Guide to the George T. Clark Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0292
Creator:
Clark, George T., 1862-1940.
Title: George T. Clark papers
Dates: 1862-1935
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: These papers relate primarily to Clark's research on the life of
Leland Stanford and include correspondence, 1924-1935, historical documents, 1862-1893,
clippings, photographs, and two notebooks, 1928-1930,for his comprehensive biography of
Senator Leland Stanford, published by the Stanford University Press in 1931.
Correspondents include George C. Clark, Dumas Malone, Stuart Daggert, Timothy Hopkins,
and V. S. McClatchy; there is also a long letter by C. C. Crippen concerning his work as
a horse trainer on the Palo Alto Stock Farm and his knowledge of Leland Stanford.
Historical documents include copies of correspondence between Stanford and J. D. B.
Stillman, 1882-1883, concerning Eadweard Muybridge and Stillman's book, THE HORSE IN
MOTION. Other items include Clark's memorial address on J. L. Gillis; and a "want list"
for the Stanford University Library, 1920.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Douglas Clark, 1983-1985.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
George T. Clark Papers (SC0292). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Clark was Stanford University Librarian, 1907-1928 (emeritus 1928 until his death in
1940) and co-founder and first president of the California Library Association.
Description of the Collection
These papers relate primarily to Clark's research on the life of Leland Stanford and
include correspondence, 1924-1935, historical documents, 1862-1893, clippings,
photographs, and two notebooks, 1928-1930,for his comprehensive biography of Senator
Leland Stanford, published by the Stanford University Press in 1931. Correspondents
include George C. Clark, Dumas Malone, Stuart Daggert, Timothy Hopkins, and V. S.
McClatchy; there is also a long letter by C. C. Crippen concerning his work as a horse
trainer on the Palo Alto Stock Farm and his knowledge of Leland Stanford. Historical
documents include copies of correspondence between Stanford and J. D. B. Stillman,
1882-1883, concerning Eadweard Muybridge and Stillman's book, THE HORSE IN MOTION. Other
items include Clark's memorial address on J. L. Gillis; and a "want list" for the
Stanford University Library, 1920.
Access Terms
Clark, George C.
Clark, George T., 1862-1940.
Clark, George T.
Crippen, C. C.
Daggert, Stuart.
Gillis, J. L. (James Louis), 1857-1917.
Hopkins, Timothy.
Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986
McClatchy, V. S. (Valentine Stuart),
1857-1938.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Calif.).
Stanford University. Libraries.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Stillman, J.D.B. (Jacob Davis Babcock),
1819-1888.
California --History --1849-
Notebooks.
Photoprints
General note
Unpublished guide available.
Collection Contents
Stanford-Huntington episode 1890 : clippings, 1888-1890 (bd.
vol.)
Box 1, Folder 1
Also includes biographical sketches and obituaries for C. F.
Crocker, C. P. Huntington, John Corning, E. C. Fellows, and
others
Leland Stanford material (bd. vol.)
Box 1, Folder 2
Copies of clippings, 1857-1875, 1902; and copies of documents from
the Bancroft Library - reminiscences of Stanford by H. C. Nash, William H.
Mills, and Henry Vrooman; Stanford's comments on Bancroft's manuscript; and
comments from Charles Crocker
Leland Stanford's Addresses and Public Communications (bd.
vol.)
Box 2, Folder 1
Clippings, copies of clippings, typescript copies, and some original
pamphlets
Box 2, Folder 2
Notebook, 1927-1929; notes on Stanford's life from interviews and
research
Box 2, Folder 3
Notebook, 1929 and undated; notes on Stanford's life by years and by
subjects
Box 3, Folder 1
Biographical sketch of Jane L. Stanford for the Dictionary of American
Biography, 1932
Box 3, Folder 2
Booklet on the new Stanford Library, with section by Clark,
1919
Box 3, Folder 4
Clark, George T., article on, 1928 (Stanford Illustrated
Review)
Correspondence, 1887, and 1917-1935:
Box 3, Folder 5
George C. Clark on Muybridge research
Box 3, Folder 5
C. C. Crippen on Stanford and horses, with newspaper
article
Box 3, Folder 5
Timothy Hopkins on piece of Stanford ephemera
Box 3, Folder 5
R. G. Kraemer re Port Washington research question
Box 3, Folder 5
M. P. Lilienthal with photostat of L. Stanford note
(1882)
Box 3, Folder 5
Dumas Malone re JLS biography for DAB
Box 5, Folder 7
Grant L. Stanford re location of Stanford home in Watervliet,
NY
Box 3, Folder 5
Talbot H. Wallis (1887) re Clark's appointment as Deputy State
Librarian
Box 3, Folder 5
Ray L. Wilbur with note by Frank Shay regarding last letter of
Stanford
Correspondence regarding DAB biography of Leland Stanford,
1932-1933:
Box 3, Folder 6
Stuart Daggert, Timothy Hopkins, Dumas Malone, George T.
Clark
Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence with V. S. McClatchy, 1924, 1929, re James
McClatchy
Box 3, Folder 8
Gillis, J. L., manuscript of Clark's memorial address, n.d.
Box 3, Folder 9
Grant, J. D., The Stanfords, 1938
Box 3, Folder 10
Motion picture tablet on campus, 1929 - program, article, typescript of
J. D. Grant's remarks
Box 3, Folder 11
Notes on political history
Box 3, Folder 13
Photographs and illustrations used in Clark's book
Box 3, Folder 14
Photograph of library staff, 1914 (Frederick E. Brasch, T. L. Smith,
Philip D. B. Perham, Lena Rose Neth, Thomas L. Dyer, Charles V. Park, Lillian
Hollmann, and Albert Harold Morosco)
Box 3, Folder 15
Politics - contemporary clippings, 1862-1892 [some copied]
Box 3, Folder 16
Railroads - contemporary clippings, 1869-1892 [some copied]
Box 3, Folder 17
Railroad documents: Stewart vs. Huntington, 1886; stock and bond
statement for Central Pacific Railroad Company, 1874
Box 3, Folder 18
Stanford - biographical/ historical clippings, 1889-1928
Box 3, Folder 19
Stanford-Bancroft clash, manuscript and typescript article by
Clark
Box 3, Folder 20
Stanford-Stillman letters [copies], 1882-1883, re Muybridge
Box 3, Folder 21
Stanford University Library want list, 1920
Box 3, Folder 22
University - clippings, 1887-1893
