Guide to the Leland Stanford Collection SC0512
Note
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biographical and Historical Materials Series 1
Clippings (photocopied) 1873-1884
Clippings (photocopied) 1885-1892
Clippings (photocopied) 1893-1893
Clippings (photocopied) 1894-1962
Clippings (photocopied) - miscellaneous and undated
Periodicals 1858-1864
Weekly Times (San Francisco) 1859 Jul 16
Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1862 1862
Harper's Weekly 1864 Jan 23
Periodicals 1885-1892
Coast Review 1887 Aug
"Millionaires of the Pacific Coast," The Cosmopolitan 1887 Aug
Periodicals 1893
The Santa Clara (see p. 21) 1893 Feb
Report, San Jose 1893 Jun 7
Jordan, "The Educational Ideas of Leland Stanford," Sequoia 1893 Sep 13
The Seaport News 1893 Jun 24
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (reception of Stanford at Sacramento on return from European tour) 1890 Nov 8
Smith, Augustine J., "A Picture and a Reflection," from National View 1893 Jul 15
Periodicals 1894-1912
Periodicals 1923-1929
Census returns, photocopies 1860-1880
Second ward, Sacramento, census return 1860
Fourth ward, Sacramento, census return 1870
San Francisco census return 1880
Scrapbook of clippings on Stanford and Republican politics 1857-1863
Schooling, Clinton, New York 1844-1966
Rudd, Helen N., "A Century of Schools in Clinton" - pamphlet
Letter, W. H. Cowley to E. B. Graves 1966 Jul 28
Clinton Liberal Institute, catalogue (verifax copy) 1844
Maps of Clinton - copies 1858, 1874
Port Washington - Washington's Birthday Ball 1850, 1922
Facsimile of original invitation 1850
Clippings re ball 1922
Letters accompanying clippings 1922
Port Washington - Masonic Order 1955, undated
Note on Stanford's Masonic membership undated
Whicher, John, "Masonic Beginnings in California and Hawaii" (pamphlet)
Bridgman, Louis W. "Leland Stanford of Port Washington," Wisconsin Freemason 1955 Nov
Two items on Leland Stanford Lodge in Chico, CA
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company 1868-1968
Facsimile copies of Stanford's policy 1868
Correspondence concerning location of the original 1968
Press release and correspondence concerning board room of Stanford University trustees in Pacific Mutual Building 1962
Nunis, Doyce B., Past is Prologue; A Centennial Profile of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company 1968
Stanford University: role of spiritualism in its conception 1901-1906
Jordan to H. C. Nash, recounting Stanford's denial of role of sprititualism in founding University (carbon) 1901 Jul 27
Clippings from The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, concerning spiritualist founding of University 1906
G. A. Clark to editor of The Pantagraph, refuting story 1906 Jul 9
Stanford University: Stanford's ideas on education 1893
Memorandum on talks on education between Senator Stanford and President Jordan 1893 Nov
Clipping: Stanford's last letter to Jordan laying out his ideas on the future of the University
Stanford University: naming of Palo Alto 1888-1929
Memorandum of Stanford's itinerary 1888-1892
C. M. Wooster to Prof. Emory Smith, re securing name of "Palo Alto" to replace "University Park" 1929 Jun 12
Sonnet on the Return of Senator Stanford, by P.M.K. 1892
Death of Leland Stanford: poetry and memorials 1893
Death of Leland Stanford: eulogy by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Leland Stanford Division No. 283 1893
Death of Leland Stanford: Memorial Addresses 1892-1893
Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate (2 copies) 1892
Remarks by Hon. John H. Mitchell (2 copies) 1893
Address of Hon. J. N. Dolph 1892
Biographical articles 1894-2008
Carriages, clippings on restoration of Stanford carriages 1964
Fisher, Helen Dwight: correspondence and articles 1947-1950
Correspondence with Ruth Scibird and Guy Miller on her research for "The Stanford Family Album" and her memo on errors 1947-1950
Typescript biography of Leland Stanford (carbon copy)
Founders Day 1936
Remarks by Carl Loeffler
Remarks by Senator Charles B. Henderson
Article by Cedric Larson, directed to Stanford Illustrated Review
Radio and TV scripts 1950-1962
Press release for "Taste of a Millionaire," KPIX show on the Stanford house in San Francisco 1962
"Gold Rush Days," radio script (episode on Leland Stanford) with letter by Walter C. Peterson 1950
Stebbins, Horatio - speeches on Stanford 1893-1939
Remarks at Stanford's funeral (pamphlet) 1893
Manuscript speech on Stanford, undated; with accompanying letter by Archibald Treat, 1939
Wilbur, Ray Lyman - letters received re sources 1925-1934
Crook to Wilbur re disposal of papers of Thomas W. Stanford 1925 Mar 25
Hopkins to Wilbur re traveling with the Stanfords 1925 Apr 21
Gage to Wilbur with transcript of clipping on railroad history and Stephen Gage 1934 Jan 18
