Guide to the Lee Emerson Bassett House Records
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
November 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SCM0178
Creator:
Stanford University
Title: Lee Emerson Bassett house records
Dates: 1909-1981
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
Summary: Included in this collection are specifications by the architect, A. W. Smith; bills and one letter from Leon S. Bean, general
contractor, 1909; an accounting for the cost of the house; a clipping about this house and one being constructed for Prof.
A. B. Clark, 1909; a photograph of the house, with the Bassetts and their son David on the steps, ca. 1911; and two letters
from Lucile Bassett (Mrs. David L. Bassett) with information on Prof. Bassett and his wife, 1981.
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
Gift of Mrs. David L. Bassett, 1987.
This collection is open for research.
Lee Emerson Bassett House Records (SCM0178). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Lee Emerson Bassett, professor of Speech and Drama at Stanford University from 1900 to 1938, built his home on campus at 740
Santa Ynez Street.
Included in this collection are specifications by the architect, A. W. Smith; bills and one letter from Leon S. Bean, general
contractor, 1909; an accounting for the cost of the house; a clipping about this house and one being constructed for Prof.
A. B. Clark, 1909; a photograph of the house, with the Bassetts and their son David on the steps, ca. 1911; and two letters
from Lucile Bassett (Mrs. David L. Bassett) with information on Prof. Bassett and his wife, 1981.
Bassett, Lee Emerson, 1872-.
Photoprints.
Box 1
Records