Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biography
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Use
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stephen Mallory White Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0035
Physical Description:
50 Linear Feet
(100 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1871-1901
Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to White's career as lawyer, Los Angeles district attorney, state senator, and U.S.
Senator. Subjects covered include: estate litigation, water rights, incorporations, mortgages, property rights, local and
California politics, patronage, tariffs, annexation, pensions, appeals for clemency, Chinese immigration, free silver question,
Indian rights, discrimination against Catholics, the rights of Black Americanss, and the Itata incident.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the White family, 1917 and 1920.
Biography
Stephen Mallory White was born January 19, 1853 in San Francisco, California. He was a lawyer, district attorney for Los Angeles,
California State Senator (1886-1890), acting Lieutenant Governor of California (1888-1890), and U.S. Senator (1893-1899).
He died in Los Angeles, California, February 21, 1901.
Preferred Citation
Steven Mallory White Papers. M0035. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers relating to White's career as lawyer, Los Angeles district attorney, state senator, and U.S.
Senator. Subjects covered include: estate litigation, water rights, incorporations, mortgages, property rights, local and
California politics, patronage, tariffs, annexation, pensions, appeals for clemency, Chinese immigration and rights, free
silver question, Native American rights, discrimination against Catholics, the rights of Black Americans, and the Itata incident.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Statesmen.
Silver question.
Discrimination in employment.
Democratic Party -- California.
Lawyers.
Itata incident.
Patronage -- California.
Tidelands oil -- California.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- United States
Daniels, Josephus
Buckley, Christopher Augustine
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Griggs, John William
Bryan, William Jennings
Gompers, Samuel
Long, John Davis
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Olney, Warren
Southwick, George
Bradford, Gamaliel
Root, Elihu
Wells, Fargo & Company.
Stanford, Leland
Whitehead, Charles.
Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co.
Winchell and Stanton.