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Guide to the Stanford University, Committee of Fifty, Minutes
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Call Number: SCM0292
Creator:
Stanford University. Committee of Fifty
Title: Stanford University, Committee of Fifty, minutes
Dates: 1919
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
Summary: Includes minutes from meetings of February through May, 1919. Three ideas were proposed: a fountain, a memorial hall, and
a memorial fund; a memorial hall was the final choice.
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.
Stanford University, Committee of Fifty, Minutes (SCM0292). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Committee of Fifty, first called the War Service Memorial Committee, was charged with raising funds for a permanent memorial
to the service and sacrifices of Stanford in the First World War.
Includes minutes from meetings of February through May, 1919. Three ideas were proposed: a fountain, a memorial hall, and
a memorial fund; a memorial hall was the final choice.
Stanford University. Committee of Fifty
Stanford University. Memorial Hall.
War memorials--California--Stanford.
World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--United States.