Guide to the Andrew Putnam Hill Photographs
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.
Overview
Call Number: PC0004
Creator:
Hill & Yard
Title: Andrew Putnam Hill photographs
Dates: 1853-1922
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
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
Cite As
Andrew Putnam Hill Photographs (PC0004). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Andrew Putnam Hill (1853-1922) was born in Porter County, Indiana. In 1867 at the age of 14, he moved to California with an
uncle, coming to Santa Clara County in 1868. He attended high school at Santa Clara College, and then studied art in San Francisco.
Hill became professionally involved in photography in 1889, opening a studio in San Jose with Sidney J. Yard. Several photographs
from this studio were part of the Santa Clara County display at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Hill came to the new campus of Stanford University in 1891 to photograph the campus buildings, student life, particularly
group portraits and settings, as well as activity on the Palo Alto Stock Farm. His interest in Stanford continued throughout
the 1890s.
By 1900, Hill had become extensively involved in the effort to save the Felton Big Trees Grove of redwoods in the Santa Cruz
Mountains. Working with other members of the newly founded Sempervirens Club (which included many Stanford and Berkeley faculty),
Hill lobbied in Sacramento against commercial use of the area and for its designation as a State Park.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of mounted albumen prints commercially produced by A. P. Hill and his two studios, Hill and Yard
and Hill and Watkins. Subjects include views of the Stanford University campus, interior and exterior shots of major buildings,
events such as the university’s opening day and the funeral of Leland Stanford, student groups, and the Palo Alto Stock Farm
and horses. Photographs were taken primarily between 1890 and 1895.
Access Terms
Photography.
Photoprints.
Photographs
Digital surrogates
Box 1, Folder 1
Athletics - Football
1893
Scope and Content Note
No. 778 - 1893 team and captain
Box 1, Folder 2
Athletics - tennis
Scope and Content Note
No. 889 - men playing tennis on outdoor court
Box 1, Folder 3
Athletics - track
circa 1892
Scope and Content Note
No. 929 - track meet on track at rear of Encina Hall; faculty housing and water tower visible
Box 1, Folder 4
Campus view
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
View of main quad, probably from Encina
Box 1, Folder 5
Campus view: Lake Lagunita
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 1795 Campus as seen from beyond Lake Lagunita
No. 5034 Duplicate of No. 1795
Box 1, Folder 6
Class of 1895
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 2031 Class on steps of Roble Hall; students wearing mortar boards; one dog in picture
Box 1, Folder 7
Daily Palo Alto - staff
1893
Scope and Content Note
No. 8361 Group portrait of staff; names written in ink
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brooks, Vanderbilt
Burke, Mollie
Calhoun, Scott
Chapman, Elizabeth
Hinsdale, L. J.
Johnson, Nello
Rice, A. B
Sheehan, Jack
Stewart, W. E.
Wilson, J. F.
Zion, E. R.
Box 1, Folder 8
Encina Gym
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 2848 Encina Gym, faculty housing visible in background
Duplicate copy with slightly wider view (from 89-152)
Box 1, Folder 9
Encina Hall
circa 1892
Scope and Content Note
View of entire Encina Hall - 2 copies; one copy stamped "Stuart & Sheehan, room 94, Encina Hall, Leland Stanford Jr. University”
and signed by W. E. Stuart ‘95
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stuart, W. E.
