Series 1 Josiah Stanford [1817-1890] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Biographical material, obituary
Legal documents and bills, 1855-1891
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence relating to estate settlement, 1891
Real estate abstracts of title, certificates of search, 1875-1885
Series 2 Helen M. Allyne Barker Stanford [1831-1909] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Legal documents and bills, and fourth account of her trust estate, 1890-1909, 1927
Business book, 1905
Scope and Content Note
Personal mementos and letters, 1846 and undated
Photograph album of relatives and friends, including photo of Emmanuel Swedenborg
Three small photograph albums of relatives and friends.
Scope and Content Note
Series 3 Allyne Family Papers
Genealogy papers and clippings, 1863-1963
Scope and Content Note
Samuel H. Allyne's wallet, 1863
Series 4 Josiah Winslow Stanford [1864-1937] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Correspondence, 1897-1935
Scope and Content Note
Mementos, clippings, and school maps, and 33 railroad passes, 1889-1927 and undated; 1881-1899
Miscellaneous, undated.
Scope and Content Note
Bills and legal documents, 1888-1900
Bills and legal documents, 1903-1937
Expense ledger, 1898-1906
General account ledger, 1918-1924
General account ledger, 1924-1927
Account ledger of personal holdings (stocks, bonds, real estate, ranch account, schooner "Nicoline"), 1889-1913
Series 5 Alice Herrick Stanford [1858-1940] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Herrick genealogy, clippings, letters, mementos, 1877-1931 and undated
Cookbook, n.d., and autograph album, 1875-1883
Diaries (New Orleans trip), and (trip to Europe, with three photos) 1887, 1899 1913
Diary, 1900
Diaries, 1901 and 1902
Diary, 1904
Series 6 Warm Springs Ranch Records
Stanford family guest register, 1900-1909
List of cellar wines, and Peralta Ranch expense ledger, 1887-1893, 1890-1904
Abstracts of title, 1869, 1878
Account ledger, payment of workmen, 1884-1895
Account ledger, payment of workmen, 1893-1915
Legal documents and bills, 1860-1871
Legal documents and bills, 1872-1884
Bills and invoices, 1895-1909 and undated
Holograph manuscript "Treatment of Stuck wines" by J. W. Stanford, Holograph MS, description of Warm Springs, and typed copy, Correspondence on proposed road, 1892 undated 1922
Expense Ledger, 1870-1883
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders, 1870-1888
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders, 1888-1894
Bills paid, 1888-1891
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders, 1895-1910
Series 7 Warm Springs Hotel Records
Expense and account ledger, 1863-1865
Guest day book, 1865
Bills for newspaper advertisements, 1863-1866
Menus, wine lists, room rates, miscellaneous printed material, 1860s
Private correspondence of William Redding, 1852-1865
Scope and Content Note
Expense accounts, 1863-1864
Expense accounts, 1864-1868
Day book, 1865-1866
Day book, 1866-1867
Series 8 Charles Stanford [1819-1885] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Assorted papers, 1839-1963
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook of clippings, obituaries, newspaper articles on the Stanford and Wells families, 1873-1896.
Scope and Content Note
Series 9 Asa Phillips Stanford [1821-1903]
Biography/Organization History
Legal documents pertaining to Sisquoc Ranch, Santa Barbara County, 1851-1868 and undated
Legal documents pertaining to San Vicente Rancho, Santa Cruz County, 1862-1865
Assorted financial documents, 1853-1869 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clipping about Asa Phillips after his death, 1903
Series 10 Dewitt Clinton Stanford [1826-1862] Papers.
Biography/Organization History
Eight letters, 1851-1862
Scope and Content Note
Series 11 Stanford Family Miscellaneous Papers
Two volumes used by Josiah Stanford on manufacture of oils: The Manufacture of Photogenic or Hydrocarbon Oils, and A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum and Other Distilled Oils, 1859 1865
Articles and correspondence re Stanford oil interests, 1935-1938
Miscellaneous items 1858-1962
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous material on assorted (and usually distant) Stanford relatives and descendants, including Welton genealogy, newspaper clippings, and death notices, 1950 and undated
Legal documents regarding assorted people, 1854-1901
Series 12 Thomas Welton Stanford [1832-1918] Papers
Biography/Organization History
24 letters to his family, circa 1851-1866
Personal correspondence, 1893-1915 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Article: Thomas Welton Stanford, a Brief Character Sketch, by L. M. Terman, from notes by J. E. Coover, undated
Clippings and listings of Thomas Welton's donations to Stanford University - paintings, apports, library fund. Copy of his will, 1914. Pamphlet about James W. Curtis, landscape artist.
Australiana in Leland Stanford Junior University Library, 1897
Letters, interviews, articles about his life, death, and interests, 1918-1964
Pamphlets, clippings, letters on spiritualism, psychic phenomena, 1903-1914
Two issues of Fate magazine, with articles on Stanford University and psychic research, 1949, 1962
Photographs of apports and other things conjured up, undated
Manuscript, "Experiments with the divining rod" by Vickery, Letters, notes on psychic phenomena by various people, 1914 1914 and undated
Original wrapping paper of apports. Pieces of Australian newspaper. Miscellaneous notes and papers, 1902-1914 and undated
Photographs of spirit pictures, undated
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1902-03
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1905-06
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1907
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1907
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1909
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, 1910-11
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, Jan-Jun 1912
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, Jul-Dec 1912
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, Jan-Jun 1913
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne, Jul-Dec 1913
Harbinger of Light magazine, unbound copies, (missing May 1909) 1908-1911
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1906-08
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1908
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1909
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1910
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1911
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1912-13
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1914-15
Harbinger of Light magazine, 1916-17
Australian clippings: scrapbook of clippings pertaining to T. W. Stanford's psychic activities and the visit of Admiral Sperry's fleet to Sydney, New South Wales, 1908
Series 13 Welton Stanford Family
Biography/Organization History
Scrapbook of Welton Stanford, Jr., pertaining to Stanford family estates, railroad affairs, and Jane L. Stanford; print of Welton Stanford, and photograph of family home "Locust Grove" in Schenectady, NY 1885-1901, circa 1880;
Scrapbook of Welton Stanford, Jr., pertaining to Jane L. Stanford, railroad affairs, Stanford University, Leland Stanford estate settlement, and social affairs of Welton Stanford family; and photograph album of Welton Stanford, Jr., from a trip to Europe, 1894-1902, 1897