Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Poor, Henry Varnum
- Abstract:
- Pages from a photograph album documenting his student years at Stanford University. Subjects include the Stanford campus; Encina dorm rooms; gym, track and crew teams; student amusements and initiations; excursions to surrounding parks and the Pacific coast; the Frosh-Soph tie-up of 1909; summer school class at Hopkins Marine Station 1906; and portraits of other students, including Hermann Rosse, Harry Horton, Kenny Dole, Ted Vandervoort, and Dave Martin. There are also several images of Poor, one image of Prof. H. D. Gray, and two postcard notes to Poor from Samuel Stillman Berry, 1910.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Henry Varnum Poor Scrapbook (SC0747). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Pages from a photograph album documenting his student years at Stanford University. Subjects include the Stanford campus; Encina dorm rooms; gym, track and crew teams; student amusements and initiations; excursions to surrounding parks and the Pacific coast; the Frosh-Soph tie-up of 1909; summer school class at Hopkins Marine Station 1906; and portraits of other students, including Hermann Rosse, Harry Horton, Kenny Dole, Ted Vandervoort, and Dave Martin. There are also several images of Poor, one image of Prof. H. D. Gray, and two postcard notes to Poor from Samuel Stillman Berry, 1910.
- Biographical / historical:
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Henry Varnum Poor, painter and ceramic artist, earned his A.B. in graphic arts at Stanford University in May 1910. As a student he was a member of the Art Club and the Gym Club, on the varsity track team, and on the executive committee of the associated students in his senior year. After graduation, he taught at Stanford in 1911-12 and 1913-16. He was one of the founders of the Art Institute in San Francisco.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Peter V. Poor, 2005.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Henry Varnum Poor Scrapbook (SC0747). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022