Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dorothy LeSuer Longmire scrapbook and notebooks
- Dates:
- 1914-1916
- Creators:
- LeSuer, Dorothy.
- Abstract:
- Collection contains one scrapbook, 1914-1916, two lab notebooks, 1916, and one diary, 1915. The scrapbook documents her student life and includes invitations, dance cards, calling cards of fellow students, tickets, programs, clippings, and a few letters received. The notebooks are from lab experiments in a psychology course on such topics as muscle control, visual imagery, reaction time, memory, subjective rhythm, uncontrolled associations (linguistic), and word building. The diary contains entries from January into April and discusses her classes, social life (including the Stanford custom of "queening"), sorority matters, and other daily events.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Dorothy LeSuer Longmire Scrapbook and Notebooks (SC0713). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains one scrapbook, 1914-1916, two lab notebooks, 1916, and one diary, 1915. The scrapbook documents her student life and includes invitations, dance cards, calling cards of fellow students, tickets, programs, clippings, and a few letters received. The notebooks are from lab experiments in a psychology course on such topics as muscle control, visual imagery, reaction time, memory, subjective rhythm, uncontrolled associations (linguistic), and word building. The diary contains entries from January into April and discusses her classes, social life (including the Stanford custom of "queening"), sorority matters, and other daily events.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dorothy LeSuer attended Stanford University between 1914 and 1917; she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She married William Richard Longmire, Stanford class of 1916, in 1917.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-23 13:22:27 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Dorothy LeSuer Longmire Scrapbook and Notebooks (SC0713). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022