Guide to the Kenneth Reichard Photograph Collection

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: PC0018
Creator: Reichard, Kenneth.
Title: Kenneth Reichard photograph collection
Dates: 1946-1952
Physical Description: 1.75 Linear feet (685 photoprints)
Physical Description: 35 photonegatives: glass.
Physical Description: 14 photonegatives: nitrate.
Physical Description: 812 photonegatives: safety.
Summary: Scenes of Stanford University campus life commissioned by the University for publicity and development, and for publication in the Stanford Alumni Review and other Stanford publications.
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

Kenneth Reichard Photograph Collection (PC0018). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Professional photographer.

Description of the Collection

Scenes of Stanford University campus life commissioned by the University for publicity and development, and for publication in the Stanford Alumni Review and other Stanford publications.

Access Terms

Reichard, Kenneth.
Stanford University. News and Publications Service
Big Game.
Photonegatives
Photoprints.
Student life.

Index to Negatives

Negative Roll Number Description
1 Men's dorm or fraternity: sitting in lounge and guy washing dishes
2 At the Press: people working with type and on typewriters, etc.
3 At the Press: people at their desks, one man dealing with photographs
4 Campus firemen at the old firehouse
5 Hashers in dorm
6 At the Press (same people as in rolls 2 and 3)
7 ROTC color guard
8 Men's dorm or fraternity (same lounge as in Roll 1); half the images are quite dark
10 Hashers in dorm
11 Radio studio; men in dorm room
12 Campus firemen
13 Men in dorm rooms; group meeting (?)
14 Campus firemen
201 Lecture class and students at microscopes; possibly medical students (everyone in white lab coats)
202 Class in large lecture hall, possibly a law class; very few women students
283 Class scenes, possibly physics or engineering
309 Medical class (nurses and doctors)
311 Possibly a medical class (everyone is wearing white lab coats)
314 Art class (painting)
334 Class (all male students); two images of professor at chalk board
445 Class or lab scenes, students using microscopes, looking at animal skeletons
CC Images of Dr. J. R. Miller and another doctor at work; both seem to be pediatricians
C30 Classroom scenes, men and women students [not a Quad classroom]
C48 Chemistry class (lab)
EE Possibly an electrical engineering lab (male students with equipment)
S Images of one person (probably a doctor or intern) looking at slides, x-rays, and using a microscope
W medical students and/or interns

 

Prints and negatives

Box 1

1 Prints, miscellaneous: old clock tower, faculty housing area, and 5 enlargements from negative rolls

Box 1

2 Prints from historic glass plate negatives: Stanford University Band, palm drive, earthquake damage in San Francisco, Wawona Hotel, 3 men on horseback, unidentified houses

Box 1

3 Contact prints, rolls 1-14

Box 1

4 Contact prints, roll 201

Box 1

5 Contact prints, rolls 202, 283

Box 1

6 Contact prints, rolls 309, 311

Box 1

7 Contact prints, rolls 314, 334

Box 1

8 Contact prints, roll 445

Box 1

9 Contact prints, rolls CC, C30

Box 1

10 Contact prints, rolls C48, EE

Box 1

11 Contact prints, rolls S, W

Box 1

12 Letter from Walt Peterson, 1956

Box 1

13 Hammer and Coffin song lyrics, ca. 1949

Box 1

14 Miscellaneous notes

Box 1

15 Negatives, rolls 1-14

Box 1

16 Negatives, rolls 1-12; 201 (#24-83); 202

Box 1

17 Negatives, rolls 283; 309 (#1-12 and 25-36)

Box 1

18 Negatives, rolls 311; 314; 334

Box 1

19 Negatives, roll 445

Box 1

20 Negatives, roll C-3 [35 mm film]

Box 1

21 Negatives, rolls C30; C48; CC

Box 1

22 Negatives, rolls EE; S (#12-24); W

 

4x5" Safety negatives

Box 2

1 Geology corner

Box 2

2 Geology corner

Box 2

3 Geology corner

Box 2

4 Geology corner

Box 2

5 Women on dorm steps

Box 2

6 Women on dorm steps

Box 2

7 Women in front of dorm

Box 2

8 Women in front of dorm

Box 2

9 Front of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

10 Front of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

11 Front of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

12 Courtyard of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

13 Courtyard of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

14 Courtyard of Wilbur Hall

Box 2

15 Front view of Quad with parked cars

Box 2

16 Front view of Quad with parked cars

Box 2

17 Front view of Quad with two people walking

Box 2

18 Front view of Quad with two people walking

Box 2

19 Students on History Corner steps

Box 2

20 Students on History Corner steps

Box 2

21 Students on History Corner steps

Box 2

22 Students on History Corner steps

Box 2

23? Front view of Quad (Law School building)

Box 2

24 Front view of Quad (Law School building)

Box 2

25 Students walking along side of Quad

Box 2

26 Students walking along side of Quad

Box 2

27 Students walking along side of Quad

Box 2

28 Students walking along side of Quad

Box 2

29 Students walking along side of Quad, some on bikes

Box 2

30 Students along side of Quad

Box 2

31 Campus street (The Row?)

Box 2

32 Campus street (The Row?)

Box 2

33 Campus street (The Row?)

Box 2

34 Street and house entrance (fraternity?)

Box 2

35 Street and house entrance (fraternity?)

Box 2

36 Street and house entrance (fraternity?)

Box 2

37 People on a terrace

Box 2

38 People on a terrace

Box 2

39 People on a terrace

Box 2

40 Oblique view of Oval, Old Chem, Museum (from Hoover building?)

Box 2

41 Oblique view of Oval, Old Chem, Museum (from Hoover building?)

Box 2

42 Oblique view of Quad

Box 2

43 Oblique view of Quad

Box 2

44 Oblique view of Quad

Box 2

45 Oblique view of Quad

Box 2

46 Canoe on Lake Lagunita

Box 2

47 Student at boat house rail looking over Lake Lagunita

Box 2

48 Student at boat house rail looking over Lake Lagunita

Box 2

49 Students at boat house deck

Box 2

50 Students at boat house deck [some damage to negative]

 

