Guide to the Stanford University Alumni Collection
SC1278
University Archives Staff
The Stanford Alumni Collection was created as part of the Stanford Alumni Legacy
Project, which was initially funded by the Stanford Associates Grant (awarded by the
Stanford Alumni Association in 2014).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Updated March 2023; October 2023; February 2024
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
Fax Number: (650) 723-8690
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University Alumni Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC1278
Physical Description:
40.25 Linear Feet
(44 boxes) (2 tubes) (3 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1885-2016
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.
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Arrangement
Collection materials are described alphabetically in the finding aid by last name of donor.
Boxes are listed by accession numbers (ARCH-YYYY-###), which are provided in the finding
aid. Alumni class graduation years are indicated as provided.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Stanford Alumni Collection (SC1278). Dept. of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
The Stanford Alumni Collection consists of letters, email, texts, student scrapbooks,
photographs, websites, audio and video recordings, posters, flyers, records of student
organizations, and more. Materials have been donated to the Stanford University Archives for
permanent retention, or loaned for selective scanning, and returned to donors.
This collection was created as part of the Stanford Alumni Legacy Project (SALP)
initiative. SALP focuses on collecting, preserving, and providing long-term access to
student materials created by Stanford alumni during their time on the farm.
Separated Materials
Where appropriate, certain materials have been added to other collections. For example,
correspondence between students and their families have been added to the Stanford Student
Letters and Memoirs Collection (SC0103); football programs and miscellany have been added to
the Stanford University, Department of Athletics, Football Collection (SC1185); and
miscellaneous pieces of ephemera have been added to the Stanford University Publications and
Ephemera Collection (SC4000).
Conditions Governing Use
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 94305-6064. 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student life.
Stanford alumni
College students -- California.
Anderson, Adrien L. (Class of 1917) & Anderson, Adrien E. (Class of
1942)
Accession 2019-218
Box 1
Freshman Orientation handbook
1937-1938
Box 1
Photograph album focusing on activities of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and
campus social events
Andrews, Helmus Weddel (Class of 1915) Accession ARCH-2016-027
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Andrews, Helmus Weddel photograph album
circa 1911-1915
Language of Material: English.
Andrews, Rupert Blake (Class of 1914) Accession ARCH-2016-026
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Andrews, Rupert Blake photograph album
circa 1911-1914
Language of Material: English.
Bailey, George (Class of 1957) Accession ARCH-2017-031
Language of Material: English.
Digital Scans & Photographs of Prom 1955; El Campo Homecoming
(1955/1956), Rose Bowl float (1957); and Reunion Homecoming 2007
1955-2007
Language of Material: English.
Bartlett, Mabel (Class of 1909) Accession ARCH-2016-034
Language of Material: English.
Scrapbook
circa
1906-1909
Language of Material: English.
Berry, Velda Hancock (Attended 1919-1923) & Othmar Berarde Berry (Class of
1924)
Accession ARCH-2016-029
Language of Material: English.
Velda Hancock & Othmar Berarde Berry wedding journal
1924-03-18
Language of Material: English.
Black, Dorothy Dale (Class of 1944) Accession ARCH-2016-130
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Photograph; San Jose State College Record Card; Stanford University
Transcript
1943-1945
Language of Material: English.
Briggs, Stewart Daniel (Class of 1893) Accession ARCH-1987-133
Box 1, folder 1
Collegiate baseball and football clippings
1891-1893
Box 1, folder 2
Commencement and Glee Club programs
1891-1893
Brobst Gilbert, Laurel Hutton (Class of 1961, MA 1962) Accession ARCH-2016-020
Language of Material: English.
Brobst Gilbert, Laurel Hutton Stanford student diary pages
1959-1960
Language of Material: English.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Overseas Studies
Brown, Hugh H. (Class of 1896) ARCH-1987-051
Box 1
Letter to Fiancée, Marjorie Moore
1903
October 8
Christiansen, Susan Putnam (Class of 1960, MA 1961)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Student material and research files Accession ARCH-2016-023
circa
1957-2010
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Student materials and reserach files about several Stanford topics including the
Stanford family, Stanford architecture, and restoration of the Stanford mansion in
Sacramento. Included are slides of Sacramento Stanford Mansion restoration and
audiocassette recordings of talks given by Christiansen at Stanford Memorial Church in
2003.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford residences -- Sacramento.
Campus planning -- California -- Stanford
Stanford family.
