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Guide to the History of the Stanford Campus of 1894
SC0203  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0203
    Creator: Ballard, Roy Page.
    Title: History of the Stanford campus of 1894
    Dates: 1894
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Notes and outlines for a history of the Stanford campus area originally prepared for a class assignment. Focusing on the pre-Palo Alto Stock Farm period, Ballard's subjects include early inhabitants, Spanish ownership, land grants and title deeds, and early residents such as Peter Coutts, George Gordon, Jose Pena, and Sandy Wilson. Also included is part of the final draft manuscript, "The Rise of Private Property in California."
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    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.

    Cite As

    History of the Stanford campus of 1894 (SC0203). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Graduate of Stanford University in history (A.B. May 1897).

    Description of the Collection

    Notes and outlines for a history of the Stanford campus area originally prepared for a class assignment. Focusing on the pre-Palo Alto Stock Farm period, Ballard's subjects include early inhabitants, Spanish ownership, land grants and title deeds, and early residents such as Peter Coutts, George Gordon, Jose Pena, and Sandy Wilson. Also included is part of the final draft manuscript, "The Rise of Private Property in California."

    Access Terms

    Ayrshire Farm..
    Ballard, Roy Page.
    Coutts, P. J. F. (Peter J. F.)
    Gordon, George.
    Palo Alto Stock Farm (Stanford, Calif.)
    Pena, Jose.
    San Francisquito Ranch.
    Wilson, Sandy, violoncellist
    Manuscripts (for publication).
    Palo Alto (Calif.)