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Guide to the Chester W. Barker Scrapbook
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0746
    Creator: Barker, Chester W.
    Title: Chester W. Barker scrapbook
    Dates: 1915-1933
    Physical Description: 1 Linear feet
    Summary: Scrapbook contains programs and clippings largely of theater performances and concerts, 1915-1933; and photographs of Stanford buildings and other students, as well as family photographs. Two items of note pertaining to his Stanford days are an issue of "Thumbs Up," Oct. 27, 1915, pertaining to the demise of the Plug Ugly event on campus; and an undated issue of "The Appeal to Reason," probably a student humor publication.
    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

    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

    Chester W. Barker Scrapbook. Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Chester W. Barker earned his A.B. in English at Stanford University in May 1918. He was married to E. Catherine Crabtree, also of the Stanford class of 1918, and was a realtor in Los Angeles.

    Description of the Collection

    Scrapbook contains programs and clippings largely of theater performances and concerts, 1915-1933; and photographs of Stanford buildings and other students, as well as family photographs. Two items of note pertaining to his Stanford days are an issue of "Thumbs Up," Oct. 27, 1915, pertaining to the demise of the Plug Ugly event on campus; and an undated issue of "The Appeal to Reason," probably a student humor publication.

    Access Terms

    Barker, Chester W.
    Scrapbooks