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Guide to the Stanford University, Chess Club, Records
SC0479  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0479
    Creator: Economics Club of Leland Stanford Junior University.
    Creator: Stanford University. Chess Club.
    Title: Stanford University, Chess Club, records
    Dates: 1903-1918
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Minutes, 1903-1918, which often include records of games and tournaments; and miscellaneous correspondence, financial records, records of tournament games, clippings, and a rules booklet. Some of the correspondence pertains to a tournament with the University of California Chess Club in Berkeley, 1915.
    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 Walter W. Burns, 1994.

    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

    Stanford University, Chess Club, Records (SC0479). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    The Stanford University Chess Club, a student club, was organized in February 1894.

    Description of the Collection

    Minutes, 1903-1918, which often include records of games and tournaments; and miscellaneous correspondence, financial records, records of tournament games, clippings, and a rules booklet. Some of the correspondence pertains to a tournament with the University of California Chess Club in Berkeley, 1915.

    Access Terms

    Stanford University. Chess Club.
    University of California, Berkeley --Students.
    Chess.
    Students