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Guide to the John Hart Polhemus Photograph Album
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: A0038
    Creator: Polhemus, John Hart.
    Title: John Hart Polhemus photograph album
    Dates: 1895-1898
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet (1 volume)
    Summary: Stanford images include the quad, the Museum, Encina Hall, entrance gates, mausoleum, and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and fraternity members. There are other images from his trip to Guatemala including Lake Amititlan and destruction from the eruption of the volcano Santa Maria.
    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 Edward Polhemus, 1960.

    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

    John Hart Polhemus Photograph Album (A0038). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Polhemus attended Stanford University from 1895 to 1898.

    Description of the Collection

    Stanford images include the quad, the Museum, Encina Hall, entrance gates, mausoleum, and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and fraternity members. There are other images from his trip to Guatemala including Lake Amititlan and destruction from the eruption of the volcano Santa Maria.

    Access Terms

    Polhemus, John Hart.
    Cyanotypes.
    Guatemala --Photographs.
    Photoprints.