Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0245
Creator:
Stanford Polo Association.
Title: Stanford Polo Association records
Dates: 1947-1953
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, game records, clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook,
assembled by Robert M. Lawson (president of the association), documents the association's first year (1947-48) and includes
clippings, photographs, charter, and narrative accounts of membership, training, playing, finances, and each quarter's season.
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 Mrs. Allen I. Ross, 1981.
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
Stanford Polo Association Records (SC0245). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Stanford Polo Association, a student group, was organized in the spring of 1947; prior to that, the polo team had been
sponsored by ROTC. Allen Ross, Director of the Stanford Riding School, was its first coach.
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, game records, clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook,
assembled by Robert M. Lawson (president of the association), documents the association's first year (1947-48) and includes
clippings, photographs, charter, and narrative accounts of membership, training, playing, finances, and each quarter's season.
Access Terms
Elwing, Arthur C.
Lawson, Robert Mallory.
Ross, Allen I.
Stanford Polo Association.
Thompson, Dan.
Photoprints.