Guide to the Stanford Polo Association Records
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2011 The Board of Trustees of
Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0245
Creator:
Stanford Polo Association.
Title: Stanford Polo Association records
Dates: 1947-1953
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, game
records, clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook, assembled by Robert M.
Lawson (president of the association), documents the association's first year (1947-48)
and includes clippings, photographs, charter, and narrative accounts of membership,
training, playing, finances, and each quarter's season.
Language(s): The materials are 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
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Allen I. Ross, 1981.
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
Stanford Polo Association Records (SC0245). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Stanford Polo Association, a student group, was organized in the spring of 1947;
prior to that, the polo team had been sponsored by ROTC. Allen Ross, Director of the
Stanford Riding School, was its first coach.
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, game records, clippings,
photographs, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook, assembled by Robert M. Lawson (president of
the association), documents the association's first year (1947-48) and includes
clippings, photographs, charter, and narrative accounts of membership, training,
playing, finances, and each quarter's season.
Access Terms
Elwing, Arthur C.
Lawson, Robert Mallory.
Ross, Allen I.
Stanford Polo Association.
Stanford University--Students.
Thompson, Dan.
Photoprints
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 2
Horse shows (programs, schedules, announcements), 1948-52
Box 1, Folder 4
Minutes and finances, 1952-53
Box 1, Folder 5
Game records: goals and fouls, 1953 and undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Photographs, action shots, 1953 and undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Photographs, action shots, Santa Barbara, undated
Box 1, Folder 11
Photographs, groups, 1950 and undated
Box 1, Folder 12
Photographs, color snapshots (with some negatives), 1950-52
Box 1, Folder 14
Photograph removed from scrapbook (Todd Helser)
Box 1, Folder 15
Photographs removed from scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 16
Text removed from scrapbook
Box 1, Folder 17
Clippings removed from scrapbook
