Guide to the Warren Tucker Photograph Albums

Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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Overview

Call Number: PC0051
Creator: Tucker, Warren
Title: Warren Tucker photograph albums
Dates: 1907-1933
Physical Description: 0.75 linear foot
Summary: The collection consists of two albums of photographs (1909-1912) and three albums containing photonegatives (1907-1933). Images relating to Stanford date from 1907 to 1912 and include views of the Quad, the Mausoleum, Lake Lagunita, the class of 1910 plugs [top hats] and the Plug Ugly rush, dormitory rooms in Encina Hall, athletics, the Big Game bonfire, and other student amusements. Identified students include Herbert Lincoln Hubbard, Harry Robert Person, and Walter Elliot. Other subjects (primarily represented among the negatives) include family members, 1908-33; camping trips and family vacations in the Sierra Mountains, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park, 1908-1931; and train wrecks in Arizona, 1913-1914.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Doris Tucker Shepherd, 1992.

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

Warren Tucker Photograph Albums (PC0051). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Warren Tucker graduated from Stanford University in 1912, with an a.b. in pre-law. He married Edith G. Engelhard, also of the class of 1912, and pursued a real estate career in Oakland, California.

Description of the Collection

The collection consists of two albums of photographs (1909-1912) and three albums containing photonegatives (1907-1933). Images relating to Stanford date from 1907 to 1912 and include views of the Quad, the Mausoleum, Lake Lagunita, the class of 1910 plugs [top hats] and the Plug Ugly rush, dormitory rooms in Encina Hall, athletics, the Big Game bonfire, and other student amusements. Identified students include Herbert Lincoln Hubbard, Harry Robert Person, and Walter Elliot. Other subjects (primarily represented among the negatives) include family members, 1908-33; camping trips and family vacations in the Sierra Mountains, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park, 1908-1931; and train wrecks in Arizona, 1913-1914.

Access Terms

Elliot, Walter.
Hubbard, Herbert Lincoln.
Person, Harry Robert.
Stanford University--Student housing.
Stanford University--Students.
Tucker, Warren
Photonegatives
Railroads--Accidents--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --Photographs.


Box 1-2

Photographs