Stanford historical photograph collection, 1887-circa 1996 (inclusive)

Language
English.
Physical description
40 linear feet

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SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 1 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 2 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 3 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 4 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 5 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 6 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 8 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 9 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 10 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 11 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 12 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 13 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 15 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 16 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 17 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 18 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 19 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 21 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 22 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 23 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 24 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 25 In-library use
SC1071 BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 26 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 1 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 2 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 3 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 4 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 5 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 6 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 7 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 8 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 9 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 10 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 11 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 13 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 14 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 15 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 16 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 17 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 18 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 19 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 20 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 21 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 22 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 24 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 25 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 26 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 27 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 28 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 29 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 30 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 32 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 33 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 34 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 35 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 36 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 37 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 38 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 40 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 41 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 42 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 43 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 45 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 46 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 48 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 49 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 51 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 52 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 53 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS HALF BOX 12 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS HALF BOX 23 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS HALF BOX 39 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS HALF BOX 47 In-library use
SC1071 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS HALF BOX 54 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 SERIES 5 CARTON 1 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 SERIES 5 CARTON 2 In Reading Room: Ask at service desk
SC1071 SERIES 5 CARTON 3 In-library use
SC1071 SERIES 5 CARTON 4 In-library use
SC1071 SERIES 5 CARTON 5 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 1 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 2 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 3 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 4 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 5 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 6 In-library use
SC1071 STANFORD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 7 In-library use

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Creators/Contributors

Corporate Author
Stanford University. Archives.

Contents/Summary

Finding aid
www.oac.cdlib.org
Organization & arrangement
The photographs are arranged in five series: Series 1, General Photographs; Series 2, Stanford Family; Series 3, Biographical; Series 4, Oversize; and Series 5, Copy Negatives.
Summary
The Stanford historical photograph collection, containing over 16,000 images. Series 1, General Photographs, documents the campus and campus life; subjects include athletics, original construction of the campus, individual buildings, students and student life activities, commencement activities, academic departments, and damage from the 1906 earthquake. Series 2, Stanford Family, contains photographs of family members and friends, Stanford residences, the Palo Alto Stock Farm, and the Central Pacific Railroad. Series 3, Biographical Photographs, contains images of faculty and administrative staff. Series 4 contains oversized images and Series 5 contains copy negatives. The majority of photographs are black and white gelatin prints but nineteenth-century albumen prints mounted on boards are also represented. The collection spans the late 1880s through the 1990s.

Bibliographic information

Earliest date
1887
Latest date
1996

Acquired with support from

Portwood Endowed Book Fund for the Stanford University Archives
Portwood Endowed Book Fund for the Stanford University Archives

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