Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dane Manson Greer photograph albums
- Dates:
- 1904-1907
- Creators:
- Greer, Dane Manson.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Dane Manson Greer Photograph Albums (A0086). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Three albums of photographs and postcards from his student days at Stanford University. Subjects include fraternity houses (exteriors and interiors), fraternity members, student amusements such as costumed skits and night shirt parades, athletic events (rugby, baseball, boxing, track, and crew), David Starr Jordan in the faculty-senior baseball game, campus buildings, stone carvers working on the Memorial Arch frieze, Salvatierra Street, San Francisquito Creek, and Lake Lagunita. Volume three includes many images of damage from the 1906 earthquake at Stanford and in San Francisco, including the path of the San Andreas faultline in the Stanford hills and the "Camp Stanford" relief station in San Francisco. Also included is a Red Cross relief application card for John O'Grady, May 16, 1906.
- Biographical / historical:
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Greer earned his a.b. in chemistry at Stanford University in January 1906 and his chemical engineer's degree in January 1907.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the estate of Gretchen Greer Montalbano, 1983.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-12 09:50:11 -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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[identification of item] Dane Manson Greer Photograph Albums (A0086). 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