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Guide to the Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs Collection
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Scope and Contents note

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0103
    Title: Stanford student letters and memoirs collection
    Dates: 1871-1982
    Physical Description: 1.25 Linear feet
    Language(s): In English.
    Repository: Dept. 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

    Cite As

    [identification of item], Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs Collection (SC0103). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Scope and Contents note

    This collection contains letters, reminiscences, diaries and account books, autobiographies, and other items from a number of Stanford University students. Most of the letters are written home to family members; typical subjects include academic affairs, social life on campus and off, fraternity and sorority affairs, and athletics. Other subjects include events at the Stanford home and the settlement of Leland Stanford's estate.
    The collection is arranged by series. Information on the provenance of each series as well as more information on their content is included in the following listing.