Stanford University, Department of Physics, photographs, 1910-1973, bulk 1950-1973

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Stanford University. Department of Physics.
Abstract:
Collection contains photographs of faculty, staff, and students, 1910-1973, with the bulk of the images from 1965-1973. Most of the photos appear to be identification images, some of which show signs of having been posted on display. There are also images of Prof. William Webster Hansen; the farewell party for Ed. A. Wright (mechanician) in 1942; Prof. Fernando Sanford with a group on the steps of a house ca. 1910; and undated portraits of 19th century German physicists: Max Planck, Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and two others.
Extent:
8.5 Linear feet
Language:
The materials are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains photographs of faculty, staff, and students, 1910-1973, with the bulk of the images from 1965-1973. Most of the photos appear to be identification images, some of which show signs of having been posted on display. There are also images of Prof. William Webster Hansen; the farewell party for Ed. A. Wright (mechanician) in 1942; Prof. Fernando Sanford with a group on the steps of a house ca. 1910; and undated portraits of 19th century German physicists: Max Planck, Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and two others.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022