Guide to the Lucie Stern Hall Photograph Albums
compiled by Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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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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is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
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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