Guide to the Frances Bowker O'Connor Scrapbook
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0499
Creator:
O'Connor, Frances Bowker.
Title: Frances Bowker O'Connor scrapbook
Dates: 1925-1928
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: Scrapbook documents her social activities at Stanford and Berkeley and includes photographs, dance cards, programs, clippings,
party favors, notes from students, ticket stubs, and Christmas cards. Of note are items pertaining to the Big Game, the annual
football game between Stanford and Berkeley, and a clipping about slang phrases in use by Stanford students (page 21).
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Frances Bowker O'Connor Scrapbook (SC0499). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Frances Bowker attended Stanford University from 1925 through the spring of 1927; she transferred to UC Berkeley in the Fall
of 1927 and finished her a.b. there. In the summer of 1928 she married James P. O'Connor.
Scrapbook documents her social activities at Stanford and Berkeley and includes photographs, dance cards, programs, clippings,
party favors, notes from students, ticket stubs, and Christmas cards. Of note are items pertaining to the Big Game, the annual
football game between Stanford and Berkeley, and a clipping about slang phrases in use by Stanford students (page 21).
O'Connor, Frances Bowker.
University of California, Berkeley --Students.
Memorabilia.
Photoprints.
Scrapbooks
Box 1-2
Scrapbook 1925-1928