Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ruth E. Lewis scrapbooks
- Dates:
- 1905-1910
- Creators:
- Lewis, Ruth E.
- Abstract:
- Scrapbooks from her student days at Stanford, volume one, 1905-08, volume two, 1908-10; includes invitations, programs, menus, calling cards, dance cards, greeting cards, clippings, postcards, notes, class registration cards, and photographs. Some items pertain to Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she graduated in 1905, including a photograph of the girls basketball team. Other photographs include beach scenes, groups of women students at Stanford, student outings, football games 1905-06, Encina Club members, 1906, and the men of the Class of 1907, taken in 1905. Volume one also includes a Stanford University transcript for William Henry Tucker.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Ruth E. Lewis Scrapbooks (SC0463). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Scrapbooks from her student days at Stanford, volume one, 1905-08, volume two, 1908-10; includes invitations, programs, menus, calling cards, dance cards, greeting cards, clippings, postcards, notes, class registration cards, and photographs. Some items pertain to Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she graduated in 1905, including a photograph of the girls basketball team. Other photographs include beach scenes, groups of women students at Stanford, student outings, football games 1905-06, Encina Club members, 1906, and the men of the Class of 1907, taken in 1905. Volume one also includes a Stanford University transcript for William Henry Tucker.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ruth E. Lewis earned her a.b. in Greek from Stanford University in May 1909. She married William Henry Tucker, class of 1908, in 1910.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the estate of Ruth Lewis Tucker, 1993.
- 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: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-26 13:18:20 -0700 .
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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[identification of item] Ruth E. Lewis Scrapbooks (SC0463). Department 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