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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Samuel Franklin Leib papers
creator:
Leib, Samuel Franklin
Identifier/Call Number: SC0116
Physical Description:
18 Linear Feet
(13 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1881-1920
Abstract: 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by Charles Leib, 1972-1981. Additional materials were given by
Mrs. Richard Anderson in 2002.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Samuel Franklin Leib Papers (SC0116). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ross Affair.
Practice of law -- California.
Agriculture -- California.
Winchester, Sarah.
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Wilson & Wilson (law firm).
Jordan, David Starr
Stanford, Leland
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Stanford University. Board of Trustees
Davis, Horace
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Hopkins, Timothy
Savings Bank of San Diego County.
Leib, Samuel Franklin
Leib, Samuel Franklin
Lathrop, Charles G., (Charles Gardner), 1849-1914
Crothers, George E. (George Edward)