John Casper Branner, President of Stanford University, papers, 1913-1917
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
- Extent:
- 6.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
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John Casper Branner, President of Stanford University, Papers (SC0065). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of the correspondence of John Casper Branner while he was the President of Stanford University, 1913-1915. The correspondence is concerned with Stanford as a whole and the various departments of the University.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Casper Branner, the first professor to be named at the new Stanford University in 1891, served as professor of geology at Stanford as well as executive head of the Geology Department. He later served as vice president of Stanford (1898-1913) and president of Stanford (1913-1915) and professor emeritus (1915-1922). He died on March 1, 1922.
- Custodial history:
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Administrative transfer, 1969.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged according to subject or department, and chronologically within each department.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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John Casper Branner, President of Stanford University, Papers (SC0065). 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