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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Morley Baer photographs
Identifier/Call Number: PC0083
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1954-1977
Language of Material:
English .
The collection is arranged in two series. Series 1 Negatives is arranged by Baer's
numbering system and each image is briefly described. Unless otherwise noted, the negatives
are black and white and 8 x 10 in size. Series 2 Prints and Other Items is arranged
alphabetically by title of the building, except for oversize mounted items which were housed
together in box 5. Photo numbers are indicated in the listing but the image description is
not repeated. The collection does not include prints for all the negatives.
These photographs of Stanford University buildings were done by Baer for the architects or
for the University. Buildings designed by Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons include the Center
for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1954, and Stanford Medical Plaza, 1959. There
are a large number of images of the married student housing complex (Escondido Village)
designed by Campbell and Wong, 1963-64; and of the Jean and Paul Hanna house designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1962. Other buildings include the Faculty Club, 1967; the Lou Henry
Hoover Library, 1968; Maples Pavilion, 1969; Cummings Art Building, 1969; the fire and
police facility, 1970; Children's Hospital, 1970; Stanford Law School, 1975; and the
engineering school's Terman Hall, 1977.
Morley Baer, former head of the photography department of the San Francisco Art Institute,
was a prize-winning photographer, well-known for his photographs of Victorian houses in San
Francisco as well as images of California's farmlands and coastline. He was based in
Monterey, moving there in 1946 after his service in the Navy during World War II. His
published books of photography include
Painted Ladies: San Francisco's
Resplendent Victorians,
The Wilder Shore, and
Adobes in the Sun. He died November 9, 1995.
[Identification of item] Morley Baer Photographs (PC0083). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Purchased
None.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Select photographs from the collection have been digitized and are available online:
http://purl.stanford.edu/km757dx8336