Guide to the George B. and Richard K. Culver Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0260
Creator:
Culver, George Bliss, 1875-1949.
Creator:
Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939
Title: George B. and Richard K. Culver papers
Dates: 1887-1905
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
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
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
George B. Culver and Richard K. Culver :. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
Culver, George Bliss, 1875-1949.
Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939
Smith, James Perrin, 1864-1931.
George, Lake.
Notebooks.
Political cartoons.
Scrapbooks
Box 1
Notebook from physiology class
1887
Box 1
Notebook from psychology of childhood class, S.U.
Box 1
Notebook from education class, S.U.
1896
Box 2, Folder 1
Notebook, Chemistry class
no date
Box 2, Folder 2
Notebook, English class
no date
Box 1
Notebooks from Stanford classes in American literature, English literature, ethics, geology, hygiene, and paleontology (Prof.
James P. Smith)
1893-95
Box 2, Folder 3
Notebooks, ethics class
1894
Box 2, Folder 4
Notebook, geology(includes many sketches)
1894
Box 2, Folder 5
Notebook, German composition
no date
Box 2, Folder 8
Original pen and ink sketches
Box 2, Folder 9
Miscellaneous papers (letters, clippings, farewell dinner program)
Box 2, Folder 10
Newspaper cartoons 1896-1905 (photocopies)
Box 2, Folder 11
Newspaper cartoons (originals)
1896-1905
