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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University arboretum records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0195
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1886-1994
Date (bulk): 1886-1923
Summary: Daily journals kept by
Thomas H. Douglas, 1889-1891, regarding weather, planting activities, and other work
associated with campus landscaping; entry for April 29, 1891, mentions trees planted during
visit of President Benjamin Harrison; list of trees and shrubs advised to be propagated at
Palo Alto, signed by Frederick Law Olmsted, 1886; planting key for the Arboretum, 1923; and
a report by Jones and Stokes Associates, "Biological assessment of the arboretum region of
Stanford University for the Palm Drive reconstruction project," 1994. Also includes several
pressed leaves found in the 1889 journal.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
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.
Stanford University Arboretum Records (SC0195). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related materials: Arboretum plant guide by G.A. Dailey, SUA Architectural Drawings, Dept.
of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries.
Daily journals kept by Thomas H. Douglas, 1889-1891, regarding weather, planting
activities, and other work associated with campus landscaping; entry for April 29, 1891,
mentions trees planted during visit of President Benjamin Harrison; list of trees and shrubs
advised to be propagated at Palo Alto, signed by Frederick Law Olmsted, 1886; planting key
for the Arboretum, 1923; and a report by Jones and Stokes Associates, "Biological assessment
of the arboretum region of Stanford University for the Palm Drive reconstruction project,"
1994. Also includes several pressed leaves found in the 1889 journal.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Landscape gardening -- California.