Albany Rural Cemetery 2001-2003
Stanford Family, Friends of Albany Rural Cemetery , Vol. 8 Issue 1 2003
Two pages on the restoration of the Stanford Family Mausoleum in the Albany Rural Cemetery 2001
Sacramento Bee, "The Centennial Album" 1957
San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser , Vol. 32, No. 23 (see page 11) 1881 Dec 17
Central Pacific Railroad: pamphlet from 50th anniversary of inauguration of construction at Sacramento in 1863 1913
Central Pacific Railroad: items on locomotive "Gov. Stanford" and miscellaneous materials 1930-1960
Southern Pacific Bulletin, article on the "Gov. Stanford" locomotive 1963 Jul
Words and music to "Utah Iron Horse"
D. L. Joslyn to Frank B. Lemor (Stanford Museum) re the locomotive "Gov. Stanford" 1930 Aug 12
Clippings on "Gov. Stanford" and the history of CPRR 1950-1960
Central Pacific Railroad: Southern Pacific Pensioners reunion programs 1912-1916
3rd Annual Reunion and Luncheon 1912
7th Annual Reunion and Luncheon [addresses by D.S. Jordan and R.L. Wilbur] 1916
Browne, Louise M.: Correspondence, essays and notes 1918-1938
Correspondence with Stanford descendants 1948-1975
Kimball, Sarah L.: correspondence, notes 1922-1966
Maternal line: Phillips genealogy 1912
Stanford, Arthur W., Stanford Genealogy: Comprising the Descendants of Abner Stanford 1906
Stanford, Arthur W., genealogy
Stanford, Grant Lansing, genealogy
Stanford, Grant Lansing, Stanford Genealogy 1912
Genealogical notes and essays, author unknown undated
Genealogical notes and essays, author unknown; photostats of 1775 and 1780 documents 1968, undated
Genealogical miscellaney: clippings and publication 1888-1967
A Christmas Reminder; Being the Names of About Eight Thousand Persons. . .Confined on Board the British Prison Ships During the War of the Revolution. Brooklyn, NY 1888
Clippings 1907, 1959-1967
Gold Spike Series 4
Driving the Gold Spike 1869-1963
"The Last Spike Driven. The Dream of Benton and Whitney Fulfilled," The Railroad Record (typescript copy) 1869 May 13
Program from Golden Anniversary held in San Francisco 1919
Letter by Frank Calvin, researcher for Cecil B. DeMille, re Stanford missing the spike 1939 Aug 21
Union Pacific ad featuring photo from the movie "Union Pacific" (Stanford hitting the spike) 1944
Southern Pacific ad featuring photo of Stanford's train making its way to Promontory Point
Corliss, Carlton J., text of talk on American railroad collections and memorabilia 1956
"American Railroads," pamphlet with mention of Gold Spike
Golden Spike Ceremony booklets 1957, 1963
Postcard of "last spike" monument in Utah
Stanford University press releases 1954-1961
Receipt for the Gold Spike 1869-1968
Copies of receipt for engraving done on Gold Spike 1869
Lampson, Robin, "The Man Who Gave the Golden Spike," California Monthly 1940 Mar
Lampson, Robin, "Story of the Golden Spike," newspaper story, and two letters re use of image of the receipt 1968
The Bulletin (Southern Pacific) with photo of six men who witnessed driving of the last spike 1916 Jun
Clipping on finding of the receipt 1937
Driving of the Gold Spike: clippings (general) 1950-1968
Golden Spike Centennial : texts of talks 1969
Farnham, Wallace D., "Leaders, Law and the Golden Spike: or, the Treaty of Hooper's House"
Farnham, Wallace D., "Contending Galaxies: Railroad Leaders and the Race to Promontory"
Myrick, David F., "Refinancing and Rebuilding the Central Pacific: 1899-1910"
Fehrenbacker, Don, remarks as commentator on above papers
Golden Spike Centennial : special section from the Sacramento Bee 1969 May 4
Golden Spike Centennial : clippings 1969
Golden Spike Centennial : clippings 1969
Golden Spike Centennial : clippings 1969
Golden Spike Centennial song "Wedding of the Rails" 1969
Sheet music
Letter to Ralph Hansen from composer, Lorraine S. Wilkinson, with brochure and clipping
Golden Spike Centennial: magazines, pamphlets and other publications 1969
Book Club of California, three keepsakes
Golden West Books, brochure on railroad history books
Montana Post (Montana Historical Society)
Scholastic Newstime
American Geograpical Society, ad for the book The Golden Spike
Brochure by Brigham City Chamber of Commerce
Article by R. Hansen in Stanford Library Bulletin
Lawyers Title News
Golden Spike Centennial: magazines, pamphlets and other publications 1969
Brochure on the Wells Fargo Bank Historical Collection
Wilson, R. L., The Golden Spike; pamphlet published by Colt Industries
Carter, Kate, ed., First Transcontinental Railroad in Picture and Story , Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Utley, Robert, Golden Spike, National Park Service booklet
National Park Service brochure on the Golden Spike National Historic Site
Golden Spike Centennial: magazines, pamphlets and other publications 1959
