Guide to the Stanford University Facilities and Grounds Collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0970
Creator:
Stanford University. Land, Buildings and Real Estate.
Title: Stanford University facilities and grounds collection
Dates: 1956-2009
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
Summary: The collection, assembled by Herb Fong, manager in Grounds Services, includes reports, operations manuals, memoranda, and
other materials pertaining largely to campus trees and plants and their care.
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
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Stanford University Facilities and Grounds Collection (SC0970). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
The collection, assembled by Herb Fong, manager in Grounds Services, includes reports, operations manuals, memoranda, and
other materials pertaining largely to campus trees and plants and their care.
Access Terms
Fong, Herb.
Landscape gardening --California --Stanford.
Trees--California--Stanford.
Accession 2009-062
Reports, manuals, and other records
1956-12009
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
Box 1, Folder 1
AFM [Administrative and Financial Management] Report for Grounds Department
1997-1999
Box 1, Folder 2
Dutch Elm Disease project
1985
Box 1, Folder 3
Engineering Associates, Report on Study of Grounds Operation
1995
Box 1, Folder 4
Engineering Associates, Grounds Operations for Stanford University
1996 Sep
Box 1, Folder 5
Engineering Associates, Grounds Operations for Stanford University
1996 Nov
Box 1, Folder 7
Evaluation of Peninsula Sanitary Service Recycling Programs and Front-Loader Bin Service, Prepared by Brown, Vence & Associates
1995 Feb
Box 1, Folder 8
Frost Amphitheater plants
1956
Box 1, Folder 9
Grounds Services Operations Sections 1-9, [Overview; Supervisors and Crews; Grounds Maintenance Areas; Inventory Summary;
Plant Inventory; Irrigation Inventory; Tree Inventory; Targets; Work Budget]
2009- March
Box 1, Folder 10
Grounds Services Operations Sections 10-16 [Outage Class Reports; Cost Estimates; Equipment Operators Crew; Road Maintenance
Crew; Grounds Perimeter Crew; Specialty Housing Crew; Cleanup/Weeding Crew]
2009 March
Box 1, Folder 11
Grounds Services Operations Sections 17-18, [Shrub & Groundcover Trim Crew; Horticulturists]
2009 March
Box 1, Folder 12
Grounds Services Operations Sections 19-23, [Pest Control Crew; Tree Crew; Construction Crew; Irrigation Crew; Appendix]
2009 March
Box 1, Folder 13
Harris, Richard, “A Management Approach to Park Maintenance,” with note by Herb Fong
2009
Box 1, Folder 14
Landscape Maintenance Guidelines
1990
Box 2, Folder 1
Los Trancos San Francisquito Creeks Monitor reports
2006-2008
Box 2, Folder 2
Milestone Memos [gathered by Herb Fong]
1981-2004
Box 2, Folder 3
Oaks, information re compiled by David Muffly
2006-2007
Box 2, Folder 4
Presentation on work standards
1983-1984 and undated
Box 2, Folder 5
Recycling Options for Stanford University, Prepared by Brown, Vence & Associates
1987 Sep
Box 2, Folder 7
Solid Waste Generation Study, Prepared by Brown, Vence & Associates
1991 Dec
Box 2, Folder 8
Solid Waste Management Plan, Prepared by Brown, Vence & Associates
1987 Sep
Box 2, Folder 9
Tree information (includes heritage tree list 1977, list of Inner Quad trees and shrubs 1955, Tree Walk handout 1973)
Box 2, Folder 10
Trees of Stanford, Campus Report
1984 Nov 14
Box 2, Folder 11
WOFAC, work management program
1976-1977
Box 2, Folder 12-13
WOFAC, work management
1980-1982
Box 3, Folder 1
WOFAC materials
1976-1977
Box 3, Folder 2
SUMC. A Management Review of the Facilities Department
1979 March
Box 3, Folder 3
Syllabus for Biology 131 Mosses and Ferns
undated
Box 3, Folder 4
Bracewell, Ron. Trees on the Stanford Campus
1973 May
