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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: James Deitrick Papers
Creator:
Deitrick, James
Creator:
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925
Creator:
Stuart, Henry Clifford , 1864-
Identifier/Call Number: M0140
Identifier/Call Number: 19196
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(1 box, one oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1918
Language of Material: Most in English; small amounts in Russian and French.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
| 1864 | --born in Sterling, Kentucky; son of Philip K. and Aletha Elizabeth (Martin) D. |
| --educated at the State University of Kentucky | |
| 1876 | --railway telegraph operator |
| 1880 | --train dispatcher |
| 1884 | --railway superintendent |
| 1892 | --Santa Fe, location engineer in construction department |
| --Southern Pacific Co. railway superintendent in California | |
| --confidential agent for Alan Manvel, President of Santa Fe | |
| 1894 | --agent for Brice and Morgan (or Brice Syndicate?) |
| 1898 - 1904 | --work in Mongolia |
| 1899 | --compiled and published Mongolian-English Dictionary |
| 1908 | --in fibre business |
| 1909 | --married Ibolya (Violet) Telkes of New York |
| 1911 - 1916 | --agent for Sun Yat-sen |
| 1912 | --president Central Railway and Navigation Co., a Central American concern with office in Paris |
| 1913 | --president European-American Finance and Development Co. |
| 1914 | --Consulting Engineers of Railroads and Mines |
| --United States and Nicaragua Company | |
| --Compania de la Luz-Y-Los Angeles Mines | |
| 1914 - 1916 | --legal agent for C. L. Best Gas Traction Co. and Lewis Motor Truck Co. |
| 1915 | --sales representative for Wellman, Peck and Co., wholesale grocers |
| --agent for Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. in Russia, China and Japan | |
| --fiscal agent for Imperial Russian government | |
| --agent for The Russell and Company James Rees and Sons Company Fuel Savers Gas Stoves Mfg. Co. | |
| --president and director Chinese-American Plantation Co. | |
| 1916 | --representative of Peters, White and Co. for importing potash. |
| 1916 - 1917 | --promotional work in Mexico and the United States |
James Deitrick (1864-circa 1932) was a businessman and speculator with interests around the world, including Russia, Asia,
Mexico, and Nicaragua. Deitrick was involved in the construction of railroads, development of mining and agricultural lands
and resources, the sale of farm equipment, industrial vehicles, and arms. Dietrick would later become the President of the
Central Railway and Navigation Company, United States and Nicaragua Company (a large mining concern), and Compania de la Luz-y-Los
Angeles Mines between 1912 and 1915, and also worked as a consulting engineer on mining projects. His papers cover the period
from 1900 to 1918, primarily 1914 to 1917.
| Correspondent/Subject | Folder |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | |
| Airplanes | |
| Alaska | |
| Albion, Calif. | 2. |
| Arizona | |
| Baja California | |
| Barbour, William | 1. |
| Beal, C. N. | |
| Best, C. L., Gas Traction Company | |
| Boisse, Jean | 1. |
| Boone Trail | 9. |
| Burke, John | 3. |
| California | |
| Cantu, Esteban | |
| Carleton, Mark Alfred | 3. |
| Chamberlain, George Earle | |
| Chilton, William Edwin | 1. |
| China | |
| Chinese-American Plantation Company | |
| Chinese Nationalist League of America | |
| Clay | |
| Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company | |
| Cotton | 10. |
| Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company | |
| Ermolof, Alexis Sergius | 4 |
| Evermann, Barton Warren | 10. |
| Goeke, John Henry | |
| Gordon, Sloane | |
| Gould, Frank Horace | 10. |
| Hughes, Frederic Sumner | 10. |
| Hughitt, Marvin | 9. |
| Januszewski, Z. | 8. |
| Japan | |
| Lansing, Robert | 9. |
| Lawton, H. | 10. |
| Manganese | |
| Marye, George Thomas | |
| Mexican sisal | 9. |
| Mexico | |
| Mongolia | |
| Murphy, J. S. | 3. |
| Mustain, Samuel J. | 10. |
| Nathan Hale Volunteers | 10. |
| Natomas Consolidated of California | 2. |
| Netherlands Farms Company | 2. |
| Nicaragua | |
| Nicaragua Timber and Fruit Lands Company | 1. |
| North Dakota, agriculture | |
| O'Gorman, James A. | |
| Petrograd, Russia | |
| Polkhovski, Joseph | |
| Potash | |
| Railroads | |
| Rohrer, A. L. | 9. |
| Ropp, Baron E. | 6. |
| Russell and Company, The | |
| Russian Empire | |
| Russian Land Reclamation Company Ltd. | 6. |
| Shuster, William Morgan | 8. |
| Simon, Georges | 1. |
| Skorniakoff, Eugene E. | 5. |
| Smedberg, C. Renwick | 9. |
| Spurgeon, John J. | 9. |
| Stevens, John Franklin | 2. |
| Storey, William Benson | 2. |
| Stuart, Henry Clifford | |
| Sugar beet seeds | |
| Sun, Yat-sen | |
| Telkes family | |
| Telkes de Kelenfold, Ernest | |
| Timber | |
| Townsend, Charles Orrin | |
| Trans-Siberian Railway | |
| Tumulty, Joseph Patrick | 8. |
| Turkestan | |
| East | |
