Guide to the Chester W. Barker Scrapbook
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0746
Creator:
Barker, Chester W.
Title: Chester W. Barker scrapbook
Dates: 1915-1933
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: Scrapbook contains programs and clippings largely of theater performances and concerts, 1915-1933; and photographs of Stanford
buildings and other students, as well as family photographs. Two items of note pertaining to his Stanford days are an issue
of "Thumbs Up," Oct. 27, 1915, pertaining to the demise of the Plug Ugly event on campus; and an undated issue of "The Appeal
to Reason," probably a student humor publication.
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.
Chester W. Barker Scrapbook. Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Chester W. Barker earned his A.B. in English at Stanford University in May 1918. He was married to E. Catherine Crabtree,
also of the Stanford class of 1918, and was a realtor in Los Angeles.
Scrapbook contains programs and clippings largely of theater performances and concerts, 1915-1933; and photographs of Stanford
buildings and other students, as well as family photographs. Two items of note pertaining to his Stanford days are an issue
of "Thumbs Up," Oct. 27, 1915, pertaining to the demise of the Plug Ugly event on campus; and an undated issue of "The Appeal
to Reason," probably a student humor publication.
Barker, Chester W.
Scrapbooks