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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Collection
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Language of Material:
Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire collection
Creator:
Smith, Willet.
Creator:
Wallace, W.B.
Identifier/Call Number: SC0206
Identifier/Call Number: 11663
Physical Description:
5.75 Linear Feet
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1906-1979
Abstract: Eyewitness accounts of the 1906
earthquake at Stanford; eyewitness account of earthquake damage to the Stanford and Hopkins
houses in San Francisco; and magazine and newspaper accounts of the earthquake and its
aftermath.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance
of intended use.
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.
[identification of item], San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Collection (SC0216), Department
of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes eyewitness accounts of the 1906 earthquake at Stanford; and
eyewitness account of earthquake damage to the Stanford and Hopkins houses in San Francisco
by Ah Wing, employee of the Stanford family (in Chinese with an English translation). Also
included are magazine and newspaper accounts of the earthquake and its aftermath; and a 1908
map of San Francisco showing reconstruction of the city.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Stansky, Leo
Clark, George A. (George Archibald)
Marx, Charles David
Jordan, David Starr
Treat, Payson J. (Payson Jackson)
Otto Gerdes Fund
Burr, Myron Carlos
Smith, Edgar C.
Klauber, Laurence Monroe
Bishop, Beryl Boewell
Beymer, Jeannette Hayward
Wing, Ah
Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling)
Franklin, E. C.
Smith, Ernst Nathaniel
James, William, Mrs.
Mosher, Clelia Duel