Guide to the Lucie Stern Hall Photograph Albums

compiled by Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

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Overview

Call Number: A0072
Creator: Lucie Stern Trust
Creator: Stanford University. Lucie Stern Hall.
Title: Lucie Stern Hall photograph albums
Dates: 1899-1963
Bulk Dates: 1933-1963
Physical Description: 5.5 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Summary: Collection includes two photo albums of portraits of Stanford faculty, administrators, and alumni, 1940-44, including Birge Clark, Donald B. Tresidder, Russell V. Lee, Fred Terman, and Mary Yost; guest book from Lucie Stern's home with guest entries, 1933-45, clippings, 1926-46, photographs of students, alumni, and their families, 1940s, and Mrs. Stern's marriage certificate, 1899; two birthday cards to Mrs. Stern from the Birge Clark family, 1941-42, hand-drawn and colored; scrapbook from Stern Hall's first year, 1949-50, containing photographs, cartoons, clippings, invitations, and programs; scrapbook from Muir Hall, 1958-63, containing clippings, photographs, and programs; Stern Hall guest book, 1950-61; and "Stern Hall Progress Report," Dec. 1948, a portfolio containing photos of construction work and captions by Eldridge T. Spencer.
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

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Cite As

Lucie Stern Hall Photograph Albums (A0072). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Lucie Stern, benefactor to Palo Alto and Stanford University, held weekly dinner parties for Stanford students at her Palo Alto home thoughout the 1930s and '40s; the ASSU made her an honorary member of the student body in 1941. She died in 1946, leaving a bequest in her will for a men's dormitory at Stanford.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes two photo albums of portraits of Stanford faculty, administrators, and alumni, 1940-44, including Birge Clark, Donald B. Tresidder, Russell V. Lee, Fred Terman, and Mary Yost; guest book from Lucie Stern's home with guest entries, 1933-45, clippings, 1926-46, photographs of students, alumni, and their families, 1940s, and Mrs. Stern's marriage certificate, 1899; two birthday cards to Mrs. Stern from the Birge Clark family, 1941-42, hand-drawn and colored; scrapbook from Stern Hall's first year, 1949-50, containing photographs, cartoons, clippings, invitations, and programs; scrapbook from Muir Hall, 1958-63, containing clippings, photographs, and programs; Stern Hall guest book, 1950-61; and "Stern Hall Progress Report," Dec. 1948, a portfolio containing photos of construction work and captions by Eldridge T. Spencer.

Access Terms

Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-
Goldman, Richard, Mrs.
Lee, Russell V.
Stanford University. Lucie Stern Hall.
Stern, Lucie.
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Yost, Mary.
Albums.
Photoprints.


Box 1

Photograph albums (2 volumes) of Stanford faculty, administrators, and alumni 1940-1944

Box 1

Scrapbook on Stern Hall's first year 1949-50

Box 1

Two birthday cards to Lucie Stern from Birge Clark 1941-42

Box 1

Photograph - "Roadrunner Productions" truck 1938

Box 1

Loose Photographs from Scrapbook

Box 1

Loose photographs from album

Box 2

Lucie Stern's guest book 1899-1946

Box 3

Stern Hall guest book 1950-61

Box 4

"Stern Hall Progress Report," a portfolio containing photos of construction work and captions by Eldridge T. Spencer 1948 Dec

Box 4

Scrapbook from Muir House 1958-63