Guide to the Children's Hospital at Stanford Records
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0297
Creator:
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Title: Children's Hospital at Stanford records
Dates: 1917-1977
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear feet
Summary: These records were collected by Ruth Spande Atwood, first superintentdent and administrator of the Stanford Convalescent Home
(1923-1961), and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings and photographs. Subjects include the history of the
Home, individuals who served on Boards and assisted with fund raising, and patients. Of note are the photographs and letters
of Sam McDonald. Other correspondents include Dr. Esther Clark, Dr. William F. Durand, Dr. Harold Faber, Timothy Hopkins,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, and the artist Wolo (Wolo Trutzschler von Falkenstein). Collection also includes a Memory Book (1917-1977)
and Scrapbook (1928-1961) largely containing photographs, with some articles and programs, on the Home, its staff and patients,
special events, the artist Wolo and his murals, Ruth Spande Atwood, Sam McDonald, and Dr. David Charles Gardner.
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Atwood, 1983.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Children's Hospital at Stanford Records (SC0297). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Originally the Stanford Convalescent Home, established on the Stanford campus in 1919 for needy children with long term illness,
this privately supported organization changed its name to the Children's Hospital at Stanford in 1970.
Description of the Collection
These records were collected by Ruth Spande Atwood, first superintentdent and administrator of the Stanford Convalescent Home
(1923-1961), and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings and photographs. Subjects include the history of the
Home, individuals who served on Boards and assisted with fund raising, and patients. Of note are the photographs and letters
of Sam McDonald. Other correspondents include Dr. Esther Clark, Dr. William F. Durand, Dr. Harold Faber, Timothy Hopkins,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, and the artist Wolo (Wolo Trutzschler von Falkenstein). Collection also includes a Memory Book (1917-1977)
and Scrapbook (1928-1961) largely containing photographs, with some articles and programs, on the Home, its staff and patients,
special events, the artist Wolo and his murals, Ruth Spande Atwood, Sam McDonald, and Dr. David Charles Gardner.
Access Terms
Atwood, Ruth Spande.
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Clark, Esther Bridgman.
Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958
Faber, Harold Kniest, 1884-1979.
Gardner, David Charles.
Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937.
MacDonald, Emanuel B.
Stanford Home for Convalescent Children.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Wolo, d. 1989.
Children --Health and hygiene.
Children --Hospitals --California.
Box 1, Folder 1
Shirley Temple Black 1956-1971
Box 1, Folder 3
Student Nurse Program 1932-1953
Box 1, Folder 5
Some Board Members 1944-1976
Box 1, Folder 6
Some Celebrities 1954-1975
Box 1, Folder 7
Dr. William F. Durand 1930-1958
Box 1, Folder 8
Dr. Harold Faber 1923-1937
Box 1, Folder 9
Dr. Charles Gardner 1920-1969
Box 1, Folder 11
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins 1926-1970
Box 1, Folder 13
J. Pearce Mitchell 1928-1974
Box 2, Folder 1
Stanford Convalescent Home (SCH) History 1919-1969
Box 2, Folder 3
Proposal for SCH Medical and Rehabilitation Center 1963
Box 2, Folder 5
Radio, TV, Films 1933-1961
Box 2, Folder 8
Letters from Patient’s families 1926-1936
Box 2, Folder 12
Superintendent’s reports 1924-1970
Box 2, Folder 13
SCH Newspaper reports 1926-1961
Box 3, Folder 1
Ruth Spande Atwood: Career and Personal 1920-1970
Box 3, Folder 2
Stanford School of Nursing
Box 3, Folder 3
Photos of the Convalescent Home
Box 3, Folder 4
White House Conference 1931
Box 3, Folder 5
Professional Associations
Box 3, Folder 6
Ruth Atwood in retirement 1961
Box 3, Folder 7
Happy Birthday cards from children to Ruth Atwood
Box 3, Folder 8
Christmas cards from children to Ruth Atwood 1 of 2
Box 3, Folder 9
Christmas cards from children to Ruth Atwood 2 of 2
Box 3, Folder 11
The Stanford family campus home
Box 4, Folder 1
Stanford University 1932-1957
Box 4, Folder 2
Stanford Medical School 1933-1966
Box 4, Folder 3
Stanford area news, folder 1 of 2
Box 4, Folder 4
Stanford area news, folder 2 of 2
Box 4, Folder 5
SCH Senior Auxiliary 1919-1965
Box 4, Folder 6
SCH Palo Alto Junior Auxiliary & Allied Arts Guild
Box 4, Folder 7
SCH San Francisco Junior Auxiliary
Box 4, Folder 8
SCH Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary
Box 5, Folder 4
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1952
Box 5, Folder 5
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1953
Box 5, Folder 6
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1955
Box 5, Folder 7
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1956
Box 5, Folder 8
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1957
Box 5, Folder 9
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1958
Box 5, Folder 10
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1959
Box 5, Folder 11
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1960
Box 5, Folder 12
Program to the Woodside-Atherton Junior Auxiliary Horse Show 1961
Box 5, Folder 13
Program to the San Francisco Junior Auxiliary Dance 1962
Box 6 os
Oversize letters by Wolo (removed from Box 5, folder 1)
Box 6
Resolution to Mrs. Atwood on her [65th] birthday and announcement of presentation of The Ruth Spande Atwood Endowment Fund
[hand-lettered, 4/24/61]
Box 6, Folder 1
New Administration building dedication 1953
Box 6, Folder 2
Drawing of new Administration building
Box 6, Folder 3
Mrs. Timothy Hopkins 1935
Box 6, Folder 4
Original painting by Wolo
Box 6, Folder 7
A Stanford Convalescent Hospital ward
Box 7, Folder 12
Memory Book, original covers
Box 7, Folder 13
Scrapbook photos from pages 4-5
Box 7, Folder 14
Scrapbook photos from pages 6-7
Box 7, Folder 15
Scrapbook photos from pages 10, 11, 12
Box 7, Folder 16
Scrapbook photos from page 13 (David Charles Gardner, Dr. Esther Clark)
Box 7, Folder 17
Scrapbook photos from pages 17, 20
Box 7, Folder 18
Scrapbook photos from page 21
Box 7, Folder 19
Scrapbook photos from pages 26-27 (the Home’s buildings)
Box 7, Folder 20
Scrapbook photos from pages 28, 30 (David Charles Gardner)
Box 7, Folder 21
Scrapbook photos from page 31
Box 7, Folder 22
Scrapbook photos from page 33
Box 7, Folder 23
Scrapbook photos from page 34
Box 7, Folder 24
Scrapbook photos from page 35
Box 7, Folder 25
Scrapbook photos from pages 36, 38, 39
Box 7, Folder 26
Scrapbook photos from pages 40-41
Box 7, Folder 27
Scrapbook photos from pages 44, 46, 49, 50 (artist Wolo)
Box 7, Folder 28
Scrapbook photos from page 51 (Wolo’s murals)
Box 7, Folder 29
Scrapbook photos from pages 52,55, 56, 57
Box 7, Folder 30
Scrapbook photos from pages 69, 71
Box 7, Folder 31
Scrapbook photos from pages 72, 75, 76, 77 (Sam McDonald)
Box 7, Folder 32
Scrapbook photos from pages 80, 81, 82, 84
Box 8 os
Scrapbook (photographs, clippings, articles) 1928-1961
Box 9
Annual Reports 1917-1960 (4 bound volumes)