Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Frances Bowker O'Connor scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1925-1928
- Creators:
- O'Connor, Frances Bowker.
- Abstract:
- Scrapbook documents her social activities at Stanford and Berkeley and includes photographs, dance cards, programs, clippings, party favors, notes from students, ticket stubs, and Christmas cards. Of note are items pertaining to the Big Game, the annual football game between Stanford and Berkeley, and a clipping about slang phrases in use by Stanford students (page 21).
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Frances Bowker O'Connor Scrapbook (SC0499). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Scrapbook documents her social activities at Stanford and Berkeley and includes photographs, dance cards, programs, clippings, party favors, notes from students, ticket stubs, and Christmas cards. Of note are items pertaining to the Big Game, the annual football game between Stanford and Berkeley, and a clipping about slang phrases in use by Stanford students (page 21).
- Biographical / historical:
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Frances Bowker attended Stanford University from 1925 through the spring of 1927; she transferred to UC Berkeley in the Fall of 1927 and finished her a.b. there. In the summer of 1928 she married James P. O'Connor.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 1995.
- 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 2025-03-27 10:10:07 -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] Frances Bowker O'Connor Scrapbook (SC0499). 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