Description
The collection consists of four major
components: Stanford correspondence pertaining to Judge Leib's association with the Stanford
family and his responsibilities as a member of the first Board of Trustees of Stanford
University (1891-1923); personal correspondence (1885-1910); correspondence pertaining to
Leib's fruit and other farm interest (1883-1919); and legal and business correspondence
pertaining to his San Jose law practice and local business interests (1881-1920),including
cases resulting from the failure of the Savings Bank of San Diego County. Major
correspondents include Luther Burbank, John Casper Branner, George Crothers, Horace Davis,
Timothy Hopkins, David Starr Jordan, Charles Lathrop, Leland and Jane Stanford, Wilson and
Wilson (law firm, San Francisco) and Sarah Winchester.
Restrictions
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.
Availability
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use.