Negatives with duplicate numbers:

Box 2

[10] View of campus from Lathrop Hill

Box 2

[13] View of campus from Frenchman's Hill

Box 2

[14] View of campus from Frenchman's Hill

 

2.25 x 2.25" safety negatives

Box 3

15-16 Hoover Tower (and Library steps) seen through arch

Box 3

17-18 Engineering Corner (17) and possibly a close-up of tree bark (18)

Box 3

19-20 Cars on street with Hoover Tower in back

Box 3

21-22 Frost Amphitheater?

Box 3

23-24 People in Frost Amphitheater? (large expanse of lawn being watered and people playing with water)

Box 3

25-26 People in Frost Amphitheater?

Box 3

27-28 Inner Quad views

Box 3

29-30 View of Memorial Court through triple arch (29) and Front of Memorial Church (30)

Box 3

31-32 People in inner quad, triple arch in background (31) and View down arcade (32)

Box 3

33-34 View down arcades (blurry students)

Box 3

35-36 View along side of Quad (possibly from History Corner to Engineering Corner)

Box 3

37-38 Fountain in front of library (37) and East portal of Quad (38)

Box 3

39-40 Hoover Tower

Box 3

41-42 Hoover Tower

Box 3

43-44 Hoover Tower

Box 3

52-53 Professor and students standing in Arch (Prof. Barclay?)

Box 3

54-55 Professor and students standing in Arch (Prof. Barclay?)

Box 3

56-57 Professor and students standing in Arch (Prof. Barclay?)

Box 3

58-59 Professor and students standing in Arch (Prof. Barclay?)

Box 3

60-61 Professor and students standing in Arch (Prof. Barclay?)

Box 3

62-63 Students on arcades (inner quad)

Box 3

64-65 Women in front of dorm [damaged negatives]

Box 3

66-67 Women in front of dorm [damaged negatives]

Box 3

68-69 Women in front of dorm [damaged negatives]

Box 3

70-71 Women in front of dorm [damaged negatives]

Box 3

72-73 Women in front of dorm [damaged negatives]

Box 3

74-75 Women in front of dorm (74) and bikes in front of dorm (75) [damaged negatives]

Box 3

Probable copy negatives (5): view of campus over Lake Lagunita, pre 1906

Box 3

40545 Stanford Fund images 1-2

Box 3

3 Stanford Fund image 3

Box 3

4 Stanford Fund image 4

Box 3

40669 Stanford Fund images 5-6

Box 3

40732 Stanford Fund images 7-8

Box 3

40796 Stanford Fund images 9-10

Box 3

40859 Stanford Fund images 11-12

Box 3

13-14 Stanford Fund images 13-14

Box 3

40557 Stanford Fund images – contact prints

Box 3

ME 1-12 Mechanical Engineering negs 1958 (professor in lab, some students)

Box 3

ME 13-24 Mechanical Engineering negs 1958 (professor in front of class)

Box 3

ME 25-36 Mechanical Engineering negs 1958 (professor in office)

Box 3

ME 37-48 Mechanical Engineering negs 1958 (lab and class scenes)

Box 3

ME 49-63 Mechanical Engineering negs 1958 (lab scenes; professor in office)

 

4x5" safety negatives

Box 4

40549 Alumni events 1947 party scenes

Box 4

Palace 1-6 Alumni events 1947 party scenes

Box 4

42-1 – 42-4 Class of 1942 members at 1947 alumni events

Box 4

37-1 – 37-6 Class of 1937 members at 1947 alumni events

Box 4

Big Game Rally 1947? (R. L. Wilbur & Sterling at microphone)

Box 4

Big Game Rally 1947? (crowd on bleachers)

Box 4

Big Game Rally 1947? (crowd on bleachers)

Box 4

48-1 – 48-18 Alumni Events 1948 party scenes

Box 4

40566 Hammer and Coffin 50th Anniversary Banquet 1949

Box 5

49-1 – 49-16 Alumni events 1949 party scenes [slightly warped negatives]

Box 5

53-1 – 53-19 Alumni events 1953 party scenes

Box 5

54-1 – 54-15 Alumni events 1954 party scenes

 

4x5" safety negatives and color transparencies

Box 6

55-1 – 55-13 Alumni events 1955 party scenes

Box 6

55-14 – 55-15 S.U. Band parading on S. F. streets 1955

Box 6

55-16 – 55-25 Alumni events 1955 party scenes

Box 6

Dr. Hans Barkan (4 negatives and 4 proofs)

Box 6

S. F. 49ers (5 men) at Stanford Sept. 21, 1948 (2 negatives)

Box 6

Carol Green Wilson at Stanford Women's Club of San Francisco, n.d. (3 negatives)

Box 6

Stanford Alumni X Committee, May 21, 1950 (2 negatives)

Box 6

Front of Library (2 color transparencies)

Box 6

Engineering corner (1 color transparency)

Box 6

History corner (1 color transparency)