Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William Westley Guth scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1891-1894
- Creators:
- Guth, William Westley
- Abstract:
- Scrapbook largely contains clippings on various aspects of Stanford University's first three years - academic life, faculty, lectures given, athletics, campus construction, club activities, concerts, and Benjamin Harrison's visit. There are also a few clippings of articles by Ambrose Bierce, a few newspaper facsimiles of autographs and historic letters, and one photograph of Charles B. Henderson who attended Stanford 1892-93.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
William Westley Guth Scrapbook (SC0847). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Scrapbook largely contains clippings on various aspects of Stanford University's first three years - academic life, faculty, lectures given, athletics, campus construction, club activities, concerts, and Benjamin Harrison's visit. There are also a few clippings of articles by Ambrose Bierce, a few newspaper facsimiles of autographs and historic letters, and one photograph of Charles B. Henderson who attended Stanford 1892-93.
- Biographical / historical:
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William W. Guth earned his A.B. in history at Stanford University in 1895; he was active in the Press Club and worked on the student magazine The Sequoia.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. W. W. Guth, 1950.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Scrapbooks
- Names:
- Henderson, Charles Belknap.
Guth, William Westley
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-04 09:40:28 -0800 .
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:
-
William Westley Guth Scrapbook (SC0847). 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