Guide to the Leo L. Stanley Diaries
SC0070
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Title: Leo L. Stanley diaries
Identifier/Call Number: SC0070
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1918-1968
creator:
Stanley, Leo L. (Leo Leonidas), b. 1886
creator:
Stanley, Leo L.,, 1886-
Access
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Leo L. Stanley diaries, SC 070. Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Leo L. Stanley.
Biography
Leo L. Stanley, born 1886 in Oregon, graduated from Cooper Medical College of Stanford University in 1912. He spent most of
his life as Chief Physician and Surgeon at the California State Prison at San Quentin. He did take time out to travel, however,
usually as the ship's doctor on large luxury cruises.
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries are written in the form of a daily log and include photographs, menus, passenger lists, ship's newspapers, maps, programs,
trip literature, newspaper articles, and some correspondence. Also included are some case histories of various men he had
known in prison. The travel books concentrate mainly on the local color of the places visited. Those from his 1934 trip through
Russia and Siberia also include information on the government institutions he visited. The collection also includes some medical
articles by Stanley and autobiographical articles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford Alumni Association
Stanley, Leo L.,, 1886-
East Asia.
France--Description and travel.
Germany--Description and travel.
Mexico--Description and travel.
South America--Description and travel.
Soviet Union--Description and travel.
United States--Description and travel.
Box 1, Volume 1
"The Sixth Voyage of the Sachem"
July 8 - Aug. 1, 1918
Scope and Contents note
Round trip cruise from San Francisco to Honolulu, on which Dr. Stanley is ship's surgeon.
Box 1, Volume 2
"To Ellis Island and Back"
Sept. 1920
Scope and Contents note
Round trip by railroad from San Francisco to Ellis Island, NY. Dr. Stanley serves as physician for undesirable aliens, either
criminal, insane, or guilty of illegal entry into the United States, who are being brought by train to New York to be deported
to their native countries.
Box 1, Volume 3
"Trot, Trot, Trot to Boston"
May 21-Apr 11, 1921
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley serves as physician for undesirable aliens, either criminal, insane, or guilty of illegal entry into the United
States, who are being brought by train to New York to be deported to their native countries. This volume includes an extra
trip to Boston.
Box 1, Volume 4
"Five Weeks Leave"
1922
Scope and Contents note
Deportation train, San Francisco to New York. Dr. Stanley then attended meeting of the association for the Study of Internal
Secretions in St. Louis.
South American Cruise
1928
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley was the ship's doctor on the S.S.
City of Los Angeles cruise around South America.
Box 1, Volume 5
(South American Cruise I)
Oct. 4-24, 1928
Scope and Contents note
Preparation for voyage; departure; itinerary includes Callao and Lima, Peru; Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile.
Box 1, Volume 6
(South American Cruise II)
Oct. 25 - Nov. 10, 1928
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Straits of Magellan; Punta Arenas; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santos and Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Box 1, Volume 7
(South American Cruise III)
Nov. 11 - Dec. 6, 1928
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI; La Guayra and Caracas, Venezuela; Panama Canal Zone;
Salvador; Guatemala; Mazetlan, Mexico.
All Pacific Cruise
1929
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley was the ship's doctor on the S.S.
Malolo.
Box 1, Volume 8
Japan (v. I)
Jan. 14-Oct. 3, 1929
Scope and Contents note
This volume covers his departure.
Box 1, Volume 9
Japan (v. II),
Oct. 4-12, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobe, Nara, Miyajima.
Box 1, Volume 10
China (v. III),
Oct. 14-22, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Chinwangtao, Peiping, Great Wall, Shanghaikuan.
Box 1, Volume 11
Hong Kong, Manila, Saigon (v. IV),
Oct. 23 - Nov. 2, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Hong Kong, Kowloon, Canton, Manila, Saigon.
Box 2, Volume 12
Siam, Singapore, Java (v. V),
Nov. 3-11, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Bangkok; Singapore; Jahore; Batavia, Java; Buitenzorg, Java; Tanjong Priok.
Box 2, Volume 13
Australia (v. VI),
Nov. 12-28, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Rottnest Island, Fremantle, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Katoomba.
