Guide to the Stuart G. Cross, "Stanford and Yosemite" Typescript
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
November 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SCM0184
Creator:
Cross, Stuart G.
Title: Stuart G. Cross, "Stanford and Yosemite" typescript
Dates: 1981
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear feet (37 leaves)
Summary: This article formed the basis of Cross's lecture during a Stanford Historical Society tour of Yosemite in May 1981. It relates
the history of David Starr Jordan's interest in Yosemite, his friendship with David A. Curry, the history of Camp Curry, and
the roles of Donald B. Tresidder (Stanford Univ. President 1943-48) and his wife Mary Curry Tresidder at Yosemite.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of Don and Corinne Carlson, 1998.
This collection is open for research.
Stuart G. Cross, "Stanford and Yosemite" Typescript (SCM0184). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Cross earned his B.A. (1947) and M.A. (1948) in history at Stanford University; for many years he was the manager of the Curry
Company, operator of facilities at Yosemite National Park.
This article formed the basis of Cross's lecture during a Stanford Historical Society tour of Yosemite in May 1981. It relates
the history of David Starr Jordan's interest in Yosemite, his friendship with David A. Curry, the history of Camp Curry, and
the roles of Donald B. Tresidder (Stanford Univ. President 1943-48) and his wife Mary Curry Tresidder at Yosemite.
Cross, Stuart G.
Curry, David A.
Stanford Historical Society.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Tresidder, Mary Curry, 1893-
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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