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Call Number: SC0662
Creator:
Lanagan, James F.
Title: James F. Lanagan papers
Dates: 1900-1960
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes Stanford diplomas of Lanagan and Clara Earl, 1900; letters to Lanagan congratulating him after football
victories, 1904-05; military papers from his service in World War I, 1918-19, and his letters to Clara while in France, 1918;
program from his memorial service, 1937, and letters to Clara about Lanagan from Will Irwin, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and others,
1937-41; clippings on his athletic career and military service; and photographs.
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
Gift of George H. Knoles, 2002.
This collection is open for research.
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 94304-6064. 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.
James F.Lanagan Papers (SC0662). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
James F. Lanagan earned his A.B. at Stanford University in 1900; in 1902 he married Clara Earl, also a member of the class
of 1900. He coached football at Stanford from 1903-1908, as well as baseball in 1906. Lanagan attended Stanford Law School
from 1905-1907 and began his law practice in 1908. He was a Major in the U. S. Army during World War I and fought in France.
He died in 1937.
Collection includes Stanford diplomas of Lanagan and Clara Earl, 1900; letters to Lanagan congratulating him after football
victories, 1904-05; military papers from his service in World War I, 1918-19, and his letters to Clara while in France, 1918;
program from his memorial service, 1937, and letters to Clara about Lanagan from Will Irwin, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and others,
1937-41; clippings on his athletic career and military service; and photographs.
Irwin, Will, 1873-1948.
Lanagan, Clara Earl.
Lanagan, James F.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Photoprints.
World War, 1914-1918.