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Call Number: PC0078
Title: Stanford University postcard collection
Dates: 1891-1990, undated
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet Approximately 1141 items in 2 boxes
Summary: Collection depicts Stanford University buildings, grounds, and people; subjects include athletics and athletic facilities,
student amusements, the cactus garden, old chemistry building, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, views of the Quad
and Inner Quad, Lake Lagunita, libraries, Stanford mausoleum, Memorial Arch, Memorial Church, museum, the Palo Alto tree,
university workers (primarily images of horse-drawn wagons), David Starr Jordan, Domenico Grosso ("the Stanford hermit"),
and the presidential installation of John C. Branner. A number of items depict damage to buildings from the 1906 earthquake.
There are also a few items depicting Palo Alto and surrounding communities.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
The materials are open for research use.
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.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Stanford University Postcard Collection (PC0078). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Collection depicts Stanford University buildings, grounds, and people; subjects include athletics and athletic facilities,
student amusements, the cactus garden, old chemistry building, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, views of the Quad
and Inner Quad, Lake Lagunita, libraries, Stanford mausoleum, Memorial Arch, Memorial Church, museum, the Palo Alto tree,
university workers (primarily images of horse-drawn wagons), David Starr Jordan, Domenico Grosso ("the Stanford hermit"),
and the presidential installation of John C. Branner. A number of items depict damage to buildings from the 1906 earthquake.
There are also a few items depicting Palo Alto and surrounding communities.
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Mitchell, Edward H.
Owens, Justine E., Dr.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Stanford University--Buildings.
Stanford University--Pictorial works.
Stanford University--Student housing.
Stanford University--Students.
Postcards--California.
Postcards.