Box 1, Folder 10
Encina Hall - interiors
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 10562 Guest chamber (noted on back: Prof. and Mrs. Comstock)
No. 10563 Dining Hall with tables set
No. 10564 Lobby looking into dining room
Box 1, Folder 11
Encina Hall - student rooms
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
Man at desk in room; animal skin rugs
Two students at desk in room; Japanese fan on wall
Box 1, Folder 12
Encina Hall - students on steps
Scope and Content Note
No. 2857 Sixteen male students on front steps; '94 and '95 visible on some hats
No. 2858 Large group of male students on steps, gallery, and porch roof; ‘95 signs displayed
Box 1, Folder 13
Faculty - Earl Barnes
circa 1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 11141 Portrait
Box 1, Folder 14
Governor’s Lane
1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 8644 Governor’s lane looking north; man on road
Box 1, Folder 15
Library - interior
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 5141 Librarian behind desk and students at reading tables
No. 5143 Students at reading tables; portrait of Leland Jr. on wall
Box 1, Folder 16
Mausoleum
circa 1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 5513 Mausoleum (female sphinx)
No. 5532 Mausoleum (female sphinx), man standing on steps
No. 9915 Mausoleum (female sphinx)
Box 1, Folder 18
Ninety-five Oak
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 6472 Class ‘95 oak tree, two women sitting under
Box 1, Folder 19
Opening Day Ceremonies
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 6510 Jordan reading
No. 10128 Jane and Leland Stanford reading
Box 1, Folder 20
Palo Alto Stock Farm
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
View of barn and paddocks from the hills (Hill & Franklin)
View of barn and paddocks from the hills (Hill & Watkins) - 2cc
Box 1, Folder 21
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Advertiser
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 22
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, being walked
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 23
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Electricity
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 24
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses in paddock
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 25
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses (mares and foals) in pasture
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 26
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Mary Guild
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 27
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Palo Alto
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 28
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Sunol
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 29
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Truman
circa 1895
Box 1, Folder 30
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, unidentified
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
Horse with groom on right (2 copies)
Horse with groom on left
Box 1, Folder 31
Palo Alto (tall tree)
1893
Scope and Content Note
Railroad tracks with tree on right (single trunk)
Box 2, Folder 1
Quad - arches
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 6028 East Arch
No. 7273 East Arch (duplicate of 6028)
No. 7333 East Arch, 1891 (Hill no. 9; different view than no. 6028)
West Arch, men in cart passing through
Box 2, Folder 2
Quad - end of arcade looking east
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 6904 (4 copies)
Box 2, Folder 3
Quad - inner courtyard looking east
1891
Scope and Content Note
Hill No. 2, 3 copies (SU numbers 7397, 7435, and unnumbered)
Box 2, Folder 4
Quad - inner courtyard looking east
1891
Scope and Content Note
Hill No. 5, 3 copies (SU numbers 7414, 7442, and unnumbered)
Box 2, Folder 5
Quad - inner courtyard looking east
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 7370 (same two men as in Hill no. 5 but different photo)
Box 2, Folder 6
Quad - inner courtyard looking west
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 6023 (Hill no. 63)
Box 2, Folder 7
Quad - inner courtyard looking west
1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 7401 and 7436, duplicated copies of Hill no. 65
Box 2, Folder 8
Roble Gym
circa 1891
Scope and Content Note
No. 7694 Gym building with tennis court
Box 2, Folder 9
Roble Hall
1891
Scope and Content Note
Exterior front of building, two copies of Hill no. 3 and one copy of Hill no. 39 [all same image]
Box 2, Folder 10
Roble Hall, residents
1891
Scope and Content Note
Residents on steps, Hill no. 1 (2 copies)
Residents on steps, Hill no. 2 (same people, different arrangement)
Box 2, Folder 11
Sequoia staff
1892
Scope and Content Note
No. 7985 Portrait of staff in Roble meeting room
Box 2, Folder 12
Palo Alto staff
circa 1892
Scope and Content Note
No. 7987 Portrait of staff in Roble meeting room
originally and incorrectly identified as Sequoia staff
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Adams, C. C.
Blinn, Holbrook
Field, Charles K., (Charles Kellogg), 1873-1948.
