Stanford University, Libraries, construction records, 1917-1919

Summary

Creators:

Stanford University. Libraries.

Extent:

0.25 Linear feet

Language:

The materials are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Collection pertains to the construction of a new main library at Stanford and includes the articles of agreement between Rudgear Merle Company and Stanford University, contract specifications for the library from plans prepared by the architectural firm of Bakewell and Brown, and some correspondence. There are specifications for carpenter work, concrete, elevator, furniture, glazing, heating, marble and tile, ornamental iron, plumbing, painting, stacks, wiring, and other work.

Biographical / historical:

The new main library at Stanford was designed by the San Francisco architectural firm of John Bakewell, Jr. and Arthur Brown, Jr.; is it now known as the Bing Wing of the Cecil H. Green Library.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Universities and colleges--Buildings.

Names:

Bakewell and Brown
Rudgear Merle Company.
Stanford University. Libraries--Buildings.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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