Description
Photographs of Ray Lyman Wilbur as a child, from his student days at Stanford University and Cooper Medical College, as President
of Stanford, and as Secretary of the Interior. Student photos include images of his room in Encina Hall, Hopkins Marine lab,
and a medical school anatomy lab. Other persons pictured include David Starr Jordan, Lucie Stern, Herbert Hoover, and Calvin
Coolidge. There are also photos of his wife Marguerite Blake Wilbur and Wilbur family photographs, including family homes
in North Dakota and Riverside, Calif., and students at Riverside High School, 1891.
Background
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, and Secretary of the Interior (September
1929-1933) under President Hoover.
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Availability
This collection is open for research.