Guide to the Warren Tucker Photograph Albums

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

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Overview

Call Number: PC0051
Creator: Tucker, Warren
Title: Warren Tucker photograph albums
Dates: 1907-1933
Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet
Summary: The collection consists of two albums of photographs (1909-1912) and three albums containing photonegatives (1907-1933). Images relating to Stanford date from 1907 to 1912 and include views of the Quad, the Mausoleum, Lake Lagunita, the class of 1910 plugs [top hats] and the Plug Ugly rush, dormitory rooms in Encina Hall, athletics, the Big Game bonfire, and other student amusements. Identified students include Herbert Lincoln Hubbard, Harry Robert Person, and Walter Elliot. Other subjects (primarily represented among the negatives) include family members, 1908-33; camping trips and family vacations in the Sierra Mountains, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park, 1908-1931; and train wrecks in Arizona, 1913-1914.
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

Provenance

Gift of Doris Tucker Shepherd, 1992.

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

Warren Tucker Photograph Albums (PC0051). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Warren Tucker graduated from Stanford University in 1912, with an a.b. in pre-law. He married Edith G. Engelhard, also of the class of 1912, and pursued a real estate career in Oakland, California.

Description of the Collection

The collection consists of two albums of photographs (1909-1912) and three albums containing photonegatives (1907-1933). Images relating to Stanford date from 1907 to 1912 and include views of the Quad, the Mausoleum, Lake Lagunita, the class of 1910 plugs [top hats] and the Plug Ugly rush, dormitory rooms in Encina Hall, athletics, the Big Game bonfire, and other student amusements. Identified students include Herbert Lincoln Hubbard, Harry Robert Person, and Walter Elliot. Other subjects (primarily represented among the negatives) include family members, 1908-33; camping trips and family vacations in the Sierra Mountains, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park, 1908-1931; and train wrecks in Arizona, 1913-1914.

Access Terms

Elliot, Walter.
Hubbard, Herbert Lincoln.
Person, Harry Robert.
Tucker, Warren
Photonegatives
Railroads--Accidents--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --Photographs.


 

Negatives

Box 1, Folder 1

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Quad

Box 1, Folder 2

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Quad

Box 1, Folder 3

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Quad

Box 1, Folder 4

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Quad

Box 1, Folder 5

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Mausoleum

Box 1, Folder 6

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Edna

Box 1, Folder 7

First visit to Stanford, 1907: Aunt Dell

Box 1, Folder 8

First visit to Stanford, 1907: on S. F. Bay Ferry Boat

Box 1, Folder 9

Richelieu cast, Person and Barclew 1908

Box 1, Folder 10

Richelieu cast, Tucker and Barclew 1908

Box 1, Folder 11

Richelieu cast, Person 1908

Box 1, Folder 12

Richelieu cast 1908

Box 1, Folder 13

Palo Alto tree 1908

Box 1, Folder 14

Herbert L. Hubbard at Mausoleum 1908

Box 1, Folder 15

Class of 1910 plugs 1908

Box 1, Folder 16

Given the Hook poster 1908

Box 1, Folder 17

Angel of Grief circa 1908

Box 1, Folder 18

Rule of 12 poster 1909

Box 1, Folder 19

Lake Lagunita 1909

Box 1, Folder 20

Lake Lagunita 1909

Box 1, Folder 21

Hubbardís room, Thanksgiving 1909

Box 1, Folder 22

Building of the bonfire 1909

Box 1, Folder 23

Building of the bonfire 1909

Box 1, Folder 24

Hauser 1909

Box 1, Folder 25

Hauser 1909

Box 1, Folder 26

In hospital 1909

Box 1, Folder 27

In hospital 1909

Box 1, Folder 28

Group in room 1909

Box 1, Folder 29

Elliots room 1909

Box 1, Folder 30

Thompson and Hill 1909

Box 1, Folder 31

Initiation 1909

Box 1, Folder 32

Hubbard and Clark 1909

Box 1, Folder 33

Roth; initiation 1909

Box 1, Folder 34

Hauser 1909

Box 1, Folder 35

Hubbardís room (Encina Hall): Hubbard, Hays & Person (?) 1909

Box 1, Folder 36

Hubbardís room (Encina Hall): Tucker, Hubbard, Hays, and Clark 1909

Box 1, Folder 37

Leaving for S[tanford] with R. Paine 1908

Box 1, Folder 38

Room at S[Stanford], Person and Tucker playing cards 1908

Box 1, Folder 39

Room at S[Stanford], Person and Tucker playing cards 1908

Box 1, Folder 40

After rush, Hubbard, Person, Tucker, Sherman circa 1908

Box 1

Kodak negative album containing non-Stanford negatives: Redlands ranch, camping trip in mountains, family and friends 1908

Box 2

Kodak negative album containing non-Stanford negatives: family in Burlingame, 1912, scenes in Arizona and train wrecks, 1913-14, house in Salt Lake City, 1916, Custerís battlefield, 1916, Yosemite National Park, 1917

Box 2

Kodak negative album containing non-Stanford negatives: family members, 1929-33, Yosemite National Park, 1930, Lake Tahoe, 1931, vacation on Middle Fork of the San Joaquin, 1931

 

Photoprints

Box 3, Folder 1

Photograph album: family images and student life 1908-09

Box 3, Folder 2

Photograph album: images of student life and of a variety of hikes, rides, and other excursions 1909-1912

Box 3, Folder 3

Loose photos from album

Box 3, Folder 4

Article on Delta Chi fraternity house at Stanford, 1912