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Call Number: PC0138
Creator:
Holub, Leo, 1916-2010
Title: Leo Holub photographs of Stanford University
Dates: 1946-1992
Physical Description:
12 Linear feet
Summary: Collection contains prints (mostly black and white) of Stanford presidents, faculty, trustees, staff, students on campus,
campus lands, and construction, as well as a series of mounted images from Stanford Seen, an exhibition of Holub’s photographs
held in 1964. Other topics include a sit-in at Dr. Sterling’s office 1966; photos of Prof. Moffatt Hancock and prints Holub
made of Hancock’s negatives of campus scenes; images of Chris Stinehour, stone carver working on the Quad; and prints Holub
made from glass plate negatives of historic images of Stanford. Collection also includes prints of images used in the book
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER, which documents his whole career.
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
This collection is open for research.
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.
Leo Holub Photographs of Stanford University (PC0138). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Leo Holub, graphic artist and photographer, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the California School of Fine Arts,
most notably under Ansel Adams. He came to Stanford in 1960, working first in the Planning Department and then in 1969 creating
the photography program in the department of art, at the invitation of Lorenz Eitner, head of the department. Holub taught
for 11 years, retiring as senior lecturer of photography, emeritus, in 1980.
Collection contains prints (mostly black and white) of Stanford presidents, faculty, trustees, staff, students on campus,
campus lands, and construction, as well as a series of mounted images from Stanford Seen, an exhibition of Holub’s photographs
held in 1964. Other topics include a sit-in at Dr. Sterling’s office 1966; photos of Prof. Moffatt Hancock and prints Holub
made of Hancock’s negatives of campus scenes; images of Chris Stinehour, stone carver working on the Quad; and prints Holub
made from glass plate negatives of historic images of Stanford. Collection also includes prints of images used in the book
LEO HOLUB PHOTOGRAPHER, which documents his whole career.
Hancock, Moffatt.
Holub, Leo, 1916-2010
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--Pictorial works.
Stanford University--Presidents.
Stanford University--Students.
Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Stinehour, Chris.
Photoprints.