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Guide to the Edwin Ogden Driggs Papers
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  • Administrative Information
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  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0441
    Creator: Driggs, Edwin Ogden.
    Title: Edwin Ogden Driggs papers
    Dates: 1927-1955
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet
    Summary: Diary and photograph album of this Stanford undergraduate's participation in the 1928 Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team; newsclippings regarding Mr. Driggs and the Stanford swimming team, 1928-30; correspondence regarding the Olympics, 1928 and 1948; student and alumni ephemera, 1930-51; and several loose photographs, 1927-1955, including one of 3 men in their Encina dorm room (1927). Photograph album includes two photos of Johnny Weismuller.
    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

    Provenance

    Gift of Mrs. Edwin Driggs, 1979.

    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

    Edwin Ogden Driggs Papers (SC0441). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    Diary and photograph album of this Stanford undergraduate's participation in the 1928 Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team; newsclippings regarding Mr. Driggs and the Stanford swimming team, 1928-30; correspondence regarding the Olympics, 1928 and 1948; student and alumni ephemera, 1930-51; and several loose photographs, 1927-1955, including one of 3 men in their Encina dorm room (1927). Photograph album includes two photos of Johnny Weismuller.

    Access Terms

    Driggs, Edwin Ogden.
    Olympic Games (9th : 1928 : Amsterdam, Netherlands).
    Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
    Weismuller, Johnny.
    Albums.
    Diaries.
    Swimming.