Box 1
Directories, handbooks, comics, class of 1954 35th reunion
program
Accession ARCH-2018-189
1947-1989
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Memorial Church photographs, 2016 Reunion Homecoming guide, Lagunita Court
& Branner Hall group student photographs (1957-1958), Memorial Church/Office of
Religious Life materials
Accession ARCH-2018-189
circa
1957-2016
Language of Material: English.
Condee, Newcomb (Class of 1919) ARCH-2016-079
Language of Material: English.
Condee, Newcomb photograph in front of Encina Hall
1917
Language of Material: English.
Crawford, Jim ARCH-2024-516
Language of Material: English.
tube 1
"Creeping Wires" Artwork
2008 May
22
Language of Material: English.
Doble, Jean (Class of 1965) Accession ARCH-2017-032
Language of Material: English.
Indian Stickers (scans)
Language of Material: English.
De Campos, Camille (Class of 1961) Accession ARCH-2017-137
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Branner photographs and newsletters
circa 1956-1958
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Dance cards
1957-1961
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Registration cards
1959-1960
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Social Standards made by and for the Women Students of Stanford
University
1959-1960
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Stanford Eating Clubs
1958-1959
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 6
Musical and performance programs
1958-1959
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 7
Photographs and Stanford Daily press pass
1957-1959
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 8
Sports programs and ephemera
1957-1958
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 9
Stanford ephemera
circa 1957-1960
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 10
Local menus: Trader Vic's, Saint Michael's Alley, Outside at the
Inside
circa 1957-1960
Language of Material: English.
Deitac, Dan (Class of 1974) Accession ARCH-2017-106
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Student record sheet from time capsule buried underneath the quad
1974
Language of Material: English.
Elliott, Louis Dunshee (Class of 1911) Accession ARCH-2017-330
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Datebooks
1900-1906
Language of Material: English.
Etienne, Robert (Class of 1936) Accession ARCH-2017-103
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Photographs and student records
Language of Material: English.
Ferguson, Nancie Brown (Class of 1954) Accession ARCH-2015-016
Language of Material: English.
Ferguson, Nancie Brown scrapbook
1950
Language of Material: English.
Fearney, Mary Elizabeth (Class of 1917) ARCH-1987-053
Box 1
26th Annual Commencement Booklet
1917 May
21
Box 1
Stanford Diploma
1917
May
Fletcher, Charles Gross (Class of 1924) Accession ARCH-2018-089
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Swimming - photograph of swim team and letter re world record
1923
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Senior Week Dope
1924
Language of Material: English.
Franz, Britta Lion (Class of 1950) Accession ARCH-2016-033
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Instructions for Elementary Golfers by Sylvia Potter Cain
1939
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Stanford University Bulletin, Credential Bulletin, School of
Education
1946
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Stanford University, School of Education, Annual Announcement
1946-1947
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Stanford Traditions cartoons
undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Blushing Deep and Paling
1947
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 6
Rose Bowl parade float photographs
1948
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 7
Stanford University 'Varsity Squad' program by The White House, San
Francisco
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 8
Centennial Gaieties Revue & Performing Arts Festival
Language of Material: English.
Fyffe, Harriet (Class of 1895-AB) Accession ARCH-2019-165
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Engagements and Programs - The Pioneer Class of Stanford
University
1893-1895
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Homer's Iliad
1889
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Pattern Book
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Photographs
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Stanford Publications
Language of Material: English.
Gould, Richard Bartlett (Class of 1933) Accession ARCH-2016-034
Language of Material: English.
Stanford photograph album
1930-1935
Language of Material: English.
Grace, Larry W. (Class of 1960) Accession ARCH-2016-018
Language of Material: English.
Scrapbook
1956-1960
Language of Material: English.
Cedro III - 50th mini-reunion slideshow photographs
2010
Language of Material: English.
Graves, Olin Wright (Class of 1915) ARCH-1987-059
Box 1
Postcards and Stanford Publications
1911-1913,
undated
Box 2
Diploma, Stanford Publications, Memorabilia
1912-1915,
undated
Hall, Benjamin Frederick (Attended 1897) Accession ARCH-2016-036
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Leland Stanford Junior University registration cards
1897-1898
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Palo Alto/Stanford brochure
pre 1906
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Miscellany
circa 1897-1929
Language of Material: English.
Hammer, Preston (Class of 1989) Accession ARCH-2020-023
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Stanford Cardinal pennant with Cardinal bird mascot
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Leland's Choice granola package
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Seniorbook, Class of 1989
Language of Material: English.
