Guide to the George J. Peirce Papers

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Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

2000

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Overview

Call Number: SC0026

Creator: Peirce, George J. (George James), 1868?-1954.

Title: George J. Peirce papers

Dates: 1905-1926

Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Custodial History

Administrative transfer, 1965.

Information about Access

None.

Ownership & Copyright

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.

Cite As

[Identification of item], George J. Peirce Papers, SC 026, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Peirce earned his B.S. at Harvard in 1890 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig, 1894. He taught at Indiana University before coming to Stanford University in 1897 as assistant professor of botany. He was appointed professor in 1910 and served as executive head of the department from 1925 until his retirement in 1933. He was the author of three textbooks on plant physiology and coauthor with three other Stanford faculty of a textbook in general biology. He was active in the civic life of Palo Alto and involved in conservation issues.

Scope and Content

Peirce's papers are primarily incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining to his professional interests (research, publications, teaching positions) and his administrative duties at Stanford. Correspondents include Daniel T. MacDougal, William Austin Cannon, Charles R. Barnes, John M. Coulter, William F. Ganong, and Raymond H. Pond. Also of note is correspondence with the Forest Service regarding Peirce's study of the effects from smelter fumes, 1910; and correspondence with Wesley H. Beach, Lyman V. W. Brown, and A. W. Maltby pertaining to various legal cases regarding plant damage from cement dust. His Stanford correspondence includes letters from David Starr Jordan; letters from LeRoy Abrams, with a report on the Dudley Herbarium; and Peirce's letters to J. C. Branner (1910-1915) discussing theft of departmental microscopes, with reports on the work of the botany department.

Incoming Correspondence 1905-1926

Box 1, Folder 1

Abrams, LeRoy, 3 letters, 1913

Box 1, Folder 2

Allen, C. E., 3 letters, 1911-1912

Box 1, Folder 3

A, 1907-1913

All Saints' Church, rector of, 1907

Andrews, Frank M., 1911

Anderson, P. J., 1910

Box 1, Folder 4

Barnes, C. R., 8 letters, 1905-1908

Box 1, Folder 5

Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., 6 letters, 1910-1912

Box 1, Folder 6

Beach, Wesley H., 27 letters, 1909-1912

Box 1, Folder 7

Brown, Lyman Van Wickle, 16 letters, 1910-1912

Box 1, Folder 8

B, 1905-1912

Bermingham, Jr., John, 1909

Bessey, Charles E., 1910

Beveridge, Horatio, 1906

Birge, E. A., 1911

Blodgett, B., undated

Boring, Ora, 1906

Boyd, John D., 2 letters, 1905

Branner, J. C., 1911

Brannon, M. A., 2 letters, 1910-1912

Braun, Knecht, Heimann Co., 2 letters, 1910-1912

Britton, N. L., 1910

Brown, Louis Francis, 1906

Burlingame, L. L., 1913

Burnight, T. S., 3 letters, 1908

Box 1, Folder 9

Campbell, D. H., 4 letters, 1906 and undated

Box 1, Folder 10

Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1905-1912

5 letters from Gilbert, M. M., 1905-06

1 letter from Woodward, R. S., 1906

24 letters from MacDougal, D. T., 1908-1911

12 letters from Cannon, W. A., 1908 and 1911-1912

Box 1, Folder 11

Clark, G. A., 9 letters and 1 card, 1906-1916

Box 1, Folder 12

Coulter, John M., 7 letters, 1908-1912

Box 1, Folder 13

C, 1905-1925

California Nursery Co., 1911

Cattell, J. McK, with pamphlet on "University Control," 1911

Chamberlain, J. P., 1906

Clark, G. T., 2 letters, 1910 and 1924

Copeland, Edwin B., 1906

Couch, E. J., 1911

Couch, Mary Y, 1910

Cubberley, Ellwood P., 1906

Curtis, [?], biology librarian, to Committee on Library and Store Room with copies of : letter to Dr. R. L. Wilbur from the Committee, minutes of the Committee meeting, and minutes of the Biology Library and Store Room Committee meeting , 1925, 1926; 1926; 1926

Box 1, Folder 14

D, 1906-1925

Danforth, C. H., 1925

Davieson, Edward, with requisition sheet and 3 pamphlets on microscopes, 1910

Davis, Horace, 1912

Doane Gas Regulators, 2 letters, 1912

Dole, Charles F. [to D. S. Jordan], 1906

Donath, August, 1911

Durand, W. F., 4 letters, 1906-1907

Dutton, Harry A., 2 letters, with clipping on redwood trees, Redwood City, 1911-1912

