Guide to the Stanford University, Chess Club, Records

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: 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


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Records