Guide to the James Henry Polhemus Photograph Album
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: A0045
Creator:
Polhemus, James Henry.
Title: James Henry Polhemus photograph album
Dates: 1906-circa 1911
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet (1 volume)
Summary: Photographs and postcards of the Stanford University campus and student activities. Campus buildings pictured include Memorial
Church, Roble Hall, Museum, Memorial Arch, the Quad, Encina Hall, and individual fraternity houses; some photographs depict
the damage from the 1906 earthquake. Student activities include sports (football, crew, and track), plug ugly portraits, theater
casts, fraternity groups, and indiviual portraits. Non-Stanford subjects include hunting, fishing, boating, and train trips.
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
This collection is open for research.
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.
James Henry Polhemus Photograph Album (A0045). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
James Polhemus earned his a.b. in civil engineering at Stanford University in 1911.
Photographs and postcards of the Stanford University campus and student activities. Campus buildings pictured include Memorial
Church, Roble Hall, Museum, Memorial Arch, the Quad, Encina Hall, and individual fraternity houses; some photographs depict
the damage from the 1906 earthquake. Student activities include sports (football, crew, and track), plug ugly portraits, theater
casts, fraternity groups, and indiviual portraits. Non-Stanford subjects include hunting, fishing, boating, and train trips.
Polhemus, James Henry.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Photoprints.
Postcards.
Box 1
Photograph Album