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Guide to the Lee Emerson Bassett House Records
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SCM0178
    Creator: Stanford University
    Title: Lee Emerson Bassett house records
    Dates: 1909-1981
    Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet (1 folder)
    Summary: Included in this collection are specifications by the architect, A. W. Smith; bills and one letter from Leon S. Bean, general contractor, 1909; an accounting for the cost of the house; a clipping about this house and one being constructed for Prof. A. B. Clark, 1909; a photograph of the house, with the Bassetts and their son David on the steps, ca. 1911; and two letters from Lucile Bassett (Mrs. David L. Bassett) with information on Prof. Bassett and his wife, 1981.
    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. David L. Bassett, 1987.

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Cite As

    Lee Emerson Bassett House Records (SCM0178). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Lee Emerson Bassett, professor of Speech and Drama at Stanford University from 1900 to 1938, built his home on campus at 740 Santa Ynez Street.

    Description of the Collection

    Included in this collection are specifications by the architect, A. W. Smith; bills and one letter from Leon S. Bean, general contractor, 1909; an accounting for the cost of the house; a clipping about this house and one being constructed for Prof. A. B. Clark, 1909; a photograph of the house, with the Bassetts and their son David on the steps, ca. 1911; and two letters from Lucile Bassett (Mrs. David L. Bassett) with information on Prof. Bassett and his wife, 1981.

    Access Terms

    Bassett, Lee Emerson, 1872-.
    Photoprints.