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Stanford Architecture Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford Architecture collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC0831
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1886-2005
Summary: This collection
pertains to Turner's research and writing on the architecture of Stanford University,
focusing primarily on the Quad, the museum, and Hanna House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Included are photocopies of research documents, articles, copy prints of historic
photographs, modern photographs, reports, correspondence, drafts of Turner's writings and
the final publications. Hanna House materials are largely about seismic repairs following
the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. There are a few original historic documents in the
collection, including the 1886 booklet THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM ORIGIN AND
DESCRIPTION; Lorenz Eitner's, "The Development of the Stanford Museum 1964-1984"; and an
1887 print "The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of Construction at Palo
Alto, Cala."
Language of Material:
English .
This collection is open for research.
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.
Stanford Architecture Collection (SC0831). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Paul V. Turner, trained as an architect and art historian, has been on the faculty of
Stanford's Dept. of Art and Art History since 1971. His publications include THE EDUCATION
OF LE CORBUSIER; THE FOUNDERS & THE ARCHITECTS: THE DESIGN OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY; and
CAMPUS: AN AMERICAN PLANNING TRADITION. He chaired the university committee overseeing the
repair of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House, badly damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake, and in 2001 received the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for distinctive
contributions to undergraduate education.
This collection pertains to Turner's research and writing on the architecture of Stanford
University, focusing primarily on the Quad, the museum, and Hanna House, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright. Included are photocopies of research documents, articles, copy prints of
historic photographs, modern photographs, reports, correspondence, drafts of Turner's
writings and the final publications. Hanna House materials are largely about seismic repairs
following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. There are a few original historic documents in
the collection, including the 1886 booklet THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM ORIGIN
AND DESCRIPTION; Lorenz Eitner's, "The Development of the Stanford Museum 1964-1984"; and an
1887 print "The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of Construction at Palo
Alto, Cala."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Paul
R. Hanna House (Stanford, Calif.)