Handy, Jr., Ralph P. (Class of 1951) Accession ARCH-2017-079
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
New student orientation material, including transfer student
orientation
1949-1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Information on Stanford Village
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Your Campus Wardrobe...According to Collier's
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Library orientation material
1950
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Pine Hill Real Estate
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Dance and game tickets
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Slides
1949-1951
Language of Material: English.
Hinrichs, Miriam Marble Accession ARCH-2019-240
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Miriam's Dance Cards
1894-1899
Language of Material: English.
Hittman, Suzanne (Class of 1952) Accession ARCH-2017-318
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Hoover Library brochure
circa 1948-1952
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Laguinita and Branner material
circa 1948-1952
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Handbooks and directories
1948-1952
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Class Week program
1952
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Musical programs
1951-1952
Language of Material: English.
Hockensmith, Sharon Fogleman (Class of 1965) Accession ARCH-2015-155
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Freshman scrapbook (1961-1962); Sophomore scrapbook (1962-1963)
1961-1963
Language of Material: English.
Jerome, Jean (Class of 1974) ARCH-2020-045
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Jerome, Jean
Language of Material: English.
Jurney, Peter (Class of 1962, AM 1964) Accession ARCH-207-039
Language of Material: English.
Italy Group I photographs (scans)
1960-1961
Language of Material: English.
Kattan, Francisco (MS 1987, MS 1989) Accession ARCH-2017-037
Language of Material: English.
Photograph of Stanford Amateur Radio Club
circa
1986
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
"Stanford Amateur Radio Club circa 1986. At the time the club had its "Radio Shack"
trailer on Searsville Road. This is a picture of myself in the trailer at the radio
shack. As an international student (from Honduras), phone calls home were very
expensive at the time. This is how I and many other international students
communicated with with our families at the time."
Kennedy, Robin Hamill (Class of 1968) Accession ARCH-2016-014
Language of Material: English.
Scrapbook "Robin at Stanford - Volume 1"
1964-1967
Language of Material: English.
Scrapbook "Robin at Stanford - Volume 2"
1967-1968
Language of Material: English.
Kenworthy, Marion Brummell (Class of 1952, AB, AM)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Marion Brummell Kenworthy fund for Student Innovation in Public Service (Haas
Center for Public Service) brochure
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Football clippings
Language of Material: English.
Kirschenbaum, Ellis (Class of 1969) Accession ARCH-2017-038
Language of Material: English.
April 3rd Movement materials
1969
Language of Material: English.
Lange, Susan Tarr (Class of 1966) Accession ARCH-2017-062
Language of Material: English.
Photographs
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
2 photographs from Italy VII, and one from Roble Hall 3-B.
Box 1
Memoirs (various)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Stanford-Notre Dame game, meeting husband, Escondido Village, 50th
Reunion.
Lewis, Eleanor (Class of 1996)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Program for Mommsen's Block, Euro Trash party invite, map from interior of
Hoover Tower
ARCH-2022-016
1992-1996
source: Lewis,
Eleanor
Physical Description: .25 Linear
Feet
Language of Material: English.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford University -- Alumni -- Reminiscences.
Lewis, Eleanor
Leybold, Dennis (Class of 1976) Accession ARCH-2018-119
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Stanford Fire Program photograph
circa 1975-1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Fencing Photographs
circa 1975-1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Fenching Material
circa 1975-1976
Language of Material: English.
Lund, Caroline (Class of 1936) Accession ARCH-2019-168
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Metal Caroline Lund Artifacts
Language of Material: English.
Maloney, Harry (Class of 1909-1910) Accession ARCH-2019-173
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Harry Maloney Library Materials
Language of Material: English.
Maxwell, Nancy Randolph (Class of 1956) Accession ARCH-2016-015
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Freshman scrapbook
1951-1953
Language of Material: English.
McNitt, Elizabeth Church (Class of 1936) Accession ARCH-2016-022
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Elizabeth Church McNitt, President of National Association of University
Dames, letter to the wives of Stanford students
1939-09-25
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Panhellenic bidding contract
1935
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Handwritten invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, inviting them to Lagunita
Court
undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Handwritten invitation to Mr. Jackson, inviting him to Lagunita
Court
undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Note requesting Elizabeth Church McNitt act as hostess to Mrs. Hoover after
dinner at coffee
undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 6
Christmas musical service in Memorial Church
1934-12-16
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 7
Description of university residences for women
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 8
Stanford Daily article clipping re compensation for sponsors in Encina, but
not Roble
undated
Language of Material: English.
