Guide to the Stanford University, Board of Trustees, Safe
Deposit Box Documents
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2011 The Board of Trustees of
Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0766
Creator:
Stanford University. Board of
Trustees.
Title: Stanford University, Board of Trustees, safe deposit box
documents
Dates: 1860-1948
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Assorted documents once kept in a bank safe deposit box
including copy of the Founding Grant, 1885; Petition by Leland Stanford Junior
University and of individual trustees for the ascertainment of the existence and terms
of, and for the determination of the validity and legal effect of grants or other
instruments, creating, changing or affecting trusts and estates for the founding,
endowment, and maintenance of the Leland Stanford Junior University, 1906; certified
copy of minutes of the Board of Trustees contained in Volume One for November 14, 1885
and August 29, 1903 to April 30, 1904; inventory and appraisal of the estate of Leland
Stanford, 1893; Organization of the Board of Trustees, Nov. 1, 1901; and U. S. Patent of
Esquon Ranch to Samuel Neal (Butte County, Calif.), with plat map, dated April 3,
1860.
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
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
Stanford University, Board of Trustees, Safe Deposit Box Documents (SC0766).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Assorted documents once kept in a bank safe deposit box including copy of the Founding
Grant, 1885; Petition by Leland Stanford Junior University and of individual trustees
for the ascertainment of the existence and terms of, and for the determination of the
validity and legal effect of grants or other instruments, creating, changing or
affecting trusts and estates for the founding, endowment, and maintenance of the Leland
Stanford Junior University, 1906; certified copy of minutes of the Board of Trustees
contained in Volume One for November 14, 1885 and August 29, 1903 to April 30, 1904;
inventory and appraisal of the estate of Leland Stanford, 1893; Organization of the
Board of Trustees, Nov. 1, 1901; and U. S. Patent of Esquon Ranch to Samuel Neal (Butte
County, Calif.), with plat map, dated April 3, 1860.
Access Terms
Neal, Samuel.
Stanford University--History.
Stanford University. Board of Trustees.
Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Land grants.
Collection Contents
Safe Deposit Box Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Copy of the Founding Grant
1885
Box 1, Folder 2
Petition by Leland Stanford Junior University and of individual
trustees for the ascertainment of the existence and terms of, and for the
determination of the validity and legal effect of grants or other instruments,
creating, changing or affecting trusts and estates for the founding, endowment,
and maintenance of the Leland Stanford Junior University
1906
Box 1, Folder 3
Certified copy of minutes of the Board of Trustees contained in Volume
One for
Nov 14, 1885, Aug 29, 1903-Apr 30, 1904
Box 1, Folder 4
Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Leland Stanford
1893
Box 1, Folder 5
Organization of the Board of Trustees
Nov. 1, 1901
Box 2
U. S. Patent of Esquon Ranch to Samuel Neal (Butte County, Calif.),
with plat map
April 3, 1860
