Guide to the Birge Malcolm Clark Papers , 1914-1985 M0627

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1998
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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Birge Malcolm Clark Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0627
Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1914-1985
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Content

Class records and memorabilia, 1914, design notebook from Columbia, 1915, correspondence, 1983-1985, Historical Society material and class and subject files.

Biography

Palo Alto architect. Received his AB from Stanford in 1914 and B.Arch. from Columbia in 1917. Served as advising architect on the Lou Henry Hoover house and created numerous distinctive public buildings and private homes in Palo Alto.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Birge Malcolm Clark Papers , M0627, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of the Clark family, 1990

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions

None.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture.
Buildings -- Palo Alto (Calif.)
Lou Henry Hoover House (Stanford, Calif.)

Box 1, folder 1-5

Class of 1914 Records

Box 1, folder 6

Stanford Annual Fund 1972-1974

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1

Birge M. Clark Half Century Club Ad Hoc 1975-1978

Box 2, folder 2

Senior Center Talk March 1981

Box 2, folder 3-6

Stanford Historical Society

Box 2, folder 7

Birge Clark 1982

Box 3, folder 1

Birge Clark 1982

Box 3, folder 2

Birge Clark 1982

Box 3, folder 3

Correspondence 1983

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 4

Correspondence (1) 1984

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5

Correspondence (2) 1984

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, volume 1

THE STREET AND THE SEA by James A. Quinby

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 2

Corporation

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 3

American Legion

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 4

Class of 1914 - Agent 1981-1982

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 5

Class of 1914 - Agent 1981-1982

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 6

History Com

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 7

History Copies 2 Types

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 8

History 1977-1978

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 9

History 1978

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 1-3

Historical Society

Box 5, folder 4

Connecticut Historical Society

Box 5, folder 5

Historical Resources BD 1984

Box 5, folder 6-7

Balloon Corps

Box 6, folder 1

Correspondence 1985

Box 6, folder 2

Miscellaneous

Box 6, folder 3-6

Writings and Essays 1985

Box 7, folder 1-3

Memorabilia

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 4

Notebooks

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 5

Loma Prieta Earthquake reports

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 6

Clark-Birge genealogy images

Language of Material: English.

General

Original binder had a paper glued to interior with "Grace B. Clark" written on it.
Box 7, folder 7

Miscellaneous

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 1

Design notebook - Columbia 1915

Box 8, folder 2

Panama-Pacific International Exposition souvenir view books

Language of Material: English.
Box 9

1914 Sweater

Box 10

3 volumes -- Stanford University, 1916-1941 by J. Pearce Mitchell (1958); The Department of Chemistry at Stanford University, 1891-1976 by Eric Hutchinson; Hands by Charles Norris, with inscription from the author

Box 10

"Memoirs about Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, with particular emphasis on the planning and building of their home on San Juan Hill" by Birge M. Clark (March 1969) and related papers

Box 10

Miscellaneous papers -- The Daily Palo Alto: Commencement Edition (1914); Birge M. Clark bio from 1972 commencement; Clipping about Birge M. Clark from Stanford Alumni Almanac (April 1972); "The Jewel City" from 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, view by Pacific Novelty

Box 10

"Lasuen Street, 1898-1957: A Survey of Student Housing" report by Karen Porter (1981)

Box 10

Peninsula Weekend Special with article about Birge M. Clark

Box 10

AB Clark 1909 House documents

map-folder 11

3 Stanford group photos: Installation of Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916); Class of 1914 (1914); 30th Commencement (1921)