Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Driggs, Edwin Ogden.
- Abstract:
- Diary and photograph album of this Stanford undergraduate's participation in the 1928 Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team; newsclippings regarding Mr. Driggs and the Stanford swimming team, 1928-30; correspondence regarding the Olympics, 1928 and 1948; student and alumni ephemera, 1930-51; and several loose photographs, 1927-1955, including one of 3 men in their Encina dorm room (1927). Photograph album includes two photos of Johnny Weismuller.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Edwin Ogden Driggs Papers (SC0441). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Diary and photograph album of this Stanford undergraduate's participation in the 1928 Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team; newsclippings regarding Mr. Driggs and the Stanford swimming team, 1928-30; correspondence regarding the Olympics, 1928 and 1948; student and alumni ephemera, 1930-51; and several loose photographs, 1927-1955, including one of 3 men in their Encina dorm room (1927). Photograph album includes two photos of Johnny Weismuller.
- Biographical / historical:
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Edwin Ogden Driggs (1907-1979) was an engineering student at Stanford University (Class of 1930) and member of Alpha Tau Omega. He was a part of the U.S. swimming team in the 1928 Olymics in Amsterdam.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Edwin Driggs, 1979.
- 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: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Edwin Ogden Driggs Papers (SC0441). 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