Description
Collection includes his typed recollections of life at Stanford
during 1916-1919 with photographs [photocopied]; information sent to Condee on the SATC
and a few of his passes and other records, 1918; information on the Reserved Officers'
Training Corps and a pamphlet of the article "The Beloved Captain" given to Stanford's
ROTC members; Prof. E. D. Adams' pamphlets "Why We Are at War with Germany" numbers 2,
4, 6 and 9; program and song sheet from the Patriotic Song Festival held in the Stanford
Stadium, June 9, 1918; programs from other events at Stanford or involving Stanford
groups, 1917-1918, including an illustrated brochure on Newell Dwight Hillis' talk on
German atrocities; pamphlet "The Inviolable Pledge" on Alsace-Lorraine published by
Comite de l'Effort de la France et de ses Allies, 1918; David Starr Jordan's article
"The Tap Root of War," 1918; M. J. Exner's pamphlet "Friend or Enemy? To the Men of the
Army and Navy," 1916; and assorted government publications including "German War
Practices" 1918, "President's Flag Day Address with Evidence of Germany's Plans" 1917,
and the address of W. G. McAdoo on the Liberty Loan, 1917.
Background
Newcomb Condee earned his A.B. (pre-law) at Stanford University in June 1919 and his
J.D. in October 1920. While an undergraduate he was in Company A of the Students Army
Training Corps at Stanford.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
This collection is open for research.