Guide to the Elizabeth Cone and James S. Cone Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0609
Title: Elizabeth Cone and James S. Cone papers
Dates: 1898-1911
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet
Summary: Collection reflects student life at Stanford University and
consists largely of photographs, including many cyanotypes; other materials include
Elizabeth Cone's study cards, the constitution of the Saturday Night Club of Stanford
University (women's debating club), programs, invitations, posters, and newspapers.
Subjects of the photographs include the Quad and other campus buildings, views of campus
lands, campus roads, the cactus garden, and students. Of note among the photographs are
images of dorm rooms in Encina and Roble halls, female students in academic dress, the
railroad tracks on campus, and Benjamin Blodgett, university organist.
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
Elizabeth Cone and James S. Cone Papers (SC0609). Dept. of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Elizabeth Hiett Cone earned her A.B. in English at Stanford University in May 1901;
while a student, she was a member of the Saturday Night Club. She died in August 1915.
Her brother James Stone Cone earned his A.B. in history at Stanford in May 1902 and his
M.A. at Harvard in 1905.
Description of the Collection
Collection reflects student life at Stanford University and consists largely of
photographs, including many cyanotypes; other materials include Elizabeth Cone's study
cards, the constitution of the Saturday Night Club of Stanford University (women's
debating club), programs, invitations, posters, and newspapers. Subjects of the
photographs include the Quad and other campus buildings, views of campus lands, campus
roads, the cactus garden, and students. Of note among the photographs are images of dorm
rooms in Encina and Roble halls, female students in academic dress, the railroad tracks
on campus, and Benjamin Blodgett , university organist.
Access Terms
Blodgett, Benjamin Colman.
Cone, Elizabeth Hiett.
Cone, James Stone.
Moore, Dorothy Cone
Stanford University--Buildings.
Stanford University--Student housing.
Stanford University--Students.
Cyanotypes.
Photoprints
Women college students.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Blodgett, Benjamin - organist
Box 1, Folder 3
Campus buildings (includes interior of foundry or shop)
Box 1, Folder 4
Campus view, over Lake Lagunita
Box 1, Folder 5
Campus views (hills, lake, Roble Walk, railroad tracks,
roads)
Box 1, Folder 9
Dorm rooms, mounted images
Box 1, Folder 12
Encina Hall residents on steps ca. 1902
Box 1, Folder 15
Harrison planting tree on campus
Box 1, Folder 20
Memorial Church, exterior
Box 1, Folder 21
Memorial Church, interior
Box 1, Folder 27
Quad arcades, mounted images
Box 1, Folder 28
Quad – East and West gates
Box 1, Folder 30
Quad – Memorial Court Archway
Box 1, Folder 36
Stanford buildings, etc., - prints from glass plate
negatives
Box 1, Folder 38
Students, off-campus – mounted images
Box 1, Folder 39
Students, on-campus – mounted images
Box 2, Folder 2
College songbook owned by E. Cone
Box 2, Folder 3
E. Cone’s study cards and certificate of registration,
1898-1901
Box 2, Folder 8
Illustrations and miscellany
Box 2, Folder 9
Invitation to Mrs. Jordan’s house 1899
Box 2, Folder 10
Saturday Night Club of Stanford University [women’s debating club] –
constitution
Box 2, Folder 11
Stanford programs (Three Miracle Plays and Commencement)
1911
Box 3, Folder 1
2 sets of mounted Stanford images strung on ribbon (hung in dorm
rooms)
Box 3, Folder 2
2 scrapbook pages with 5 cyanotypes of Stanford images
Box 3, Folder 3
Empty scrapbook, red leather cover stamped “Stanford
1901”;
Box 3, Folder 4
two pieces of leather tied together as a binding, illustrated with a
cupid figure on telegraph wires and the phrase “Take swift advantage of the
hours”
Box 4 os, Folder 1
Daily Palo Alto issues Oct. 7, 1898 and April 15, 1902
Box 4 os, Folder 2
Poster for a frosh/soph tie-up (?) Oct. 29 [no year given]: “Clear
the Track for Naw Teetoo and Get aboard the Train for the
bleachers”
Box 4 os, Folder 3
Page from Sunday Call “Romances of Stanford” by Sarah Comstock
(about actual courtships and marriages of Stanford students)
Box 4 os, Folder 4
Other San Francisco Call clippings and pages about Stanford events
1901-04
Box 4 os, Folder 5
Palo Alto Tribune. First Annual Edition and Rehabilitation Number
(Volume II, Number 6) Friday April 19, 1907
Box 4 os, Folder 6
Poster for Field Day Rally in Assembly Hall April 19 [no
year]
Box 5
Inner Quad (Portal) with shadow of photographer
Box 5
Inner Quad, view of 3 arches toward what became Memorial
Court
Box 5
Inner Quad, church entrance arches (prior to construction of
church)
Box 5
Front view of Quad, prior to outer Quad
Box 5
Portal looking toward Inner Quad
Box 5
Cactus Garden (see box 1, folder 2)
Box 5
Campus view over Lake Lagunita (see box 1, folder 4)
Box 5
Campus view over Lake Lagunita (see box 1, folder 4)
Box 5
Campus view over Lake Lagunita (see box 1, folder 4)
Box 5
Campus view, lake (see box 1, folder 5)
Box 5
Dorm room (see box 1, folder 7)
Box 5
Dorm room (see box 1, folder 7)
Box 5
Mausoleum (see box 1, folder 19)
Box 5
Mausoleum (see box 1, folder 19)
Box 5
Quad arcade (with dog) (see box 1, folder 26)
