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Stanford University, Press, Photographs
PC0093  
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition note
  • Information about Access
  • Ownership & Copyright
  • Cite As
  • 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.

    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 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.