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Description of the Collection
Language of Material:
Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Press, photographs
Identifier/Call Number: PC0093
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1924-1976
Date (bulk): 1924-1945
Abstract: Collection includes photographs,
1936-1945, and one scrapbook, 1924-1976. Subjects of the photographs are the Stanford
University Press and staff; Stanford University buildings, students, and faculty/staff; and
San Francisco's skyline and bay bridge. Of note among the Stanford photographs are scenes of
army training during World War II, the 1942 commencement, the Flying Indians (student flying
club), class and laboratory scenes, and a radio workshop ca. 1940. Individuals include John
Borsdamm, Will Friend, Herbert Hoover, Marchmont Schwartz, Clark Shaughnessy, Graham Stuart,
and Ray Lyman Wilbur. The album pertains largely to staff in the press bindery and includes
photographs, clippings, letters, notes, humorous pencil sketches, and poems, mostly by
Carlton L. Whitten.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer from the Stanford University Press, 2000.
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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 University, Press, Photographs (PC0093). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Collection includes photographs, 1936-1945, and one scrapbook, 1924-1976. Subjects of the
photographs are the Stanford University Press and staff; Stanford University buildings,
students, and faculty/staff; and San Francisco's skyline and bay bridge. Of note among the
Stanford photographs are scenes of army training during World War II, the 1942 commencement,
the Flying Indians (student flying club), class and laboratory scenes, and a radio workshop
ca. 1940. Individuals include John Borsdamm, Will Friend, Herbert Hoover, Marchmont
Schwartz, Clark Shaughnessy, Graham Stuart, and Ray Lyman Wilbur. The album pertains largely
to staff in the press bindery and includes photographs, clippings, letters, notes, humorous
pencil sketches, and poems, mostly by Carlton L. Whitten.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco,
Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Albums.
World War, 1939-1945 -- California -- Stanford.
Photonegatives
Shaughnessy, Clark.
Stanford University. Press
Stuart, Graham Henry
Hoover, Herbert
Borsdamm, John.
Friend, Will A.
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman)
Whitten, Carlton L.
Schwartz, Marchmont.