Guide to the Leo Holub Photographs of Stanford University
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources.
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
October 2010
Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: PC0138
Creator:
Holub, Leo, 1916-2010
Title: Leo Holub photographs of Stanford University
Dates: 1946-1992
Physical Description:
12 Linear feet
Summary: Collection contains prints (mostly black and white) of Stanford presidents, faculty, trustees, staff, students on campus,
campus lands, and construction, as well as a series of mounted images from Stanford Seen, an exhibition of Holub’s photographs
held in 1964. Other topics include a sit-in at Dr. Sterling’s office 1966; photos of Prof. Moffatt Hancock and prints Holub
made of Hancock’s negatives of campus scenes; images of Chris Stinehour, stone carver working on the Quad; and prints Holub
made from glass plate negatives of historic images of Stanford. Collection also includes prints of images used in the book
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER, which documents his whole career.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources.
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
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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and educational purposes.
Cite As
Leo Holub Photographs of Stanford University (PC0138). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Leo Holub, graphic artist and photographer, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the California School of Fine Arts,
most notably under Ansel Adams. He came to Stanford in 1960, working first in the Planning Department and then in 1969 creating
the photography program in the department of art, at the invitation of Lorenz Eitner, head of the department. Holub taught
for 11 years, retiring as senior lecturer of photography, emeritus, in 1980.
Description of the Collection
Collection contains prints (mostly black and white) of Stanford presidents, faculty, trustees, staff, students on campus,
campus lands, and construction, as well as a series of mounted images from Stanford Seen, an exhibition of Holub’s photographs
held in 1964. Other topics include a sit-in at Dr. Sterling’s office 1966; photos of Prof. Moffatt Hancock and prints Holub
made of Hancock’s negatives of campus scenes; images of Chris Stinehour, stone carver working on the Quad; and prints Holub
made from glass plate negatives of historic images of Stanford. Collection also includes prints of images used in the book
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER, which documents his whole career.
Access Terms
Hancock, Moffatt.
Holub, Leo, 1916-2010
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--Pictorial works.
Stanford University--Presidents.
Stanford University--Students.
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Stinehour, Chris.
Photoprints.
Collection Contents
Accession ARCH-2009-189
Photographs of Stanford University
Box 1, Folder 1
Russian Posters, WWI Posters
Box 1, Folder 2
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Box 1, Folder 3
More Imprint related images [rare books and documents, people at events]
Box 1, Folder 4
letter from Frank J. Novak re suspension of Imprint, 1988; and copies of correspondence between Ansel Adams and Robert Hind
(development office) re a Stanford photo project 1960-61
Scope and Content Note
seems to be the one done for PACE, contact sheets of which are in the Stanford Historic Photograph Collection, GP boxes 50-51
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Sit-in, Dr. Sterling's office
1966
Box 1, Folder 8
Dr. Sterling's retirement, Fairmont Hotel
1968
Box 1, Folder 9
Stanford Portraits
Scope and Content Note
includes Paul Ehrlich, Al Hastorf, Prof. Ponge, Mrs. Packard, John Gardner, Janet Winters, Paul Hanna, Prof. Dreckmeier, Gunther
Nagel, Edith Mirrielees
Box 1, Folder 10
Faculty, Board Members
Scope and Content Note
includes George Bach, Arthur Kornberg, Wally Sterling, Thomas Church, Ralph Heintz, Dick Lyman, Gerald Gunther, Carl Spaeth,
Albert Hastorf, Donald Kennedy, Albert Guerard, Lincoln Moses, Prof. Porterfield, James Gibbs, Donald Kennedy, Fred Hargadon,
Herb Packer. Also an Engineering Design classroom scene, Pitzer's installation.
Box 1, Folder 11
Prints from Prof. Wells negatives [SU historic images from glass plate negatives]
Box 1
Hopkins Marine Station
Scope and Content Note
some are copies of historic images and documents
Prints 11x14 and some smaller:
Box 2
Leo Holub photos of Prof. Moffatt Hancock (8x10) and prints Leo made of Hancock's negatives (11x14 – campus scenes) [blue
box]
Box 2
[unlabeled Kodak box black and yellow containing miscellaneous images]
Box 2
Beckman [or Bauman?] Luncheon award at Hoover House [blue box]
Box 2
Portfolio for Warren Christopher (Trustee) [orange box: one image of Christopher, rest are campus scenes]
Box 2
Chris Stinehour, stone carver working on the Quad [blue box]
Stanford Historical [red box: old images copied or printed by Leo]
Prints, mostly 11x14 inches, in folders:
Box 3
Early views the Farm [1950s] includes many construction scenes
Box 3
Hoover [Tower and views from]
Box 3
Lake Lagunita [views of campus across the lake]
Box 4
Nobel faculty
Scope and Content Note
Linus Pauling, Arthur Schawlow, Arthur Kornberg, Paul Flory, Robert Hofstadter, George Bach, Burton Richter, Felix Bloch,
Milton Friedman
Box 4
Lawrence Crawley; unidentified; Nan Keohane
Box 4
Hanna House and Paul Hanna
Box 4
Presidents [Sterling, Lyman, Kennedy, Casper]
Mounted images from Stanford Seen Exhibition
1964
Box 5
"Captain Midnight" observing foot/bike traffic, Hoover Tower and 1 Hoover office, Registration Day.
Box 6
construction scenes, images from the day Pres. Kennedy was shot, Tresidder Union (exterior and interior mostly with people).
Box 7
Quad images (exterior), mostly with people; assorted building interiors with people.
Box 8
Images of Stanford lands (sometimes with people) such as Lake Lagunita, Jasper Ridge, horse barns, roads, and the Mausoleum.
Also 1 image of the Memorial Tablet (to Leland Stanford Jr.) and 1 image of the SU manhole cover.
Box 9
Images of people outside various campus buildings.
Box 11
Includes Registration Day, Tresidder Union, the Claw and Bookstore, Hoover Tower, and others.
Box 10
Unmounted images from Stanford Seen, and a copy of the book Stanford Seen
Assorted unmounted images
Box 11
View of San Francisco from Red Rock Hill
Box 11
Mary Sunseri teaching calculus
Box 11
Envelope of posters of Holub exhibits or images
Box 12
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER: list of image captions, note re missing prints, and assorted images
Box 12
Prints (11x14 inch) of images used in
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER #1-125
Framed image: Phoebe H. Brown at home in San Francisco with Mr. James Tong Lee, 1978 [image no. 41 from
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER]