Railway Age, issue on 100 years after the Golden Spike 1969 May 10
Railway Journal, cover illustration of driving the Golden Spike 1959 May
Lampson, Robin, articles on the "missing spike" with replies by Ralph W. Hansen 1969-1970
The "missing silver spike": press release and clipping 1969
Clippings on the Gold Spike (not centennial) 1970
Southern Pacific's The Gold Spike Album: brochure and color slides of the artwork in the album 1960-1969
Thomas Hill's painting "Driving the Last Spike" 1881-1949
Hill, Thomas. The Last Spike; San Francisco 1881
Clippings about Hill and the painting 1909-1915
Typescript copies of correspondence between Hill and H. C. Peterson 1905-1906
Typescript copy of a clipping on the painting 1939
Letter to Jeanette Hitchcock from Elliot Evans, re W. S. Jewett's possible role in the Gold Spike painting 1949
"A Railroad and a Golden Spike" by Margo Lundell 2004
Eadweard Muybridge Series 5
Muybridge vs. Osgood, publishers: transcript of original court record done in 1928 1883
Articles and clippings on Muybridge's photographic work 1922-1988
Ott, John, "Iron Horses: Leland Stanford, Eadweard Muybridge, and the Industrialized Eye," Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3 2005
Palo Alto Farm Winery: articles, clippings, press releases, and brochures 1960-1965
Residences Series 7
Residence - Albany, NY: clipping and typed description 1963, undated
Residence - Port Washington, Wisc: clippings, article, photograph, correspondence, and copied documents 1849-1979
Photocopies of legal documents signed by L. Stanford, 1849-1850, and letter from Charles L. Larson, 1979, accompanying these copies
Clippings about Stanford in Port Washington, 1947-1965, and photo of building that housed his law office, 1964
Photocopies of 1895 clipping on the Stanfords in Wisconsin
Residence - Port Washington, Wisc: articles 1947-1969
Residence - Michigan Bluffs, Calif: clippings 1903-1954
Residence - Sacramento, Calif: booklets 1958-1968
Old Sacramento, a Report on Its Significance... , Part I and Part II 1958
Old Sacramento Inventory of Historical Buildings 1962
Neasham, V. Aubrey, Old Sacramento a Reference Point in Time , Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission 1968
Residence - Sacramento, Calif: interpretative plans prepared for the Stanford Mansion State Historic Park 1992-1993
Applegate, Brenda J. The Stanford's Sacramento House: A Typical Eclectic Victorian 1992
Taugher, Sandy. Furnishing Plan for the Stanford Mansion Master Bedroom during the late 1860s 1993
Taugher, Sandy, Furnishing Plan for the Dressing Rooms of the Master Suite 1993
Residence - Sacramento, Calif: renovation campaign and reopening as California's Center for Protocol 1998-2005
Fundraising brochures
Brochure of the Leland Stanford Mansion Foundation
invitation and program from Opening Gala 2005
Clippings
Residence - San Francisco 1943-1962
Berner, Bertha: notecards from 1943 talk, holograph description and floor plan of house, and typed description.
Clipping re TV program on the house 1962
Nagel, Gunther, "Monument to Elegance: Leland Stanford's Nob Hill Mansion," The American West 1975 Sep
Vina Ranch - clippings, brochures, correspondence, and TV script 1891-1965
Clippings re Vina Ranch and the Clairvaux Abbey established there in 1955 1891-1965
Certificates for cattle brands, 1920-1938; and correspondence re cattle brands, 1947-1964
TV script, "The Vina Story," Chico State 1958
Book Club keepsake on Vina 1955
Brochure on the New Clairvoux Abbey circa 1960
Warm Springs Ranch - clippings, ephemera, and miscellany 1870-1962
Clippings 1900-1962
Menu from Hidden Valley Ranch circa 1950
Letter by R. E. Kelly to Emory E. Smith re history of Warm Springs with attached excerpts from the Centennial Yearbook of Alameda County 1932
A Legend of Warm Springs, by H. W. (Sacramento: Russell & Winterburn) 1870
Miscellaneous Materials Series 9
The Monarch Philanthropist (San Francisco: Cubery & Company) 1892
Railroad memorabilia 1890-1900
Stanford Parlor No. 76, N. S. G. W. - dance card 1892; invitation and program 1900
Leland Stanford Div. No. 283, B. of L. E., complimentary pass to fifth annual ball 1890
Correspondence and clippings on "would-be" descendants and other questionable statements 1893-1968
Conger, Allen C. to Sterling, re Stanford's visit to Harvard 1961
Dolph, Cyrus: correspondence with R. L. Wilbur re Stanford's offer to adopt him, 1941, and later press releases, clippings, and memos, 1968
Scibird, Ruth: correspondence on Stanford history 1948-1949
Miller, Charles H. to Willie Price, relating a loan he made to Stanford in Wisconsin 1893
Albany County Historical Associaton Record, article on Stanfords 1948 Feb
Assorted clippings 1953-1962
Commemmorative stamps, proposed 1941
Clipping re Leland Stanford's death mask and sculptor Rubert Schmid 1995