Box 1, Folder 15

Forest Service, 12 letters, 1910

To the Forrester from F. E. Olmsted

To District Forrester from A. K. Chittenden

From Swift Berry

From T. D. Woodbury

From G. de S. Canavarro

From Louis Margolin

From Austin Ceary

From A. B. Patterson

From R. Y. Stuart

From J. S. Wamu

Box 1, Folder 16

E-F, 1905-1911

Elliott, O. E., 2 letters, 1905-1907

Farmer, J. B., [1910]

Farrand, Max, 1911

Fisher, Carl W., 3 letters, with a monthly statement, 1906-1907

Franklin, Sara, to [Dr. Snow?], undated

Freer, Paul C., to Director of Civil Service, 1911

Box 1, Folder 17

Ganong, William F., 3 letters, 1908-1910

Box 1, Folder 18

G, 1906-1912

Grant, J. D., 1911

Grinnell, Joseph, 1906

Grotophorst, W., 3 letters, 1911-1912

Box 1, Folder 19

Harper, R. A., 6 letters, 1910-1911

Box 1, Folder 20

H, 1905-1924

Hammond, Howard, 2 letters, 1910

Hand, J. W., 1908

Hardy, Lowell E., 1911

Harvey, R. B., 2 letters, 1924

Herre, Albert C., 1910

Hirn, K. E., postcard, 1906 or 1908

Hollman, [?], 1913

Hopkins, Timothy, 1905

Houston, David F., 1907

Howard, L. O., 1911

Hulbert, A., 1910

Hungate, Jesse A., 1910

Hutchinson, Arthur J., 2 letters, 1910-1911

Box 1, Folder 21

Jolivette, Holly D. M., 7 letters, 1910 and undated

Box 1, Folder 22

Jordan, David Starr, 12 letters, 1905-1913

Box 1, Folder 23

J-L, 1906-1922

Jeffrey, E.C., 3 letters, 1908-1910

Jesse, R. H., 2 letters, 1908

Kelley, W. H., to Chief Forester, 1910

[Karsten, J.] to [Herr Kollege] in German, 1910

Landrum, J. M., 1922

Lyons, Frank, 1906

Box 1, Folder 24

M-N, 1909-1926

McIntyre, Frank, 1911

Maltby, A. W., 2 letters, 1909-1910

Martin E. G, 2 letters with enclosure, 1925-26

Merrill, E. D., 3 letters to B. M. Duggan, R. A. Harper, and Peirce, 1911

Montana, Univ. of, signed "Clyde" from president's office, 1912

Montgomery, C. P. [to G. A. Clark], 1910

Newcombe, F. C., 1910

Box 1, Folder 25

Pond, Raymond H., 3 letters, 1908

Box 1, Folder 26

O-R, 1905-1926

Overton, J. B., 1911

Palo Alto Gas Co., 1910

Pinchot, Clifford, 1910

Public Health Committee (S.U.), 2 letters, 1905

Purington and Adair, 1911

Putnam, E. K., 2 letters, 1905

Robinson, Edgar, 1926

Roth, A. E., 1920

Box 1, Folder 27

S-W, 1906-1925

Scott, Leonard L. [to L. L. Burlingame], 1912

Shaw, Walter R., 1906

Shreve, Forrest, 1910

Shull, Charles A., 1924

Smith, [?]ward, 1911

Spalding, V. M, 2 letters, 1910

Spencer Lens Company [to L. L. Burlingame], letter and telegram, 1910

Stanf, Ida, 2 letters, 1906 and undated

Stow, Vanderlynn, 1911

Waters, H. J., 2 letters and 1 telegram, 1908

Wesley and Son, William, 2 letters, 1910

Weymouth, F. W., 1925

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1916

Wiltz, Bertha A., 1910

Outgoing Correspondence 1905-1926

Box 1, Folder 28

Allen, C. E., 6 letters, 1911-1912

Box 1, Folder 29

Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., 4 letters, 1910-1912

Box 1, Folder 30

Beach, W. H., 15 letters, 1910-1912

Box 1, Folder 31

Branner, J. C., 12 letters, 1915 and undated

Box 1, Folder 32

Brown, L. V. W., 20 letters, with several pages of misc. notes and a statement of indebtedness, 1910-1912 and nd

