Guide to the Berton W. Crandall Proof Album collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: PC0003
Creator:
Crandall, Berton W., 1882-1979.
Title: Berton W Crandall proof album collection
Dates: 1904-1930
Physical Description:
12.42 Linear feet (18 albums)
Summary: Proof albums assembled by Crandall of photograph taken during the year to be browsed by patrons of his Palo Alto studio. Crandall
concentrated primarily on Stanford athletics and student activities. Sports most heavily documented are football, track, and
baseball; others include crew, swimming, basketball, gymnastics, and polo. There are a few photographs of women's crew, track,
and basketball teams. Student activities include the Frosh-Soph Tie-Up, student parades, initiations of the honor society
Skull & Snakes and the Press Club, dances, plays, Plug Ugly events, junior day activities on Lake Lagunita, and commencement
processions. Special events documented include John C. Branner's inauguration as Stanford University President, 1913; and
the Student Army Training Corps, 1916-1917.
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
Gift of Berton W. Crandall.
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
Berton W. Crandall Proof Album Collection (PC0003). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Berton W. Crandall moved with his family to Palo Alto in 1898 from Pompey, New York, where he had been born in 1882. After
graduating from Palo Alto High School, he attended Stanford University, earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in January
1907. A professional photographer, he also owned and operated a photography store on University Avenue in Palo Alto. He died
in May of 1979.
Description of the Collection
Proof albums assembled by Crandall of photograph taken during the year to be browsed by patrons of his Palo Alto studio. Crandall
concentrated primarily on Stanford athletics and student activities. Sports most heavily documented are football, track, and
baseball; others include crew, swimming, basketball, gymnastics, and polo. There are a few photographs of women's crew, track,
and basketball teams. Student activities include the Frosh-Soph Tie-Up, student parades, initiations of the honor society
Skull & Snakes and the Press Club, dances, plays, Plug Ugly events, junior day activities on Lake Lagunita, and commencement
processions. Special events documented include John C. Branner's inauguration as Stanford University President, 1913; and
the Student Army Training Corps, 1916-1917.
Arrangement
Albums organized by year;
photographs arranged by negative number within each album.
Access Terms
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922.
Crandall, Berton W., 1882-1979.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Stanford University. Student Army Training Corps.
Albums.
Photographers--California.
Photoprints.
Box 4
1910-1911
Scope and Content Note
Crowd scene in Palo Alto during T. Roosevelt's visit
Box 6
1909-1913
Scope and Content Note
This volume is of individual athletes, yell leaders, and coaches; it also includes a photograph of Sam McDonald.
Box 7
1913-1914
Scope and Content Note
Branner's Inauguration as University President; Encina Hall's Annual Evening Dress Affair; bonfire; Lake Lagunita events;
Skull & Snakes; graduation procession in Quad; a few women's events
Box 8
1914-1915
Scope and Content Note
Junior Day procession to the Mausoleum and other events; European Market in Palo Alto; Press Club initiation; bonfire; Lincoln
Beachy flying plane around Berkeley Campanile; Skull & Snakes; graduation procession
Box 9
1915-1916
Scope and Content Note
European Market in Palo Alto; bonfire; student costume parade
Box 10
1916-1917
Scope and Content Note
Encina Hall residents on steps; Study Army Training Corps in Inner Quad, training in the hills, and marching in Palo Alto;
Roughs Day
Box 11
1917-1918
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Stillman at train station; Major Pourie; Camp Fremont – barber, tents; Palo Alto Armory YCMA; Coach Wylie
Box 12
1919-1920
Scope and Content Note
[This volume is boxed with 1917-1918.] Swimmer Norman Ross; Airplane on campus (part of a sorority aviation party); Stanford
ROTC; Armistice Parade in Palo Alto; Coach Evans
Box 15
1923
Scope and Content Note
Women's basketball game and track meet; polo and horsemanship contest; students working at Convalescent Home
Box 17
1928-1929
Scope and Content Note
Sports are basketball, baseball, track & field, and tennis.
Box 18
1930
Scope and Content Note
Sports are basketball, track & field, football, swimming, polo, and baseball.
