#Spookyarchives

To celebrate Halloween the Archives has created #spookyarchives, a photo gallery of spooky/scary/macabre items from its holdings. Proceed if you dare...

 Jane and Leland Stanford's death masks from Stanford Objects Collection:

Slate from seance purportedly written by spirit of Leland Stanford, Jr. from Stanford Objects Collection:

Pumpkins carved by former Stanford professor Matt Kahn

Skulls in Leland Stanford Junior University Museum from Harry C. Peterson Papers: