Collection Contents

Hametia Fielder King, “The Patrons and the Professionals; the planning, design and construction of the Leland Stanford Junior Museum. Part One: 1884-1906”

Transcript of Stanford Historical Society meeting Nov. 6, 1978

Gifts generated by museum building research

Concrete in fine arts, 1977

Correspondence with American Concrete Institute (Mrs. King), 1978

Excerpts from 1906-07 volume of Architect and Engineer of California

Interview notes re museum structure

Milestones in development of concrete (various sources)

Texts containing references to Stanford Museum structure

Earthquake – general and museum

Museum press quotes

Architects and engineers: Hamilton, Percy, Ransome, Babson

Architects biographies: Hamilton, Hodges, Schultze, Bugbee and Percy

Sequence of events – design team, construction of museum, day-to-day operations

Olmsted

Olmsted – Codman - Austin

G. W. Percy – career

Percy and family

Ransome and family

Richardson – Coolidge – museum design; correspondence with Max Ferro, 1973-75

Winery (Christian Brothers in Napa Valley)

Letter from Bruce Ricks and various sources re Stanford lands

Bronze doors

Greece / Heinrich Schliemann [correspondence with Greek officials re design of Stanford museum]

Classical Revival architectural style

Rotunda (marble, etc.)

Cornerstone [of the museum]

Mosaics: Paoletti

Sculpture for museum portico

Stanford’s interest in architecture and building

Sacramento house / Washington house / Port Washington house

Nob Hill house

Campus – assorted sources

Escondite Cottage / Tower House

Other Stanford [family member]’s homes

Stanford University campus buildings in general

Tour of Percy building: Museum

Tour of Percy building: S.F. Unitarian Church

Tour – summary of talk by Elizabeth K. Thompson, 1977

Jordan, Days of a Man – notes from

Elliott’s book – notes from

Walker, F. A.

Kevin Starr on Stanford museum

Argonaut – groundbreaking for museum

Live Oak – copies of articles from

List of plans and book lists

Very early research

Earthquake

Study materials

Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1973-74

Miscellaneous sources

Miscellaneous notes and sources

Photocopied sources

Sources on Ransome concrete methods

National Archaeological Museum Collection of Sculpture, a Catalogue (Athens 1968)

Book in Greek, probably on Greek antiquities

Print of Christian Brothers Winery building, St. Helena [drawing by Titus 1972]