Guide to the John Pearce Mitchell Papers

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: SCM0281
Creator: Mitchell, John Pearce, 1880-1973.
Title: John Pearce Mitchell papers
Dates: 1903-1971
Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
Summary: These papers contain notices from the President's Office, 1916-1918, pertaining to grades for students leaving because of the military draft, alternate seating during exams, influenza epidemic, and student discipline; form letter and report for the 1903/04 year of the Students Guild Hospital; correspondence (largely incoming), 1909-1921 and 1946, pertaining to committee appointments and business, possibility of a tailor's shop at Fallen Leaf Lake for the Army Training camp, and a follow up on a speech by Mitchell in 1946; and assorted certificates and awards, 1944-71.
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

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

John Pearce Mitchell Papers (SCM0281). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Mitchell, who earned his A.B. (1903), A.M. (1904), and Ph.D. (1907) from Stanford University, was Registrar and Professor of Chemistry.

Description of the Collection

These papers contain notices from the President's Office, 1916-1918, pertaining to grades for students leaving because of the military draft, alternate seating during exams, influenza epidemic, and student discipline; form letter and report for the 1903/04 year of the Students Guild Hospital; correspondence (largely incoming), 1909-1921 and 1946, pertaining to committee appointments and business, possibility of a tailor's shop at Fallen Leaf Lake for the Army Training camp, and a follow up on a speech by Mitchell in 1946; and assorted certificates and awards, 1944-71.

Access Terms

Mitchell, John Pearce, 1880-1973.
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Students.;
Students Guild of Leland Stanford Junior University.
Hospitals--California--Palo Alto.


Box 1

Papers