Guide to the Sears Family Photographs PC0050

Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu

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Language of Material: Undetermined
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Sears family photographs
Creator: Sears family.
Identifier/Call Number: PC0050
Physical Description: 2.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1850-1970
Abstract: Photographs, and a few daguerreotypes and tintypes, of Jesse B. Sears, his parents and other relatives, his wife Stella Richardson Sears, and their children Robert R. Sears and William Norman Sears. A portion of the photographs were identified by Jesse B. Sears.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

[identification of item] Sears Family Photographs (PC0050). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Jesse B. Sears, a pioneer in the field of school administration, graduated from Stanford University in 1909 and joined the education faculty there in 1911, retiring in 1942. His son Robert R. Sears, Stanford class of 1929, joined the Department of Psychology at Stanford in 1953.

Description of the Collection

Photographs, and a few daguerreotypes and tintypes, of Jesse B. Sears, his parents and other relatives, his wife Stella Richardson Sears, and their children Robert R. Sears and William Norman Sears. A portion of the photographs were identified by Jesse B. Sears.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tintypes.
Daguerreotypes.
Photoprints.
Sears, Robert R. (Robert Richardson)
Sears, Stella Richardson.
Sears, Jesse Brundage
Sears family.

Box 1-5

Photographs