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Call Number: SC0292
Creator:
Clark, George T., 1862-1940.
Title: George T. Clark papers
Dates: 1862-1935
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Summary: These papers relate primarily to Clark's research on the life of Leland Stanford and include correspondence, 1924-1935, historical
documents, 1862-1893, clippings, photographs, and two notebooks, 1928-1930,for his comprehensive biography of Senator Leland
Stanford, published by the Stanford University Press in 1931. Correspondents include George C. Clark, Dumas Malone, Stuart
Daggert, Timothy Hopkins, and V. S. McClatchy; there is also a long letter by C. C. Crippen concerning his work as a horse
trainer on the Palo Alto Stock Farm and his knowledge of Leland Stanford. Historical documents include copies of correspondence
between Stanford and J. D. B. Stillman, 1882-1883, concerning Eadweard Muybridge and Stillman's book, THE HORSE IN MOTION.
Other items include Clark's memorial address on J. L. Gillis; and a "want list" for the Stanford University Library, 1920.
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 Mrs. Douglas Clark, 1983-1985.
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.
George T. Clark Papers (SC0292). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Clark was Stanford University Librarian, 1907-1928 (emeritus 1928 until his death in 1940) and co-founder and first president
of the California Library Association.
These papers relate primarily to Clark's research on the life of Leland Stanford and include correspondence, 1924-1935, historical
documents, 1862-1893, clippings, photographs, and two notebooks, 1928-1930,for his comprehensive biography of Senator Leland
Stanford, published by the Stanford University Press in 1931. Correspondents include George C. Clark, Dumas Malone, Stuart
Daggert, Timothy Hopkins, and V. S. McClatchy; there is also a long letter by C. C. Crippen concerning his work as a horse
trainer on the Palo Alto Stock Farm and his knowledge of Leland Stanford. Historical documents include copies of correspondence
between Stanford and J. D. B. Stillman, 1882-1883, concerning Eadweard Muybridge and Stillman's book, THE HORSE IN MOTION.
Other items include Clark's memorial address on J. L. Gillis; and a "want list" for the Stanford University Library, 1920.
Clark, George C.
Clark, George T., 1862-1940.
Crippen, C. C.
Daggert, Stuart.
Gillis, J. L. (James Louis), 1857-1917.
Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937.
Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986
McClatchy, V. S. (Valentine Stuart), 1857-1938.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Stanford, Calif.)
Stanford University. Libraries.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Stillman, J.D.B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819-1888.
California --History --1849-
Notebooks.
Photoprints.
Unpublished guide available.