Guide to the Frank Branch Riley Scrapbooks
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0688
Creator:
Riley, Frank Branch.
Title: Frank Branch Riley scrapbooks
Dates: 1896-1900
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists of three scrapbooks kept during his student
years at Stanford, which include programs, clippings, photographs, class registration
cards, and other memorabilia. Many of the newspaper clippings include illustrations and
there are a number of pencil and ink illustrations done on the scrapbook pages. The Glee
Club's tours and performances are a primary focus; other subjects include football
games, faculty-student baseball games, Kirmess parties at the Museum (charity fund
raisers), dormitory life, theatrical performances, and commencement activities of
1900.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Frank Branch Riley Scrapbooks (SC0688). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Frank B. Riley earned his A.B. in economics at Stanford University in 1900; he pursued a
law career in Portland, Oregon. As a student he was a member of the Glee Club, associate
editor of the 1900 Quad, assistant editor of the
Daily Palo
Alto
and the
Sequoia during his junior and
senior years, and a participant in many student theatricals.
Description of the Collection
Collection consists of three scrapbooks kept during his student years at Stanford, which
include programs, clippings, photographs, class registration cards, and other
memorabilia. Many of the newspaper clippings include illustrations and there are a
number of pencil and ink illustrations done on the scrapbook pages. The Glee Club's
tours and performances are a primary focus; other subjects include football games,
faculty-student baseball games, Kirmess parties at the Museum (charity fund raisers),
dormitory life, theatrical performances, and commencement activities of 1900.
Access Terms
Riley, Frank Branch.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Stanford University--Student housing.
Stanford University--Students.
Music --Societies, etc.
Photoprints
Scrapbooks
Collection Contents
Box 1
Volume 1: freshman, sophomore, junior
1896-1898
Scope and Content Note
Subjects: Glee Club, football, Sword and Sandals perfonnances,
Halloween Kirmess, Plug Ugly events of 1898, general student life.
Photographs: powerhouse chimney, Glee Club waiting for train,
male and female student walking toward Quad, Escondite Cottage, Zeta
Psi house
Box 2
Volume 2: junior (continued), senior
1896-1899
Scope and Content Note
Subjects: Football, Glee Club, outer quad buildings (library and
assembly hall), junior day activities, theatrical performances, studentfaculty
baseball game, Plug Ugly events of 1899, endowment of Stanford,
newspaper article on co-ed life at Stanford
Photographs: Riley and R. K. Culver
Box 2
Volume 3: senior (continued), post graduate
1899-1900
Scope and Content Note
Subjects: Junior Farce of 1900, trip to Pacific Grove, athletics,
Glee Club, newspaper article on dormitory life at Stanford,
Commencement activities of 1900
Photographs: Pacific Grove images, woman at train station
