Guide to the Willard J. Classen Collection of Stanford Memorabilia
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0980
Creator:
Classen, Willard J.
Creator:
Classen, Willard J.
Title: Willard J. Classen collection of Stanford memorabilia
Dates: 1915-1985
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Materials pertaining to Classen's years as a student include the student handbook for 1918-19; the songbook for the Junior
Opera "Three of a Kind," 1919; and commencement programs and ephemera, 1921-22. Other materials include F. W. Loel's "Stratigraphy
of the Salinas Valley," geology 7B class paper with original illustrations and map, 1915; postcard photograph of Stanford
geologists Howard Kirk, William A. Clark, Linn Farish, and Thomas F. Stipp taken in Mexico circa 1926; ephemera regarding
Edwin Theodore Dumble, 1924; John G. Goode's booklet "The Big Game, A Different Perspective," 1985; Stanford football game
tickets, 1930-77; brochures and booklets on the Stanford Barn, the history of the founding of the University, Glenn "Pop"
Warner, and Palo Alto; the Daily Palo Alto Memorial Number (ca. 1919); and assorted clippings and newspapers on athletics
and Stanford history.
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
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.
Willard J. Classen Collection of Stanford Memorabilia (SC0980). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Willard J. Classen earned his A.B. in geology at Stanford University in 1922.
Materials pertaining to Classen's years as a student include the student handbook for 1918-19; the songbook for the Junior
Opera "Three of a Kind," 1919; and commencement programs and ephemera, 1921-22. Other materials include F. W. Loel's "Stratigraphy
of the Salinas Valley," geology 7B class paper with original illustrations and map, 1915; postcard photograph of Stanford
geologists Howard Kirk, William A. Clark, Linn Farish, and Thomas F. Stipp taken in Mexico circa 1926; ephemera regarding
Edwin Theodore Dumble, 1924; John G. Goode's booklet "The Big Game, A Different Perspective," 1985; Stanford football game
tickets, 1930-77; brochures and booklets on the Stanford Barn, the history of the founding of the University, Glenn "Pop"
Warner, and Palo Alto; the Daily Palo Alto Memorial Number (ca. 1919); and assorted clippings and newspapers on athletics
and Stanford history.
Clark, William A. (William Andrews), 1839-1925.
Classen, Willard J.
Farish, Linn M.
Farish, Linn M.
Goode, John G.
Goode, John G.
Kirk, Howard Manning.
Kirk, Howard Manning.
Loel, F. W.
Loel, F. W.
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Students.;
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Stipp, Thomas F., (Thomas Franklin)
Warner, Glenn S. (Glenn Scobey), 1871-1954
Classen's freshman cap (or "dink") is housed in the Stanford University Archives Museum Collection (AM 1993-08).
Box 1
Memorabilia