Willard J. Classen papers, 1955-1991

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Summary

Creators:
Classen, Willard J.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Willard J. Classen papers (SC1629). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a reprint of an article by Classen and Joseph J. Graham, "A Lower Eocene Foraminiferal Faunule from the Woodside Area, San Mateo County, California," 1955, with the original illustrations; a letter from Rixford K. Snyder talking about Greystone Quarry, the source of the sandstone used in building the first buildings at Stanford, 1991; and a short article by Classen on the Stanford University seal.

Biographical / historical:

Willard J. Classen was born October 3, 1899, in San Francisco of gold rush descendants, and after the 1906 earthquake, his family relocated on the Peninsula to "Fair Oaks," now known as Atherton. Willard attended Manzanita Hall, a private Palo Alto high school, and entered Stanford University in the fall of 1917. With a major in geology and mining, he graduated with the class of 1921. Willard's long career began as a geologist with Standard Oil Co. of California. Working next with California Standard Oil, he was transferred to Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1923. He joined Tidewater (later Associated Oil Co.) and spent 1924 and early winter 1925 in Alaska as a well-site geologist on the Tidewater 1 Grammer well. In 1926, he moved to Utah for fieldwork. While there, he met his future wife, Zelda Ann Stark of Moab, and they were married a short time later in the Stanford Chapel in July 1926. He was past president of the Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford rugby coach for 12 years with a salary of $ 1 per year, and with his wife, Zelda, a significant benefactor to the Stanford University School of Medicine. He died on November 16, 1998 in Menlo Park.

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Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Willard J. Classen papers (SC1629). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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