Guide to the Stanford University, Encina Hall, Records SC0387

Daniel Hartwig, Jenny Johnson, and Eilene Lueck

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

October 2010

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Stanford University, Encina Hall, records

Creator: Fesler, Bert, 1866-1947

Identifier/Call Number: SC0387

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1891-1919

Abstract: Includes student registers, 1893-1905 and 1911-1919, blank receipt book for the Breakage Fund, and minutes of the directors of the Encina Club, 1906-1918, primarily concerning use of the club room. Addenda, 2024-016 contains the incoming correspondence of Judge Bert Fesler, the first master of Encina Hall.

Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Administrative transfer, 1965; gift, 2015.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Encina Hall was the first men's dormitory at Stanford. In October 1891, Bert Fesler was the first Master of Encina Hall after being contacted directly by David Star Jordan to oversee its operations.

Cite As

Stanford University, Encina Hall, Records (SC0387). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Description of the Collection

Includes student registers, 1893-1905 and 1911-1919, blank receipt book for the Breakage Fund, and minutes of the directors of the Encina Club, 1906-1918, primarily concerning use of the club room. Addenda, 2024-016 contains the incoming correspondence of Judge Bert Fesler, the first Master of Encina Hall.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dormitories -- California -- Stanford.

Stanford University. Encina Hall

Box 1

Records

Addenda, 2024-016 Accession ARCH-2024-016

Box 2, folder 1

Fesler, Bert - Incoming correspondence, B-K 1891-1892

Box 2, folder 2

Fesler, Bert - Incoming correspondence, L 1891-1892

Box 2, folder 3

Fesler, Bert - Incoming correspondence, M-W 1891

Box 2, Folder 4

Fesler, Bert - Memorials to deceased members of the Eleventh Judicial District Bar Association delivered in St. Louis County District Court - Transcript retrieved from the Minnesota Legal History Project [1948]