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Guide to the Stanford Amateur Radio Club Scrapbook
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0885
    Creator: Stanford Amateur Radio Club.
    Title: Stanford Amateur Radio Club scrapbook
    Dates: 1941-1957
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet
    Summary: Scrapbook contains clippings, articles, correspondence, membership list, certificates (one issued to Osward G. Villard), photographs, and 1 FCC complaint; some of the correspondence is with the American Radio Relay League regarding records of calls made by the club. Photographs are of the raising of an antenna, 1950, a visit from the UC-Berkeley club, 1951, and a group image of operators for many other stations, 1951.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    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

    Stanford Amateur Radio Club Scrapbook (SC0885). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    The “ham radio” station W6YX at Stanford dates back to 1924 and is still active; electronics professor Oswald G. Villard Jr. served as faculty advisor and trustee for many years.

    Description of the Collection

    Scrapbook contains clippings, articles, correspondence, membership list, certificates (one issued to Osward G. Villard), photographs, and 1 FCC complaint; some of the correspondence is with the American Radio Relay League regarding records of calls made by the club. Photographs are of the raising of an antenna, 1950, a visit from the UC-Berkeley club, 1951, and a group image of operators for many other stations, 1951.

    Access Terms

    Stanford Amateur Radio Club.
    Villard, Oswald G.
    W6YX (Radio station : Stanford)
    Amateur radio stations.