Guide to the My Holiday in California Photograph Album
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: A0107
Creator:
Collier, Joseph.
Title: My holiday in California photograph album
Dates: 1901-1941
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet (1 volume)
Summary: Leather bound album of 151 original photographs, including approximately 60 images of Stanford University. The Stanford images
include the Inner Quad, the Quad arcades, Memorial Church under construction, Encina Hall, Roble Hall, chemistry building,
the museum (including interior views), distant views of the campus, the Stanfords' home and grounds on campus, horses at the
Palo Alto Stock Farm, and the cactus garden. Other images include San Francisco buildings, views of San Francisco Bay, Golden
Gate Park, and the McGilvray Raymond Mine Company facilities. Also included with the album were four loose images, including
two of Hoover Tower on the Stanford campus, ca. 1941.
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
My Holiday in California Photograph Album (A)107). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Joseph Collier was best known as an early Colorado photographer, where he resided from 1871 until his death in 1910.
Description of the Collection
Leather bound album of 151 original photographs, including approximately 60 images of Stanford University. The Stanford images
include the Inner Quad, the Quad arcades, Memorial Church under construction, Encina Hall, Roble Hall, chemistry building,
the museum (including interior views), distant views of the campus, the Stanfords' home and grounds on campus, horses at the
Palo Alto Stock Farm, and the cactus garden. Other images include San Francisco buildings, views of San Francisco Bay, Golden
Gate Park, and the McGilvray Raymond Mine Company facilities. Also included with the album were four loose images, including
two of Hoover Tower on the Stanford campus, ca. 1941.
Access Terms
Collier, Joseph.
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Stanford, Calif.)
Albums.
Horses --Pictorial works.
Photoprints.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Box 1
1
Panorama of Inner Quad, Stanford Family Statue present
Box 1
2
View of campus from Lathrop home in the foothills
Box 1
3
Memorial Arch, with carvers' scaffolding present
Box 1
4
Memorial Arch, with carvers' scaffolding present
Box 1
5
Memorial Church under construction
Box 1
6
Memorial Church under construction
Box 1
8
Memorial Church under construction
Box 1
9
View from arcade into the Inner Quad
Box 1
10
View from arcade into the Inner Quad
Box 1
13
Stanford Family Statue
Box 1
14
Stanford Family Statue
Box 1
16
Tree with great number of woodpecker holes
Box 1
17
Chemistry building under construction
Box 1
24
Museum (with chemistry and main quad in background)
Box 1
29
Arcade arches in front of entrance to Memorial Church
Box 1
30
View of campus from Lathrop house (similar to #2)
Box 1
31
Distant view of campus, Roble on right, Chemistry on left
Box 1
32
Distant view of campus, Roble on right, Chemistry on left
Box 1
33
Distant view of Encina Hall
Box 1
34
Garden (same as in #12) with woman in chair
Box 1
35
Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
36
Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
37
Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
38
Grounds of Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
39
Grounds of Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
40
Grounds of Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
41
Grounds of Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
42
Grounds of Stanfords' Palo Alto house
Box 1
47
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
48
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
49
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
50
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
51
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
52
Horse at Palo Alto Stock Farm
Box 1
53
Marker at horse cemetery
Box 1
54
Marker at horse cemetery
Box 1
55
Mansion (not Stanford)
Box 1
56
Mansion (not Stanford)
Box 1
57
Mansion (not Stanford)
Box 1
58
Group of people with horse-drawn bus in countryside
Box 1
59-77
San Francisco buildings and street scenes
Box 1
78-81
San Francisco Bay views and dock scenes
Box 1
82-84
Stone masonry site (McGilvray Raymond Mine Co. ?)
Box 1
89-96
Probably Golden Gate Park scenes
Box 1
110
Escondita Cottage (S.U.)
Box 1
113
Escondita Cottage (S.U.)
Box 1
115
Escondita Cottage (S.U.) with people playing croquet
Box 1
141, 144
Stone masonry site (McGilvray Raymond Mine Co. ?)
Box 1
Statues of a male and a female angel Hoover Tower lit at night (2 prints)
