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Guide to the Ray Lyman Wilbur Photographs
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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.
Extent
0.5 Linear feet
Restrictions
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.
Availability
This collection is open for research.