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Call Number: SC0064a
Creator:
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Creator:
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949
Title: Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University, papers
Dates: 1914-1951
Physical Description:
172.5 linear feet (324 boxes)
Summary: Administrative files from the president's office. The material dates primarily from the administration of Ray Lyman Wilbur,
but the last boxes extend into the terms of Presidents Tresidder and Sterling. Included is correspondence relating to administrative,
financial, and educational affairs at Stanford, particularly as relates to departments and schools, athletics, organizations,
buildings, clubs, individuals, and the Stanford Medical School.
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
The records were transferred from the President's Office in 1965.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University, Record (SC0064a), Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Ray Lyman Wilbur graduated from Stanford University (B.S.1896, M.S. 1897) and from Cooper Medical College (M.D. 1899). He
served as lecturer and professor of physiology and of medicine (1897-1903), Dean of the Cooper Medical College (Stanford)
(1911-1916), third President of Stanford University (1916-1943), Chancellor of Stanford University, and Secretary of the Interior
(September 1929-1933) under President Hoover.
Ray Lyman Wilbur graduated from Stanford University (B.S. 1896, M.S. 1897) and from Cooper Medical College (M.D. 1899). He
served as lecturer and professor of physiology and of medicine (1897-1903), Dean of the Cooper Medical College (Stanford)(1911-1916),
third President of Stanford University (1916-1943), Chancellor of Stanford University, and Secretary of the Interior (September
1929-1933) under President Hoover.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of administrative files from the President's Office. The material dates primarily from the administration
of Ray Lyman Wilbur, but the last boxes extend into the terms of Presidents Tresidder and Sterling. Included is correspondence
relating to administrative, financial, and educational affairs at Stanford, particularly as relates to departments and schools,
athletics, organizations, buildings, clubs, individuals, and the Stanford Medical School. The student organizations represented
in the collection include Glee Club, Rifle Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Dramatic Council, Flying Club, Chapparal, the Men's Council,
the Women's Council, the YMCA, the YWCA, and the ASSU. Other folders of note include Board of Athletic Control, Branner Seismometer
Station, Dean of Men, Dean of Women, Defense (various civilian defense issues during World War II), Military Science, and
Military Training (on campus during World War I).
The papers are arranged chronologically by academic year and then alphabetically by folder title.
Arnold, Ralph
Bennett, John E.
Berner, Bertha
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Castle, Otis
Crary, Allan R.
Crary, Gordon R.
Cross, Harold H. U.
Crothers, George E. (George Edward), 1870-1957
Cubberly, Ellwood Patterson, 1868-1941
Cutler, Leland W.
Davis, Horace, 1831-1916
Ditz, George A.
Durand, William F., 1859-1958
Eells, Charles P.
Eurich, Alvin C. (Alvin Christian), 1902-
Evans, Samuel A.
Faust, Clarence H.
Fuller, W. Parmer
Hodgson, Caspar
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hopkins, Timothy
Jacobson, David S.
Jones, Josephine
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Jordan, Jessie Knight, 1867?-1952
Luce, Henry R. (Henry Robinson), 1898-1967
Manspeaker, Alfred F.
Morgan, Percy T.
Newhall, W. Mayo
Reynolds, Ralph
Rice, Jack
Shedd, Margaret Cochran, 1900-
Sloss, Leon
Spragens, Thomas A.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. Office of the President
Stanford, Josiah W., 1864-1937
Sterling, J. E. Wallace
Townley, S. D.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Walker, Frank Fish
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949
Wittman, Joseph van Beuren
Zinser, Hans