Fyffe, Harriet
Lawrence, George
Sawyer, Houghton
Smith, Carl D. [now Carlsmith]
Box 2, Folder 13
Sequoia staff
1894
Scope and Content Note
No. 7986 Portrait of staff in Roble meeting room
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brown, Hugh
Comstock, Sarah
Cowan, Alice
Crane, Charles
Hicks, Herbert
Holzclaw, Mabel
Hughes, Charles
Mabury, Eugenia
Nash, Kate
Rose, Walter
Box 2, Folder 14
Stanford carriages
circa 1887
Scope and Content Note
Charles Wooster driving 2-horse carriage at the Barn
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wooster, Charles
Box 2, Folder 15
Stanford, Leland - funeral procession
1893
Scope and Content Note
Procession passing along the side of the Quad; draped horses and hearse very visible (4 copies)
Box 2, Folder 16
Stanford, Leland - funeral procession
1893
Scope and Content Note
Procession passing into the inner courtyard (carriage in foreground turning around; RR cars visible in background (2 copies)
Carriages assembling at side of quad (same vantage point as previous image)
Box 2, Folder 17
Stanford, Leland - funeral, Mausoleum with flowers
1893
Scope and Content Note
Mausoleum, view of front and side (Hill no. 3, 2 copies)
Mauseoleum, side view (Hill no. 4, 3 copies)
Box 2, Folder 18
Stanford, Leland - funeral, Mausoleum with flowers
1893
Scope and Content Note
Close up of flower arrangements (horse)
Close up of flower arrangements (cross)
No. 5528 Close up of flower arrangements (labor's tribute)
Box 2, Folder 19
Student groups
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 9534 Group of male students and one woman on steps of Encina (?)
No. 10441 Montage of individual student portraits, men and women
Box 2, Folder 20
Student groups - Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
1894
Scope and Content Note
No. 10450 group portrait (6 women)
No. 10449 group portrait (11 women)
No. 10452 group portrait, duplicate of 10449
No. 10451 group portrait, same women, different arrangement
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Allabach, Lucy
Caldwell, Winifred
Fyffe, Harriet
Fyffe, Mrs.
Hume, Mary
Moody, Dora
Packard, Mabel
Pitcher, Louise
Schopbach, Leonor
Webb, Winifred
Yoder, Minnie
Box 2, Folder 21
Miscellaneous photographs, not Stanford
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 14115 five people next to hugh flowering bush
No. 14116 unknown brick building with palm tree
No. 14117 The Alameda (road) with carriages and billboards
Box 3, Folder 1
Miscellaneous, non-Stanford images
undated
Scope and Content Note
Forest/mountain scene [not a true photograph]
Box 3, Folder 2
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Beautiful Bells
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12777, No. 12779, and No. 12781 (all same image)
Box 3, Folder 3
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Electioneer
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12654, No. 12776, No. 12780 and No. 12782 (all same image)
Box 3, Folder 4
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Monbell
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12778
Box 3, Folder 5
Palo Alto Stock Farm - horses, Nozote
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12783, No. 12784, and No. 12785 (same image)
Box 3, Folder 6
Palo Alto Stock Farm - panorama
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
This one has Berton Crandall’s stamp, but it is actually an enlargement of center section of Hill & Watkins image in Box 1
folder 20
Box 4, Folder 1
Phi Delta Theta fraternity
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 12904
No. 12905
Box 4, Folder 2
Stanford residence, Palo Alto
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12830 Side wing with lawn and statuary
No. 12831 Lion statue in grounds
Box 4, Folder 3
Stanford residence, Palo Alto
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
No. 12765 Front of house & statuary
Driveway and front of house with lawn (unnumbered)
Box 4, Folder 4
Student groups - Class of 1895
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 12885 Class on steps of Roble Hall; students (and one dog) wearing mortar boards
No. 12886 Class on steps of Roble Hall; students (and one dog) wearing mortar boards - slightly different image than 12885
Box 4, Folder 5
Student groups - Sigma Nu fraternity
1894-circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 12894 Group portrait circa 1895
No. 12895 Group portrait, 1894, names on reverse (different image than 12894)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arnold, E. H.
Brown, D. E.
Downing, P. M.
Harrelson, W. H.
Hosmer, A. T.
Maynard, R. E.
McDaniels, John H.
Nash, Frank C.
Rose, Walter M.
Sheehan, John Francis, Jr.
Smith, Lewis H.
Straight, H. R.
Wilson, Jas. F.
Box 4, Folder 6
Student (male) group
circa 1895
Scope and Content Note
No. 12557 no id on group
Box 4, Folder 7
View of Stanford University over Lake Lagunita
circa 1891