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Title: White, Stephen Mallory. Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1871-1901
Collection number: M0035
Creator:
White, Stephen Mallory
Extent:
30 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to White's career as lawyer, Los Angeles district attorney, state senator, and U.S.
Senator. Subjects covered include: estate litigation, water rights, incorporations, mortgages, property rights, local and
California politics, patronage, tariffs, annexation, pensions, appeals for clemency, the Chinese problem, free silver question,
Indian rights, discrimination against Catholics, Negro rights, and the Itata incident.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Steven Mallory White Papers. M0035. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of the White family, 1917 and 1920.
Stephen Mallory White was born January 19, 1853 in San Francisco, California. He was a lawyer, district attorney for Los Angeles,
California State Senator (1886-1890), acting Lieutenant Governor of California (1888-1890), and U.S. Senator (1893-1899).
He died in Los Angeles, California, February 21, 1901.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Correspondence and other papers relating to White's career as lawyer, Los Angeles district attorney, state senator, and U.S.
Senator. Subjects covered include: estate litigation, water rights, incorporations, mortgages, property rights, local and
California politics, patronage, tariffs, annexation, pensions, appeals for clemency, the Chinese problem, free silver question,
Indian rights, discrimination against Catholics, Negro rights, and the Itata incident.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?.
Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924.
Griggs, John William, 1849-1927.
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Southwick, George, 1863-1912.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Whitehead, Charles.
Long, John Davis, 1838-1915.
Buckley, Christopher Augustine, 1845-1922.
Olney, Warren, 1841-1921.
Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co.
Wells, Fargo & Company.
Winchell and Stanton.
Lawyers.
Democratic Party--California.
Discrimination in employment.
Silver question.
Statesmen.
Tidelands oil--California.
Patronage--California.
Itata incident.