Guide to the Jesse Lincoln Myers Scrapbook

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

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Overview

Call Number: SC0716

Creator: Myers, Jesse Lincoln.

Title: Jesse Lincoln Myers scrapbook

Dates: 1905-1958

Bulk Dates: 1913-1915

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet (1 volume)

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 Jesse L. Myers, 1958.

Biographical/Historical note

Jesse L. Myers attended Stanford 1913-15 and then earned his mechanical engineering degree at Cornell University in 1920.

Scope and Contents note

Scrapbook largely pertains to his two years at Stanford and includes postcards (some depicting Stanford in 1905), photographs, programs, tickets, and issues of the Daily Palo Alto, 1913-1915; there are also postcards of San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Yosemite. Loose items from the scrapbook include assorted items from his student life at Cornell; additional Stanford postcards; and a letter from Pete Allen (Stanford News Service), 1958, thanking him for the gift of the scrapbook, which was sent to the University Archives.

Access Terms

Postcards--California.

Box 1

Scrapbook