Guide to the Stanford Architecture Collection
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0831
Creator:
Turner, Paul Venable
Title: Stanford architecture collection
Dates: 1886-2005
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet
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(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
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 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.
Description of the Collection
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."
Access Terms
Eitner, Lorenz.
Stanford University--Buildings.
Stanford University. Museum.
Turner, Paul Venable
Paul R. Hanna House (Stanford, Calif.)
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Copy prints: Memorial Arch frieze
Box 1, Folder 2
Copy prints: assorted buildings
Box 1, Folder 3
Copy prints: views of Stanford land ca. 1887
Box 1, Folder 4
Copy prints: miscellaneous
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs, miscellaneous, some with negatives
Box 1, Folder 7
Copy prints: plans, drawings for Stanford University
Box 1, Folder 8
Copy prints: Stanford buildings
Box 1, Folder 9
Copy prints: Stanford maps
Box 1, Folder 10
Copy prints: non-Stanford buildings
Box 1, Folder 11
Negatives (35mm) of historic images and photographs
Box 1, Folder 12
Negatives (35mm), miscellaneous images
Photographs – Hanna House
Box 1, Folder 14
Photograph of exterior by Norris Pope, with accompanying note,
2002
Box 1, Folder 15
Photographs of opening reception and donor dinner, 1999
Box 1, Folder 16
Copy prints from Hanna House Collection in Stanford University
Archives
Box 1, Folder 17
Photographs and slides of reconstruction/seismic repair,
1998-99
Box 2, Folder 1
Stanford chronology for 1883-1892
Box 2, Folder 2
Copies of Olmsted correspondence, 1887-1910, 1944
Box 2, Folder 3
Birds-Eye rendering of Stanford quad (difference versions, question
of authorship, etc.)
Box 2, Folder 4
Possible Stanford influence on other buildings and
institutions
Box 2, Folder 5
Stanford architecture exhibition (Art Gallery) 1976
Box 2, Folder 6
Inventory of Stanford University drawings (Olmsted Historic Site
holdings)
Box 2, Folder 10
Research sources – issues of The Sequoia 1895
Box 2, Folder 11
Research sources – Mary Jo McNamara, "The Memorial Frieze: Its
Iconography and Sources"
Box 3, Folder 2
Founders and Architects – correspondence, 1976-2000
Box 3, Folder 3
Stanford architectural research – correspondence,
1975-83
Box 3, Folder 4
Essay text and plans, 1985
Box 3, Folder 5
Essay text with revisions
Box 3, Folder 6
The Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. Origin and Description.
1886
Box 3, Folder 8
Eitner, Lorenz, "The Development of the Stanford Museum
1964-1984"
Box 3, Folder 9
Ernest Ransome (and Percy & Hamilton)
Box 3, Folder 10
Construction using whaler forming systems
Box 3, Folder 11
Report: Damage to Unreinforced Masonry Buildings at Stanford
University in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake by Gretchen W. Smith and
Robert Reitherman, 1984
Box 4, Folder 3
Athens museum and other European museums
Stanford University, other buildings
Box 4, Folder 4
Library (1905) – source materials
Box 4, Folder 5
Library (1905) – Imprint article and correspondence,
1976
Box 4, Folder 6
List of Stanford buildings, 1975
Box 4, Folder 8
Lewis Mumford at Stanford
Box 4, Folder 9
Stanford family and the university in general
Box 5, Folder 1
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office), 1999-2000
Box 5, Folder 2
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office), 2002-2004
Box 5, Folder 3
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – furnishings,
2003-2005
Box 5, Folder 4
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – floors,
2003-2004
Box 5, Folder 5
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – lighting,
2004-2005
Box 5, Folder 6
Recommendations for Seismic Repair and Conservation of Historic
Features, Final Report (Architectural Resources Group), February
1991
Box 5, Folder 7
Turner, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House Restored [SU booklet
1999]
Box 5, Folder 8
Booklet published by The Stanford Restoration Fund
Box 5, Folder 9
Miscellaneous information
Box 5, Folder 10
Article for Development Office – text and correspondence,
1999
Box 5, Folder 11
Article – drafts, notes, and correspondence, 1998-99
Box 5, Folder 12
Book project with Bret Lizundia and John Burton
Box 6, Folder 1
Board of Governors, 1987-89
Box 6, Folder 2
Morley Baer photo collection in S.U. Archives
Box 6, Folder 3
Hanna House papers in S. U. Archives
Box 6, Folder 4
FLW and earthquake design
Box 6, Folder 6
Miscellaneous correspondence and other materials,
1994-99
Box 6, Folder 8
Correspondence with Paul and Jean Hanna and related material,
1980-99
Box 6, Folder 11
Furnishings – inventory 2004
Box 7, Folder 1
Print: The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of
Construction at Palo Alto, Cala. Issued with the Christmas Number San
Francisco News Letter, 1887 [same as SUA Print 016.1]
Box 7, Folder 2
Miscellaneous oversized photographs and copied documents
Box 7, Folder 3
Matted negatives for printing, 1976
Box 7, Folder 4
A. B. Clark, Art Principles in House, Furniture, and Village
Building (1921) – photocopied at 112% enlargement
