Guide to the Stanford Architecture Collection SC0831
University Archives Staff
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford Architecture collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC0831
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1886-2005
Summary: This collection
pertains to Turner's research and writing on the architecture of Stanford University,
focusing primarily on the Quad, the museum, and Hanna House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Included are photocopies of research documents, articles, copy prints of historic
photographs, modern photographs, reports, correspondence, drafts of Turner's writings and
the final publications. Hanna House materials are largely about seismic repairs following
the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. There are a few original historic documents in the
collection, including the 1886 booklet THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM ORIGIN AND
DESCRIPTION; Lorenz Eitner's, "The Development of the Stanford Museum 1964-1984"; and an
1887 print "The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of Construction at Palo
Alto, Cala."
Language of Material:
English .
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 Architecture Collection (SC0831). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Paul V. Turner, trained as an architect and art historian, has been on the faculty of
Stanford's Dept. of Art and Art History since 1971. His publications include THE EDUCATION
OF LE CORBUSIER; THE FOUNDERS & THE ARCHITECTS: THE DESIGN OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY; and
CAMPUS: AN AMERICAN PLANNING TRADITION. He chaired the university committee overseeing the
repair of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House, badly damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake, and in 2001 received the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for distinctive
contributions to undergraduate education.
Description of the Collection
This collection pertains to Turner's research and writing on the architecture of Stanford
University, focusing primarily on the Quad, the museum, and Hanna House, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright. Included are photocopies of research documents, articles, copy prints of
historic photographs, modern photographs, reports, correspondence, drafts of Turner's
writings and the final publications. Hanna House materials are largely about seismic repairs
following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. There are a few original historic documents in
the collection, including the 1886 booklet THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM ORIGIN
AND DESCRIPTION; Lorenz Eitner's, "The Development of the Stanford Museum 1964-1984"; and an
1887 print "The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of Construction at Palo
Alto, Cala."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Paul
R. Hanna House (Stanford, Calif.)
Records
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Copy prints: Memorial Arch frieze
Box 1, folder 2
Copy prints: assorted buildings
Box 1, folder 3
Copy prints: views of Stanford land ca. 1887
Box 1, folder 4
Copy prints: miscellaneous
Box 1, folder 6
Photographs, miscellaneous, some with negatives
Box 1, folder 7
Copy prints: plans, drawings for Stanford University
Box 1, folder 8
Copy prints: Stanford buildings
Box 1, folder 9
Copy prints: Stanford maps
Box 1, folder 10
Copy prints: non-Stanford buildings
Box 1, folder 11
Negatives (35mm) of historic images and photographs
Box 1, folder 12
Negatives (35mm), miscellaneous images
Photographs – Hanna House
Box 1, folder 14
Photograph of exterior by Norris Pope, with accompanying note
2002
Box 1, folder 15
Photographs of opening reception and donor dinner
1999
Box 1, folder 16
Copy prints from Hanna House Collection in Stanford University
Archives
Box 1, folder 17
Photographs and slides of reconstruction/seismic repair
1998-1999
Box 2, folder 1
Stanford chronology for 1883-1892
Box 2, folder 2
Copies of Olmsted correspondence, 1887-1910, 1944
Box 2, folder 3
Birds-Eye rendering of Stanford quad (difference versions, question of
authorship, etc.)
Box 2, folder 4
Possible Stanford influence on other buildings and institutions
Box 2, folder 5
Stanford architecture exhibition (Art Gallery) 1976
Box 2, folder 6
Inventory of Stanford University drawings (Olmsted Historic Site
holdings)
Box 2, folder 10
Research sources – issues of The Sequoia 1895
Box 2, folder 11
Research sources – Mary Jo McNamara, "The Memorial Frieze: Its Iconography
and Sources"
Box 3, folder 2
Founders and Architects – correspondence, 1976-2000
Box 3, folder 3
Stanford architectural research – correspondence, 1975-83
Box 3, folder 4
Essay text and plans, 1985
Box 3, folder 5
Essay text with revisions
Box 3, folder 6
The Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. Origin and Description.
1886
Box 3, folder 8
Eitner, Lorenz, "The Development of the Stanford Museum
1964-1984"
Box 3, folder 9
Ernest Ransome (and Percy & Hamilton)
Box 3, folder 10
Construction using whaler forming systems
Box 3, folder 11
Report: Damage to Unreinforced Masonry Buildings at Stanford University in
the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake by Gretchen W. Smith and Robert Reitherman,
1984
Box 4, folder 3
Athens museum and other European museums
Stanford University, other buildings
Box 4, folder 4
Library (1905) – source materials
Box 4, folder 5
Library (1905) – Imprint article and correspondence, 1976
Box 4, folder 6
List of Stanford buildings, 1975
Box 4, folder 8
Lewis Mumford at Stanford
Box 4, folder 9
Stanford family and the university in general
Box 5, folder 1
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office), 1999-2000
Box 5, folder 2
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office), 2002-2004
Box 5, folder 3
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – furnishings,
2003-2005
Box 5, folder 4
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – floors,
2003-2004
Box 5, folder 5
Documents from Laura Jones (Planning Office) – lighting,
2004-2005
Box 5, folder 6
Recommendations for Seismic Repair and Conservation of Historic Features,
Final Report (Architectural Resources Group), February 1991
Box 5, folder 7
Turner, Frank, Lloyd Wright's Hanna House Restored [SU
booklet 1999]
Box 5, folder 8
Booklet published by The Stanford Restoration Fund
Box 5, folder 9
Miscellaneous information
Box 5, folder 10
Article for Development Office – text and correspondence, 1999
Box 5, folder 11
Article – drafts, notes, and correspondence, 1998-99
Box 5, folder 12
Book project with Bret Lizundia and John Burton
Box 6, folder 1
Board of Governors, 1987-89
Box 6, folder 2
Morley Baer photo collection in S.U. Archives
Box 6, folder 3
Hanna House papers in S. U. Archives
Box 6, folder 4
FLW and earthquake design
Box 6, folder 6
Miscellaneous correspondence and other materials, 1994-99
Box 6, folder 8
Correspondence with Paul and Jean Hanna and related material,
1980-99
Box 6, folder 11
Furnishings – inventory 2004
Box 7, folder 1
Print: The Leland Stanford Junior University Now in the Course of
Construction at Palo Alto, Cala. Issued with the Christmas Number San Francisco News
Letter, 1887 [same as SUA Print 016.1]
Box 7, folder 2
Miscellaneous oversized photographs and copied documents
Box 7, folder 3
Matted negatives for printing, 1976
Box 7, folder 4
A. B. Clark, Art Principles in House, Furniture, and Village Building
(1921) – photocopied at 112% enlargement
Addenda, 2023-053 Accession ARCH-2023-053
Physical Description: .25 Linear
Feet
Box 8, folder 1
The Row at Stanford by Alan Simmons
Box 8, folder 2
On the Origin of Spaces by Paul Yee
1994 June
6
Box 8, folder 3
Stanford Historical Profiles
2003-2004
