Guide to the Arthur G. Holmes Scrapbook and Memorabilia
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Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2000
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Overview
Call Number: SC0573
Creator:
Holmes, Arthur G..
Creator:
Holmes, Arthur G.
Title: Arthur G. Holmes scrapbook and memorabilia
Dates: 1926-1981
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet
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
Custodial History
Gift of the estate of Arthur G. Holmes, 1999.
Information about Access
None.
Ownership & Copyright
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 and University
Archives.
Cite As
[Identification of item], Arthur G. Holmes Scrapbook and Memorabilia, SC 573, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Arthur G. Holmes, a graduate of Coronado High School, attended Stanford University from 1926 to 1928, where he was a member
of the Glee Club and participated in YMCA activities. He also attended UC Berkeley and was a member of Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity
there. He pursued a career with the National Park Service, becoming the first permanent ranger at Lassen Volcanic National
Park. He died on January 1, 1997.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the scrapbook Holmes kept of his student days at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, as well
as his summer as a forest ranger at Yosemite (1928) and a summer at the Flying Cadet school of the Air Corps (1929), along
with negatives and some miscellaneous memorabilia . Included in the scrapbook are photographs, programs, decals, newsletters,
dance cards, invitations, tickets, ribbons, cancelled checks, and many other items. Subjects of interest from his Stanford
days are mudfights, the Glee Club spring tour in 1928, and student trips to the Pinnacles and Yosemite Park. There are also
several pages devoted to his tour of the Orient in 1926.
Since the scrapbook pages were made of wall paper samples and the cover of wood, it was disbound to protect the materials
within. The pages have been numbered in sequence and foldered, with some subjects high lighted in the listing.
Access Terms
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Students.;
United States.. Army.. Air Corps..
University of California, Berkeley. -- General subdivision--Students.;
Warner, Glenn S. (Glenn Scobey), 1871-1954
College students--California.
Photonegatives
Photoprints.
Scrapbooks
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Box 1, Folder 1
Loose items from scrapbook
Scope and Content Note
(includes Holmes' photo of a Chinese junk; photo of Holmes in uniform 1941; series of photos of Frosh-Soph mudfight, 1926;
his record of courses, books, and grades; certificate of initiation into Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity, 1929; tourist map of Kauai;
print of Nuuanu Pali, Oahu)
Box 1, Folder 2
pp. 1 - 8
Scope and Content Note
(includes mudfight, bonfire, football, card stunts)
Box 1, Folder 3
pp. 9 - 16
Scope and Content Note
(includes trip to the Pinnacles, 1927; Encina Hall rooms; campus buildings; discharge of electricity in Ryan Labs; trolley
on campus)
Box 1, Folder 4
pp. 17 -22
Scope and Content Note
(includes Princess Ida play; individual students)
Box 1, Folder 5
pp. 23 - 26
Scope and Content Note
(includes signed photo of The English Singers; photo of the Glee Club)
Box 1, Folder 6
pp. 27 - 34
Scope and Content Note
(includes Glee Club, Yosemite trip, Board of Athletic Control "police" armband)
Box 1, Folder 7
pp. 35 - 42
Scope and Content Note
(includes athletic events, 1927 mudfight, Pop Warner mowing his lawn)
Box 1, Folder 8
pp. 43 - 50
Scope and Content Note
(includes YMCA trip to Yosemite; signed photo of Warren D. Allen, organist, 1927)
Box 1, Folder 9
pp. 51 - 58
Scope and Content Note
(includes YMCA events)
Box 1, Folder 10
pp. 59 - 64
Scope and Content Note
(includes campus scenes and buildings; Glee Club photo)
Box 2, Folder 1
pp. 65 - 72
Scope and Content Note
(includes Glee Club's spring tour 1928 from Stanford to Los Angeles; trolley on campus)
Box 2, Folder 2
pp. 73 - 80
Scope and Content Note
(includes geology trip in the spring of 1928; David Starr Jordan at his desk)
Box 2, Folder 3
pp. 81 - 88
Scope and Content Note
(includes his tour through the Orient 1926)
Box 2, Folder 4
pp. 89 - 96
Scope and Content Note
(includes his tour through the Orient 1926)
Box 2, Folder 5
pp. 97 - 104
Scope and Content Note
(includes his tour through the Orient 1926)
Box 2, Folder 6
pp. 105 - 112
Scope and Content Note
(includes student days at UC Berkeley)
Box 2, Folder 7
pp. 113 - 120
Scope and Content Note
(includes student days at UC Berkeley; Theta Kappa Nu fraternity events)
Box 2, Folder 8
pp. 121 - 128
Scope and Content Note
(includes job in Yosemite as a Forest Ranger, 1928)
Box 2, Folder 9
pp. 129 - 136
Scope and Content Note
(includes job in Yosemite as a Forest Ranger, 1928)
Box 2, Folder 10
pp. 137 - 144
Scope and Content Note
(includes job in Yosemite as a Forest Ranger, 1928; Flying Cadet school in the Air Corps summer 1929)
Box 2, Folder 11
pp. 145 - 152
Scope and Content Note
(includes Flying Cadet school in the Air Corps summer 1929)
Box 2, Folder 12
pp. 153 - 161 [end of scrapbook]
Scope and Content Note
(includes YMCA activities in Southern California)
Box 2, Folder 13
Unbound page with photos and memorabilia from 1933 Big Game; and 1999 photos of the scrapbook before it was unbound
Box 3
Original front and back cover of scrapbook
Box 4, Folder 1
Small items separated from album pages (mostly photos)
Box 4, Folder 5
Negatives for images on pages 2 - 9
Box 4, Folder 6
Negatives for images on pages 10 - 15
Box 4, Folder 7
Negatives for images on pages 16 - 20
Box 4, Folder 8
Negatives for images on pages 24 - 46
Box 4, Folder 9
Negatives for images on pages 52 - 64
Box 4, Folder 10
Negatives for images on pages 66 - 73
Box 4, Folder 11
Negatives for images not in album: bonfire
Box 4, Folder 12
Negatives for images not in album: SU campus scenes
Box 4, Folder 13
Negatives for images not in album: SU Glee Club 1928
Box 4, Folder 14
Negatives for images not in album: Holmes' photo sign
Box 4, Folder 15
Negatives for images not in album: miscellaneous
Box 4, Folder 16
Negatives for images not in album: mudfight
Box 4, Folder 17
Negatives for images not in album: Pinnacles trip 1927
Box 4, Folder 18
Negatives for images not in album: students, individuals and groups
Box 4, Folder 19
Negatives for images not in album: SU and YMCA 1926-28
Box 4, Folder 20
Spanish/English dictionary used by Holmes at Stanford