Guide to the Traditions in Stanford Student Life
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0111
Creator:
Price, Louise.
Title: Traditions in Stanford student life
Dates: 1891-1936
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Summary: This collection consists of rough draft essays, data and notes accumulated by Ms. Louise Price during the 1935-1936 academic
year as part of a project under Professor W. H. Cowley, then of Ohio State University and later of Stanford University. The
material concerns primarily social traditions but also touches scholastic, athletic, philanthropic and other traditions. The
study focuses on student life in the first forty-five years of Stanford University. Formal celebrations and observances, honorary
and semi-honorary societies, publications and on-going student organizations are covered.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of W. H. Cowley, 1973.
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Traditions in Stanford Student Life (SC0111). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
This collection consists of rough draft essays, data and notes accumulated by Ms. Louise Price during the 1935-1936 academic
year as part of a project under Professor W. H. Cowley, then of Ohio State University and later of Stanford University. The
material concerns primarily social traditions but also touches scholastic, athletic, philanthropic and other traditions. The
study focuses on student life in the first forty-five years of Stanford University. Formal celebrations and observances, honorary
and semi-honorary societies, publications and on-going student organizations are covered.
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Price, Louise.
Stanford University--History.
Stanford University--Students.
Fraternities--History.
Honor societies--History.
Honor systems--History.
Sororities--History.
Student activities.
Student life--1891-1935.
Student life--Women--1891-1935.
Student publications.
Students' societies.
Traditions.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Essays, data and notes 1891-1936