Description
Collection consists of class notebooks, with some
additional papers including letters, clippings, and sketches, and one scrapbook on
Lake George, New York. George B. Culver's notebooks, 1895-96 and undated, are from
Stanford classes in education, chemistry, English, and the psychology of childhood,
with one notebook from a physiology class prior to his attendance at Stanford, 1887.
Notebooks by Richard K. Culver, 1892-1895, are from Stanford classes in American
literature, English literature, ethics, geology, hygiene, paleontology (Prof. James
P. Smith), German composition, and physics; many of his notebooks include sketches.
Other papers of Richard K. Culver include pen and ink drawings, two letters, and
clippings of his political cartoons, 1896-1905.
Background
George B. Culver earned his A.B. in zoology at Stanford University in 1897. He later
served as Dean of Men at Stanford, 1920-1938. His brother Richard K. Culver earned
his A.B. in bionomics at Stanford in 1899. He was a nationally syndicated cartoonist
before becoming a citrus grower in 1931.
Restrictions
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.