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Call Number: SC0078
Creator:
George Vanderbilt Foundation.
Title: George Vanderbilt Foundation records
Dates: 1959-1967
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: This collection includes correspondence primarily regarding the dissolution of the Foundation after Vanderbilt's death in
1961, and agreements between the Foundation and Stanford University. Major correspondents include Earl Herald, Robert Rofen,
Giles Mead, Curtis Tarr, James Thurber and trustees of the Foundation.
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 transfer, School of Humanities and Sciences, 1970.
Restricted: Permission of School of Humanities and Sciences required.
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.
George Vanderbilt Foundation Records (SC0078). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The George Vanderbilt Foundation was devoted to the collecting of ichthyological specimens in the South Seas.
This collection includes correspondence primarily regarding the dissolution of the Foundation after Vanderbilt's death in
1961, and agreements between the Foundation and Stanford University. Major correspondents include Earl Herald, Robert Rofen,
Giles Mead, Curtis Tarr, James Thurber and trustees of the Foundation.
George Vanderbilt Foundation.
Herald, Earl Stannard.
Mead, Giles.
Rofen, Robert.
Stanford University
Tarr, Curtis W.. 1924-
Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
Vanderbilt, George.
Ichthyology--Research.