| Walsh, Thomas James | 2. |
| War armaments and equipment | |
| Webb, George T. | |
| Wellman, Peck, and Company | 5. |
| Whales and whaling | |
| White, Frederick W. | 9. |
| Winslow, Edward Delbert | 4. |
| Wright, George Frederick | 2. |
| Wu, T'ing-fang | 9. |
| Agmenlture | |
| Alrpleures | |
| Alaska | |
| Albion, Calif | 2 |
| Baja Califomica | |
| Beal, C. N. | |
| Best, C. L., Gas [UNK] Company | |
| Boisse, Jean | 1 |
| Burke, John (1) 1859 - 1937 | 3 |
| Canter, Esteban | |
| Calif General, Gov. of Lower | |
| Carleton, Mark. Alfred 1866 - 1925 (1) Am. plant pathologist | 3 |
| Chamberlain, George Earle 1854 - 1928 Am. politician | |
| Chilton, William Edwin (1) 1858 - 1939 senator | 1 |
| China - business in, agriculture, railroads, politics | |
| Chinese - American Plantation Co. | |
| Chinese Nationalist League of America | |
| Clay | |
| Coefs' Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company | |
| Cotton | 10 |
| Emerson - Brantingham Implement Company | |
| Ermolof, Alexis Sergius | 4 |
| Evermann, Barton Warren 1853 - 1932 naturalist (1) | 10 |
| Goeke, John Henry 1869 - 1930 lawyer | |
| Gordon, Sloane | |
| Gould, Frank Horace-lawyer 1856 - 1918 (1) | 10 |
| Guns | |
| Januszewski, Z. | 8 |
| Japan | |
| Lansing, Robert (1) 1864 - 1928 Am. lawyer & statesman | 9 |
| Lawton, H. | 10 |
| Manganese | |
| Marye, George Thomas 1849 - 1933 ambassador | |
| Mexican sisal | 9 |
| Mexico | |
| Mongolia | |
| Murphy, J. S. | 3 |
| Mustain, Samuel J. | 10 |
| Nathan Hale Volunteers | 10 |
| Natomas Consolidated of California | 2 |
| Netherlands Farms Company | 2 |
| Nicaragua | |
| Nicaragua Timber & Fruit Lands Co. | 1 |
| North Dakota Agriculture | |
| O'Gorman, James A. | |
| Petrograol, Russia | 3-8 |
| Polkhovski, Joseph | |
| Potash | |
| Railroads | |
| Rohter, A. L. | 9 |
| Ropp. Baren E. | 6 |
| Russell & Co., The (E. C. Merwin) | |
| Russian Empire | |
| Russian Land Reclamation Co. Ltd. | 6 |
| Shuster, William Morgan 1877 - (1) Am. lawyer, financier & publish | 8 |
| [UNK], George | 1 |
| Skorniakoff Engene E. | 6 |
| Smedberg, C. Renwick | 9 |
| Storey, William Benson 1857-1940 [UNK] official | 2 |
| [UNK], Henry Clifford | |
| Sugar beet seeds | |
| Sun Yat-sen ([UNK], Wen & Chung [UNK] Shan) 1866-1925 Chinese statesman & revolutionary leader | |
| Telkes family | |
| Telkes de Kelenfold, Béla | 2 |
| Telkes de Kelenfold, Ernest | [UNK]-10 |
| Tunber | |
| Townsend, Charles [UNK] 1863 - 1937 pathologist | |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad | |
| Tumulty, Joseph [UNK] (1) 1879- Am. lawyer, pvt. see to Woodrow Wilson | 8 |
| Turkestan | |
| Turkestan, East | |
| Walsh, Thomas James (1) 1759-1933 Am. lawyer & legislator | 2 |
| Webb, George T. | |
| Wellman, Peek & Co. | 5 |
| Whales & Whaling | |
| White, Frederick W. (1) 1863 - 1937 chem. mfr. | 9 |
| Winslow, Edward Delbert (1) 1858 - 1941 [UNK] gen. | 4 |
| Wright, George Frederick 1838 - 1921 [UNK] | 2 |
| Wu T'ing - fang (1) 1842 - 1922 Chinese diplomat | 9 |
| Arizona | |
| Barbour, William d. 1917 (1) | 1 |
| Boone [UNK] | 9 |
| Hughitt, Marvin 1837 - 1928 [UNK] official (1) | 9 |
| Hughes, Frederic Sumner (1) | 10 |
| Hindu [UNK] case (1) | 10 |
| Stevens, John Franklin (1) 1870 - 1933 consulting [UNK] | 2 |
| Spurgeon, John J. (1) | 9 |
| Wilson, Homer | 10 |
| Armaments | |
| Ships |
[Identification of item] James Deitrick Papers (M0140). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
This material spans the period from 1900-1918 with the bulk from between 1914 and 1917. The collection consists of letters,
bills, contracts, powers of attorney and other legal & financial papers, notes, clippings and printed material, photographs,
and maps.
The subject matter pertains almost exclusively to Deitrick's business dealings in Russia, China, Nicaragua, Mexico and the
United States. This includes construction of railroads, development of mining and agricultural lands and resources, sale of
farm equipment, and war material. A few items touch on political affairs, particularly the correspondence with Sun Yat-sen,
H. C. Stuart, Herbert Hoover and the Nathan Hale volunteers.
The majority of letters between Sun Yat-sen and Deitrick as well as Henry Clifford Stuart have been separated in their own
collection (https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082764). However, at least two substantive letters, as well as several brief telegrams by Sun remain with the James Deitrick papers.
Some letters to and about Sun also remain.
Glass photographic negatives from this collection are separated and housed in
MSS PHOTO 0100 General Photograph Collection
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Digital copies of Manuscript Maps of the Yukon Gold Mining Regions associated with Deitrick are available here: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/gq738bh5177 as part of the Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects
Capitalists and financiers.
International relations.