Mitchell, Sidney P. Accession ARCH-1989-283
Scope and Contents
Sidney P. Mitchell was a prominent physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and
alumni of Stanford University. He was the son of J. Pearce Mitchell. He married fellow
Stanford alumnus, Jean Bothwell Mitchell.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sidney P Mitchell, 1989.
Box 1
Scrapbook: E. L. Bothwell - Delta Kappa Epsilon Association
1901-1922
Box 1
William C. Estler Correspondence [regarding the parents of Sidney Mitchell's
Grand Tour photo album]
1976
Box 3
Photographs: Stanford students and faculty, Dr. Mitchell's parent's European
Grand Tour
c.1885-1893
Box 4
Stanford University Bulletin No. 128: Alumni Directory and Ten-Year Book IV,
1891-1931
1932 March 1
Box 4
Delta Kappa Epsilon Catalogue
1910
Box 4
The Stanford Quad, Vol. XVI-XIX
1910-1913
O'Neill, Marshall (Associate Director W.W. Hansen Laboratories,
1952-1990)
Acccession ARCH-2017-034
Language of Material: English.
Field Passes (scans)
1948
Language of Material: English.
Peck, Templeton (Class of 1929) ARCH-1990-005
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Citrus Court Dedication Photographs
1984
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Questionnaire Summary
1989
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3-10
Questionnaires, A-W
1989
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 11
The Stanford '29er Souvenir Newspaper
1989
Language of Material: English.
Pizzinat, Ann (Class of 1988) ARCH-2019-140
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Junior prom dance card
1960
Language of Material: English.
Porter, Anne Norton (Class of 1959, AM 1960) Accession ARCH-2017-035
Language of Material: English.
Scrapbook (scans)
1957-2005
Language of Material: English.
Price, Donald (Class of 1953) Accession ARCH-2017-046 & 2018-180
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Memoir re Stanford Band
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Price, Don, "The naming of the Stanford griffins" tss
2018 Mar
31
Language of Material: English.
Rivera, Anna (Class of 1974) Accession ARCH-2019-110
Language of Material: English.
Photograph of Anna Rivera and husband
1973
Language of Material: English.
Shannon, Jim (Class of 1916) ARCH-2024-515
Language of Material: English.
tube 1
Color Caricature
undated
Language of Material: English.
Shields, Jane Wason ARCH-1989-113
Box 1
Handbook of Stanford University
1933-1934
Box 1
A Yearbook of Stanford Writing, Vol 5
1934
Box 1
Stanford Leather Notebook Cover w/ University Seal
1933
Snyder, Allan E. Accession ARCH-2019-221
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Allen E. Snyder Stanford Alumni Association Life Membership
Certificate
1951
Jun
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2-3
Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes
1950-1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Senior Class Day Exercises
1951 Jun
16
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Senior Ball
1951 Jun
14
Language of Material: English.
St Geme, Monica (Class of 1954) Accession ARCH-2017-036
Language of Material: English.
Photographs (scans)
1952-1984
Language of Material: English.
Stebbins family Accession ARCH-2017-138
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Family members include Reverend Horation Stebbins (Member of original Board of
Trustees); Horation Ward Stebbins (professor of Mechanical Engineering); Amelia Stebbins
(Class of 1934); and J. Ward Keesling (Class of 1962).
Box 1
"Merry Christmas" book with verses by Elsie T. Stebbins
1919
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
"Beligum" by David Starr Jordan
1915 Oct
9
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Letters from Ray Lyman Wilbur re endowment
1922-1927
Language of Material: English.
Tanner, Carol Scilacci & Douglas Tanner (Class of 1975) Accession ARCH-2016-016
Language of Material: English.
Tanner, Carol Scilacci & Douglas Tanner photograph album
1972-1974
Language of Material: English.
Trainor, Shelly Williams (Class of 1977) Accession ARCH-2017-130
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Student Materials
1973-1977
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Admissions materials, clippings, Women's Rugby, Senior Class officer election
posters, Manzanita musical show "Applause" program, Hammer & Coffin material.
Wetmore, Clyde T. (Class of 1913-AB, 1915-MD) Accession ARCH-2019-152
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Photographs, including class in front of Encina Hall
circa
1909-1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Invitation to luncheon from David Starr Jordan
1912 Oct 22
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Stanford Alumni Association Membership Certificate
1941 Jan 13
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Clippings
circa 1982-1990s
Language of Material: English.