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Call Number: SC0688
Creator:
Riley, Frank Branch.
Title: Frank Branch Riley scrapbooks
Dates: 1896-1900
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists of three scrapbooks kept during his student years at Stanford, which include programs, clippings, photographs,
class registration cards, and other memorabilia. Many of the newspaper clippings include illustrations and there are a number
of pencil and ink illustrations done on the scrapbook pages. The Glee Club's tours and performances are a primary focus; other
subjects include football games, faculty-student baseball games, Kirmess parties at the Museum (charity fund raisers), dormitory
life, theatrical performances, and commencement activities of 1900.
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
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.
Frank Branch Riley Scrapbooks (SC0688). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Frank B. Riley earned his A.B. in economics at Stanford University in 1900; he pursued a law career in Portland, Oregon. As
a student he was a member of the Glee Club, associate editor of the 1900 Quad, assistant editor of the
Daily Palo Alto and the
Sequoia during his junior and senior years, and a participant in many student theatricals.
Collection consists of three scrapbooks kept during his student years at Stanford, which include programs, clippings, photographs,
class registration cards, and other memorabilia. Many of the newspaper clippings include illustrations and there are a number
of pencil and ink illustrations done on the scrapbook pages. The Glee Club's tours and performances are a primary focus; other
subjects include football games, faculty-student baseball games, Kirmess parties at the Museum (charity fund raisers), dormitory
life, theatrical performances, and commencement activities of 1900.
Riley, Frank Branch.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Music --Societies, etc.
Photoprints.
Scrapbooks