Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Overview
Call Number: PC0124
Creator:
Fifer, Charles
Title: Charles N. Fifer collection of Stanford photographs
Dates: circa 1940-1995
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection contains photographs of Charles and Norma Fifer, 1958-92; faculty in the Stanford Department of English, 1970s-1995;
Stanford overseas campuses and students in England 1972 (Cliveden campus) and France (Tours campus) 1966; and Charles Fifer
during his own student days, 1940s-50s. Stanford faculty (and their wives) represented include Maclin Guerard, Richard Scowcroft,
Claude Simpson, Albert Guerard, and George and Libbie Sensabaugh. Collection also includes a few sketches (watercolor and
other media) of Cliveden, 1971-72.
Language(s): 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
Administrative Information
Information about Access
Open for research.
Cite As
Charles N. Fifer Collection of Stanford Photographs (PC0124). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Charles N. Fifer earned his BA and MA at Northwestern University and his Ph.D. (1954) at Yale. He taught at Lawrence College
and the University of Illinois before joining the faculty in the Department of English at Stanford University in 1956.
Scope and Contents note
Collection contains photographs of Charles and Norma Fifer, 1958-92; faculty in the Stanford Department of English, 1970s-1995;
Stanford overseas campuses and students in England 1972 (Cliveden campus) and France (Tours campus) 1966; and Charles Fifer
during his own student days, 1940s-50s. Stanford faculty (and their wives) represented include Maclin Guerard, Richard Scowcroft,
Claude Simpson, Albert Guerard, and George and Libbie Sensabaugh. Collection also includes a few sketches (watercolor and
other media) of Cliveden, 1971-72.