Box 2, Volume 14
New Zealand, Fijis, Samoa, Hawaii (v. VII),
Nov. 29-Dec. 15, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Auckland; Suva, Fijis; Pago Pago, Samoa; Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii.
North Cape Russia Cruise
1931
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley was a passenger on the S. S.
Carinthia.
Box 2, Volume 15
North Cape Russia Cruise (v. I),
June 26-July 8, 1931
Scope and Contents note
Covers his arrival in New York by train and stop at Reykjavik, Iceland.
Box 2, Volume 16
North Cape Russia Cruise (v. II),
July 9-18, 1931
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Hammerfest, Lyngen,Trondhjem, and Bergen in Norway.
Box 2, Volume 17
North Cape Russia Cruise (v. III),
July 19-Aug. 1, 1931
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Oslo, Visby, Gottland, Stockholm. At Stockholm, Doctor Stanley discontinued the cruise and stayed in Stockholm
with a sick passenger, his friend, Mrs. Aubrey Montgomery, known as 'Lady Bob," whom he had known on other cruises. This volume
also contains her will. Returns via the
Suecia and the S. S.
Mauretania to New York, then by train to San Francisco.
Around the World
1934
Scope and Contents note
On this trip Dr. Stanley served as physician for deportees on a train from San Francisco to New York, continuing as a passenger
to Russia to study hospitals and prisons there. Included are photographs of and comments on the institutions he visited.
Box 2, Volume 18
Across America (v. I),
Apr. 20-May 8, 1934
Scope and Contents note
San Francisco to New York on deportation train; from New York on the
President Roosevelt, bound for le Havre.
Box 2, Volume 19
France, Germany (v. II),
May 9-18, 1934
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Berlin and Potsdam; airplane from Berlin to Leningrad.
Box 3, Volume [V. 20]
Russia/Siberia (v. III),
May 19-30, 1934
Scope and Contents note
Leningrad and Moscow. Dr. Stanley visits and describes a penal colony outside Moscow and a childcare center in Leningrad for
working mothers, also a clinic for working mothers. The penal colony is an experimental commune for prisoners selected from
other penitentiaries. Train across Siberia to Vologda, Omsk, Zima, Baikal; visits hospitals and prisons. Also includes excerpts
from the "Guide Book to the Soviet Union."
Box 3, Volume [21]
Manchoukuo (v. IV),
May 31-June 3, 1934
Scope and Contents note
Chinese Eastern Railway to Tsitsihar, Anda, Harbin, Hsinking, Mukden in Manchuria and Shanhaikuan in China.
General note
[There is no volume 22.]
Box 3, Volume 23
China (v. V),
June 4-8, 1934
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Peiping, Tientsin, Nanking, Shanghai. Boards the M.S.
Chichibu Maru.
Box 3, Volume 24
Japan, Hawaii (v. VI),
June 9-22, 1934
Scope and Contents note
On M.S.
Chichibu Maru; itinerary includes Kobe, Kyoto, Yokohama, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco. Visits Oahu Prison and Palama Settlement in Hawaii.
Mediterranean Cruise
1935
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley serves as physician on a deportation train to New York, then goes as a passenger to the Mediterranean on the S.
S.
Statendam.
Box 3, Volume 25
Mediterranean Cruise (v. I),
Jan. 28-Feb. 16, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Chapters 1-5. Deportation train leaves San Francisco for New York. Includes case histories of passengers. Itinerary includes
Los Angeles, Yuma, El Paso, San Antonia, Houston.
Chapters 6-13. S. S.
Statendam leaves NY. Contains letter and poem from a prisoner at San Quentin, the famous J. P. "Bluebeard" Watson, who murdered 15
women. Itinerary includes on the Atlantic, at sea, Funchal, Madeira, Gibraltar, La Linea.
Box 3, Volume 26
Mediterranean Cruise (v. II),
Feb. 17-26, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Chapters 14-21. Itinerary includes Cadiz - Seville, Tangier - Malaga, Algiers, Palma, Mallorca, Cannes, Malta, coast and ancient
Apollonia viewed from
Statendam.
Box 3, Volume 27
Mediterranean Cruise (v. III),
Feb. 27-Mar. 8, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Chapters 22-31. Itinerary includes Egypt, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Beirut, Syria.
