the balcony of Cubberley's North Reading Room (to your far right after you enter the library). These books have call numbers beginning with TX.

Location of Historical Textbooks at Cubberley