McFarland (Frank Mace) Papers, 1893-1943

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Summary

Title:
Frank Mace McFarland papers
Dates:
1893-1943
Creators:
McFarland, Frank Mace
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item] Frank Mace McFarland Papers (SC0014). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and writing of Dr. MacFarland; includes correspondence with colleagues; letters from his student Donald B. Tresidder, 1918 and 1940-43; and correspondence with fellow members of the Stanford Class of 1893 and records pertaining to their 25th reunion, 1918. Correspondents include Charles H. O'Donoghue, L. Ward Bannister, A. H. Barnhisel, Carl S. Carlsmith, W. B. Clark, Helen Cubberley, Charles N. Ellinwood, and William A. Hilton. Other items include sketch books of Mrs. MacFarland; and a notebook including notes on the two voyages of the yacht, "The Naturalist" (1889) and MacFarland's log of bicycle trips around Stanford, San Jose, the Peninsula, and the California coast.

Biographical / historical:

Professor of histology at Stanford (1892-1934; emeritus, 1934-1951) and one of the organizers of the Hopkins Marine Biological Station at Pacific Grove. MacFarland was in charge of Hopkins Marine Station from 1910-1913 and co-director 1915-1917.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Frank MacFarland, 1964.
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives Staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-28 10:13:03 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item] Frank Mace McFarland Papers (SC0014). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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