Ray Lyman Wilbur personal papers, 1829-1949, bulk 1875-1949

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman)
Extent:
176 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Ray Lyman Wilbur personal papers (SC0064B). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes correspondence; scrapbooks; publications; speeches and trip notes; rough draft of Wilbur's "Memoirs"; R. L. Wilbur's will; honorary degrees; letters from Marguerite Blake Wilbur (Mrs. R. L. Wilbur) to her children, some of which are titled ("Doings"); and files on associations with which Wilbur was involved, friends and associates, clubs to which he belonged, conferences, and issues such as environmental protection, civil defense during World Wars I and II, prohibition, and anti-vivisection. Among the correspondents are Herbert Hoover, Northcutt Ely, Robert Eckles Swain, and Timothy Hopkins. Papers also include Wilbur family correspondence (1829-1949).

Title Date
The Bulletin, Extra Edition (Death of President Harding) 1923 Aug 3
San Francisco Journal Death of President Harding) 1923 Aug 3
San Francisco Chronicle (Death of President Harding) 1923 Aug 3
San Francisco Examiner (Death of President Harding) 1923 Aug 3
San Francisco Examiner (Funeral for President Harding) 1923 Aug 4
San Francisco Examiner (Funeral for President Harding) 1923 Aug 5
The Bulletin (President Harding's Funeral) 1923 Aug 10
Philadelphia Public Ledger (Special edition on US Presidents) 1925 Mar 1
New York Times (Honoring Lindbergh) 1927 June 5
New York Times (Honoring Lindbergh) 1927 Jun 12
San Francisco Chronicle (Hoover Presidential Inauguration) 1929 Mar 5
San Francisco News (Coolidge's death) 1933 Jan 5
San Francisco Chronicle (Coolidge's death) 1933 Jan 6
San Francisco Examiner (Coolidge's death) 1933 Jan 6
The Call Bulletin (Coolidge's death) 1933 Jan 5
Palo Alto Times (Fiftieth Anniversary of Stanford University) 1941 Mar 7
New York Times (Kennedy Shot in Dallas) 1963 Nov 23
San Francisco Examiner (Death of Roosevelt) 1945 Apr 13
San Francisco Chronicle (FDR dies) 1945 Apr 13

Biographical / historical:

Ray Lyman Wilbur graduated from Stanford University (B.S. 1896, M.S. 1897) and from Cooper Medical College (M.D. 1899). He served as lecturer and professor of physiology and of medicine (1897-1903), Dean of the Cooper Medical College (Stanford) (1911-1916), third President of Stanford University (1916-1943), Chancellor of Stanford, and Secretary of the Interior (September 1929-1933) under President Hoover.

Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Ray Lyman Wilbur personal papers (SC0064B). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022