Stanford University, President's Office, Rhodes scholarship committee records, 1904-1916.

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Stanford University, President's Office, Rhodes scholarship committee records, 1904-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864059

Records include letters, minutes of the Stanford committee and the joint committee (representing several California colleges), and memoranda from the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, which include exam questions and reports on past Rhodes scholars. The correspondence and minutes pertain to exam dates, candidates, and policy issues. Correspondents include George R. Parkin of the Trust; Benjamin I. Wheeler (University of California president) and David Starr Jordan (Stanford president); and Profs. Augustus T. Murray (Stanford), H. Morse Stephens (University of California), and H. R. Fairclough (Stanford).

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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