Guide to the Stanford University, Libraries, Construction Records
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
April 2011
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC1040
Creator:
Stanford University. Libraries.
Title: Stanford University, Libraries, construction records
Dates: 1917-1919
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
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
Materials acquired from unknown sources.
Cite As
[identification of item], Stanford University, Libraries, Construction Records (SC1040). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
The new main library at Stanford was designed by the San Francisco architectural firm of John Bakewell, Jr. and Arthur Brown,
Jr.; is it now known as the Bing Wing of the Cecil H. Green Library.
Scope and Contents note
Collection pertains to the construction of a new main library at Stanford and includes the articles of agreement between Rudgear
Merle Company and Stanford University, contract specifications for the library from plans prepared by the architectural firm
of Bakewell and Brown, and some correspondence. There are specifications for carpenter work, concrete, elevator, furniture,
glazing, heating, marble and tile, ornamental iron, plumbing, painting, stacks, wiring, and other work.
Access Terms
Bakewell and Brown
Rudgear Merle Company.
Stanford University. Libraries--Buildings.
Universities and colleges--Buildings.
Box 1, Folder 1
Stanford University Library Agreement with Merle Company
1917-1918