Box 1, Folder 33

A-B, 1906-1915

Alden, 1912

Anderson, P. J., 1910

Andrews, Frank M., 2 letters, 1911

Barnes, C. R., 2 letters, 1906-1908

Bergen, 1911

Bessey, Charles E., 1910

Birge, E. A., 1911

Blakeslee, 1912

Blodgett, B., 1912

Boring, Ora, 1912

Brannon, M. A., 2 letters, 1910-1912

Braun, Knecht, Heimann Co., 2 letters, 1911

Britton, N. L., 1910

Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1911

Burlingam, L. Lance, 1913

Burnight, T. S., 4 letters, 1908

Box 2, Folder 1

Cannon, W. A., 13 letters, 1911-1912

Box 2, Folder 2

Clark, G. A., 27 letters, 1910-1916

Box 2, Folder 3

Coulter, J. M., 12 letters, 1908-1912

Box 2, Folder 4

C-E, 1905-1924

California Nursery Co., 1912

Campbell, D. H., 2 letters, 1910 and 1914

Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2 letters, 1905-1906

Cary, Austin, 1910

Cattell, J. McK., 3 letters, 1911-1912

Clark, G. T., 1924

Couch, E. J., 1911

Davis, [Horace], 2 letters, 1912

Doane Gas Regular Co., 4 letters, 1912

Dudley, W. R., 1910

Dutton, Harry A., 3 letters, 1911-1912

Eberly, W. V., 1911

Box 2, Folder 5

Harper, R. A., 4 letters, 1910-1911

Box 2, Folder 6

Jordan, David Starr, 19 letters, 1906-1912

Box 2, Folder 7

F-J, 1906-1911

Farlow, Dr., 1909

Farmer, J. Bretland, 1910

Forestor, The, with two enclosed letters to Woodbury and Patterson, 1910

Franklin, [Sara], 1906

Grotophorst, W., 1911

Hand, J., with enclosure, 5 letters, 1910-1911

Heald, 1911

Helena National Forest Supervisor, 1910

Herre, Albert C., 1910

Heynemann and Son, Inc., Herman, 1910

Holt and Co., Henry, 1911

Houston, David F., (2 copies) 1907

Howard, L. O., 1911

Hutchinson, Captain, 2 letters with newspaper clipping, 1910

James, 1910

Jeffrey, E. C., 3 letters, 1908-1909

Jesse, R. H., 1908

Jolivette, Holly D. M., 1910

Box 2, Folder 8

MacDougal, D. T., 18 letters, 1909-1911

Box 2, Folder 9

Maltby, A. M., 4 letters, 1909-1911

Box 2, Folder 10

K-O, 1905-1926

Kollege, Herr, in German, 1910

McCaffrey, 1911

Martin, E. C., 1905

Merrill, E. D., 1911

Metcalf, P. W., 1912

Montana, U. of to "Clyde", 1912

Morse and Co., C. C., 2 letters, 1911-1912

M., 1926

Newcombe, F. C., 2 letters, 1910

Orange Growers' Association, 10 pages holograph notes re the association, 1910

Ott, N. H., 1910

Overton, J. B., 3 letters, 1911-1912

Box 2, Folder 11

P-R, 1906-1920

Palo Alto Board of Trustees, undated

Palo Alto Gas Company, 1910

Payette, Charles A., 1911

Pinchot, Clifford, 1910

Ramsay, M. M., 8 receipts, 1906-1907

Registrar, U. of Wisconsin, 1910

Rich, 1910

Roth, A. E., 1920

Box 2, Folder 12

Spalding, V. M., 6 letters, 1910-1911

Box 2, Folder 13

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 5 letters, 1917-1924

Box 2, Folder 14

S-W, 1906-1926

Scott, Leonard L., with enclosure, 1912

Shaw, Walter R., 1906

Shreve, Forrest, 1911

Smith, Prof., 2 letters, 1911

Waters, H. J., 2 letters, 1908

Weigel, Oswald, 3 letters in German, 1910-1911

Wesley and Son, William, enclosed note, 1910

Widenham, A. W., 2 letters, 1925-1926

Wing, 1911

Woodward, 1911

Box 2, Folder 15

Duplicate letters, and letter fragments 1907-1913,