Guide to the Stanford University, English Club, Records
compiled by Stanford University Archives staff
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
December 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0854
Creator:
Stanford University. English Club.
Title: Stanford University, English Club, records
Dates: 1901-1945
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Summary: Records include minutes 1901-1937; constitution, 1929 and 1935; correspondence, mailings, and announcements, 1932-1945; programs,
clippings, and articles about the club's drama productions, 1903-1934; and extra copies of several of the club's publications.
Included among the minutes are photographs (mostly of drama productions or cast members), programs, correspondence, copyright
registration for
First Year at Stanford (1905), and short historical notes on the Club.
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
Provenance
The records were received via administrative transfer in 1965.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
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
[Identification of item], Stanford University, English Club, Records (SC0854). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The English Club, a student organization at Stanford, was organized in February 1901. Its activities included round tables,
lectures, publication of original student work, and the production of plays.
Description of the Collection
The records include minutes 1901-1937; constitution, 1929 and 1935; correspondence, mailings, and announcements, 1932-45;
programs, clippings, and articles about the club's drama productions, 1903-1934; and extra copies of several of the club's
publications. Included among the minutes are photographs (mostly of drama productions or cast members), programs, correspondence,
copyright registration for
First Year at Stanford (1905), and short historical notes on the Club.
Access Terms
Stanford University. English Club.
College and school drama
Playbills
Box 1
Minute book (bound)
1901-1925
Scope and Content Note
In addition to minutes, this book includes includes photographs (mostly of drama productions or cast members), programs, correspondence,
copyright registration for
First Year At Stanford (1905), and short historical notes on the Club
Box 2, Folder 4
Minutes
Oct. 1934-June 1935
Box 2, Folder 5
Minutes
Oct. 1935-Feb. 1937
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence
1932-34 and undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Publications - announcements
Box 2, Folder 11
Clarence Urmy Poetry Prize announcements
1944-1945
Box 2, Folder 14
Knight of the Burning Pestle, programs, clippings, etc.
1903
Box 2, Folder 15
Knight of the Burning Pestle, original clippings
1903
Box 2, Folder 16
Every Man in His Humour, programs, clippings, etc.
1905
Box 2, Folder 17
Every Man in His Humour, original clippings
1905
Box 2, Folder 18
Clipping on club's drama productions
1905
Box 2, Folder 19
Three Miracle Plays, programs etc.
1911
Box 2, Folder 20
Justice, program etc.
1917
Box 2, Folder 21
Stanford Pageant "Service," programs, preliminary outline
1919
Box 2, Folder 22
If I Were King, programs etc.
1922
Box 2, Folder 23
Programs for assorted plays
1908-1925
Box 2, Folder 24
Programs for assorted plays
1928-1934
Box 3
Extra copies of the club's publication:
A Year Book of Stanford Writing
1930-1939
Box 4
Extra copies of the club's publications:
On Seeing an Elizabethan Play, 1903;
Elizabethan Humours and the Comedy of Ben Jonson, 1905;
The First Year at Stanford, 1905 and 1910; and
A Stanford Book of Verse 1912-1916, 1916
