Stanford Historical Society

Historic Houses Committee Workroom

The Society supports an ongoing volunteer program to document the history of houses in the faculty-staff residential area. This page is for use by Committee Members to communicate with each other about works in progress.

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Guidelines for Researchers

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Notes on Historic House Research (added to this page at the request of Marian Adams, 12/20/2003)
Notes for Researchers( McKinnon, 3/2004)
Historic House Checklist of items to include in Reports (Adams, 12/20/2003)
Historic Houses Research Guide (Adams, 12/20/2003)
Useful Publications for Research on Historic Houses (Adams, 12/20/2003)
Miscellaneous References (Adams, 11/2005)
Bibliography Template (with examples)(Adams, 11/2005)
Maps & Records (Adams, 12/2005)

Research Resources

Faculty Biographies
Historic Houses III (full-text)
Historic Houses IV (full-text)
Palo Alto City Directory Summary (Adams, 12/20/2003)
Digital Collections at Stanford
Sandstone and Tile Index (not yet available)

Historic House Master List

(If you have corrections, please email: adamsATcdr.stanford.edu, substituting an "at" sign for the word AT in the address):

Historic House Working List 1892-1951 (Adams, 10/11/2005)

Archival Material

PAST House Tour (5/7/2003)
Faculty Housing Records, Book III
Faculty Housing Records, Book IV
Maps and Records, Book IV
SHS Tour Houses, May 2005(Adams, 12/2005)
PAST Holiday Tour, December 2004(Adams, 12/2005)

Committee messages:

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Page updated: 22 April 2007