Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Leib (Samuel Franklin) Papers
SC0116
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Samuel Franklin Leib papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0116
Physical Description:
25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1881-1920
Abstract: The collection consists of four major
components: Stanford correspondence pertaining to Judge Leib's association with the Stanford
family and his responsibilities as a member of the first Board of Trustees of Stanford
University (1891-1923); personal correspondence (1885-1910); correspondence pertaining to
Leib's fruit and other farm interest (1883-1919); and legal and business correspondence
pertaining to his San Jose law practice and local business interests (1881-1920),including
cases resulting from the failure of the Savings Bank of San Diego County. Major
correspondents include Luther Burbank, John Casper Branner, George Crothers, Horace Davis,
Timothy Hopkins, David Starr Jordan, Charles Lathrop, Leland and Jane Stanford, Wilson and
Wilson (law firm, San Francisco) and Sarah Winchester.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by Charles Leib, 1972-1981.
Additional materials were given by Mrs. Richard Anderson in 2002.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Samuel Franklin Leib Papers (SC0116). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The collection consists of four major components: Stanford correspondence pertaining to
Judge Leib's association with the Stanford family and his responsibilities as a member of
the first Board of Trustees of Stanford University (1891-1923); personal correspondence
(1885-1910); correspondence pertaining to Leib's fruit and other farm interest (1883-1919);
and legal and business correspondence pertaining to his San Jose law practice and local
business interests (1881-1920),including cases resulting from the failure of the Savings
Bank of San Diego County. Major correspondents include Luther Burbank, John Casper Branner,
George Crothers, Horace Davis, Timothy Hopkins, David Starr Jordan, Charles Lathrop, Leland
and Jane Stanford, Wilson and Wilson (law firm, San Francisco) and Sarah Winchester.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ross Affair.
Practice of law -- California.
Agriculture -- California.
Winchester, Sarah.
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Wilson & Wilson (law firm).
Jordan, David Starr
Stanford, Leland
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Stanford University. Board of Trustees
Davis, Horace
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Hopkins, Timothy
Savings Bank of San Diego County.
Leib, Samuel Franklin
Lathrop, Charles G., (Charles Gardner), 1849-1914
Crothers, George E. (George Edward)