Box 3, Volume 28
Mediterranean Cruise (v. IV),
Mar. 9 - 17, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Chapters 32-40. Itinerary includes Rhodes, Dardanelles, Istanbul, Bosporus, Black Sea, Athens, Corfu, Jugoslavia, Venice.
Box 3, Volume 29
Mediterranean Cruise (v. V),
Mar. 19-29, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Chapters 41-47. Itinerary includes Sicily, Messina, Taormina, Naples, Pompei, Mt. Vesuvius, Island of Elba, Monte Carlo, Monaco,
The Riviera, Nice; and in Holland, Rotterdam, Delft, The Hague, Aalsmeer, Amsterdam, Edam, Volendam, Zuyder Zee, Utrech.
Around the World on a Dollar
1936
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley was ship's doctor on the S. S.
President Harrison of the Dollar Steamship Lines.
Box 4, Volume 30
Around the World on a Dollar (v. I),
Oct. 8 - Nov. 8, 1936
Scope and Contents note
Summary of previous trips. Preparation and departure. Honolulu, Kobe, Shanghai, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Box 4, Volume 31
Around the World on a Dollar (v. II),
Nov. 9-29, 1936
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Manila, Singapore, Island of Penang, Ceylon, Bombay.
Box 4, Volume 32
Around the World on a Dollar (v. III),
Dec. 5, 1936-Jan. 12, 1937
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Cairo, Alexandria (by train), Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Gibraltar, New York. Travel
to Flint, Michigan by train, San Francisco by car.
Mixing in Mexico
1937
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Stanley took a train trip to Guadalajara for the meeting of Pacific Association of Railway Surgeons, October 8-9, 1937,
and then a pack trip into the countryside.
Box 4, Volume 33
Mixing in Mexico (v. I),
June - Oct. 11, 1937
Scope and Contents note
Diary includes correspondence regarding the meeting and covers the train to Guadalajara and pack trip to Juanacatlan, San
Juan.
Box 4, Volume 34
Mixing in Mexico (v. II),
Oct. 12-19, 1937
Scope and Contents note
Itinerary includes Jocotpec, San Luis Soyatlan, Tuscueca, Chapala, Tepic, Culiacan, Nogales, and back.
American President Lines Cruises
1959-1963
Scope and Contents note
Volumes 35-1 through 36-2 are paperbound travel logs of cruises to the Orient on the American President Lines on which Dr.
Stanley served as ship's doctor. In almost all of these cruises, the itinerary was: San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama, Hong
Kong, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama and/or Kowloon, Honolulu, San Francisco.
Box 5, Volume 35-1
S. S.
President Wilson,
April 5 - May 19, 1959
Box 5, Volume 35-2
S. S.
President Wilson,
Sept. 4 -Nov. 15, 1959
Box 5, Volume 35-3
S. S.
President Hoover,
Nov. 7 -Dec. 19, 1961
Box 5, Volume 35-4
S. S.
President Wilson,
Apr. 24 -June 3, 1961
Box 5, Volume 35-5
S. S.
President Hoover,
June 15 -July 29, 1961
Box 5, Volume 35-6
S. S.
President Hoover (includes a stop in Okinawa),
Aug. 29 - Oct. 9, 1962
Box 5, Volume V. 35-7
S. S.
President Cleveland,
Oct. 28 - Dec. 1962
Box 6, Volume 36-1
S. S.
President Cleveland,
May - June, 1963
Box 6, Volume 36-2
S. S.
President Roosevelt,
Oct. 1 - Nov. 11, 1963
Miscellaneous Diaries
1920-1965
Box 6, Volume 36-3
Medical Articles by Stanley,
1920-1930
Box 6, Volume 36-4
Medical Articles by Stanley,
1930-1940
Box 6, Volume 36-5
Miscellaneous articles by Stanley from
The Centaur,
1941-1960
Box 6, Volume 36-6
Newspaper articles by Stanley in the
San Miguel Banner,
Sept. - Oct. 1965
Box 6, Volume 36-7
Maps, correspondence, ship paraphernalia, and newspaper articles about and/or by Stanley
