Guide to the John Pearce Mitchell Papers SCM0281
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
October 2010
Stanford University Libraries.
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Stanford, California, 94305
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Title: John Pearce Mitchell papers
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0281
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder(s)
Date (inclusive): 1903-1971
Summary: These papers contain notices from the President's Office, 1916-1918, pertaining to grades for students leaving because of
the military draft, alternate seating during exams, influenza epidemic, and student discipline; form letter and report for
the 1903/04 year of the Students Guild Hospital; correspondence (largely incoming), 1909-1921 and 1946, pertaining to committee
appointments and business, possibility of a tailor's shop at Fallen Leaf Lake for the Army Training camp, and a follow up
on a speech by Mitchell in 1946; and assorted certificates and awards, 1944-71.
creator:
Mitchell, John Pearce, 1880-1973
creator:
Mitchell, John Pearce,, b. 1880.
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John Pearce Mitchell Papers (SCM0281). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Mitchell, who earned his A.B. (1903), A.M. (1904), and Ph.D. (1907) from Stanford University, was Registrar and Professor
of Chemistry.
These papers contain notices from the President's Office, 1916-1918, pertaining to grades for students leaving because of
the military draft, alternate seating during exams, influenza epidemic, and student discipline; form letter and report for
the 1903/04 year of the Students Guild Hospital; correspondence (largely incoming), 1909-1921 and 1946, pertaining to committee
appointments and business, possibility of a tailor's shop at Fallen Leaf Lake for the Army Training camp, and a follow up
on a speech by Mitchell in 1946; and assorted certificates and awards, 1944-71.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mitchell, John Pearce, 1880-1973
Stanford University--Administration.
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--Students.;
Students Guild of Leland Stanford Junior University.
Hospitals--California--Palo Alto.
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