Guide to the Frank Shay, "A lifetime in California, 1860-1939" Typescript
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Creator:
Shay, Frank.
Title: Frank Shay, "A lifetime in California, 1860-1939" typescript
Dates: 1939
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet (1 volume: 326 leaves)
Summary: Autobiography, annotated by the author. Also includes newsclippings about Shay later in life.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
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A lifetime in California, 1860-1939:. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
California reporter and attorney. Growing up in California, Shay served in a wide variety of positions throughout his life,
including special reporter for Sacramento and Virginia City newspapers, accountant and telegrapher for the Sutro Tunnel Company,
and, after completing his law degree at Hastings Law College, attorney for the Southern Pacific Company and personal counsel
for railroad president Leland Stanford.
Autobiography, annotated by the author. Also includes newsclippings about Shay later in life.
Shay, Frank.
Southern Pacific Company
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Autobiographies.
California --History --1848-present.
Box 1
Typescript 1939