Description
The Stanford family papers include letters, telegrams, newsclippings, photographs and
photograph albums, genealogical notes, legal and financial papers, pamphlets, and printed
materials of Josiah Stanford (1817-1890) and his wife Helen Allyne Barker Stanford
(1831-1909), Josiah Winslow Stanford (1864-1937) and his wife Alice Herrick Stanford
(1858-1940), Charles Stanford (1819-1885), Asa Philips Stanford (1821-1903), DeWitt Clinton
Stanford (1826-1864), Thomas Welton Stanford (1832-1918), Welton Stanford (1849-1922), and
Welton Stanford, Jr (1878-1947). The Thomas Welton Stanford series includes correspondence,
photographs, transcripts of his Psychic Investigation Circle of Melbourne, Australia (10
volumes) and the "HARBINGER OF LIGHT" magazine (1906-1917). The collection also includes
records of Warm Springs Ranch and the Warm Springs Hotel near San Jose, California. The
addenda 2024-598 includes the 1833 Stanford Family Bible containing family records of
births, marriages, and deaths.
Background
The Stanford brothers were born in the township of Watervliet in upstate New York, the sons
of Josiah and Elizabeth Stanford. Each of the brothers eventually went west to make his
fortune. Josiah and Leland Stanford remained in California and became successful
businessmen, and Thomas Welton Stanford continued on to a successful career in
Australia.
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.