Access to Collection
Preferred Citation
Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Language of Material:
Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Charles N. Fifer Photographs
creator:
Fifer, Charles N., 1922-
Identifier/Call Number: PC0124
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1901-1995
Abstract: Collection contains photographs of
Charles and Norma Fifer, 1958-92; faculty in the Stanford Department of English, 1970s-1995;
Stanford overseas campuses and students in England 1972 (Cliveden campus) and France (Tours
campus) 1966; and Charles Fifer during his own student days, 1940s-50s. Stanford faculty
(and their wives) represented include Maclin Guerard, Richard Scowcroft, Claude Simpson,
Albert Guerard, and George and Libbie Sensabaugh. Collection also includes a few sketches
(watercolor and other media) of Cliveden, 1971-72.
Access to Collection
Open for research.
Preferred Citation
Charles N. Fifer Collection of Stanford Photographs (PC0124). Dept. of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical / Historical
Charles N. Fifer earned his BA and MA at Northwestern University and his Ph.D. (1954) at
Yale. He taught at Lawrence College and the University of Illinois before joining the
faculty in the Department of English at Stanford University in 1956.
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photographs of Charles and Norma Fifer, 1958-92; faculty in the
Stanford Department of English, 1970s-1995; Stanford overseas campuses and students in
England 1972 (Cliveden campus) and France (Tours campus) 1966; and Charles Fifer during his
own student days, 1940s-50s. Stanford faculty (and their wives) represented include Maclin
Guerard, Richard Scowcroft, Claude Simpson, Albert Guerard, and George and Libbie
Sensabaugh. Collection also includes a few sketches (watercolor and other media) of
Cliveden, 1971-72.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fifer, Charles N., 1922-