Guide to the Fernando Sanford Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0940
Creator:
Sanford, Fernando.
Title: Fernando Sanford papers
Dates: 1885-1967
Bulk Dates: 1885-1939
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes 6 account books with entries for investments, household expenses, books, cash accounts, and other matters,
1885-1891; undated typescript of several chapters from an unpublished book "Three Centuries of Magic"; correspondence including
a letter of introduction for Perry T. Tompkins, 1894, two letters to Will H. Gardner, 1939, in which Sanford recounts his
career, and correspondence accompanying gift of above letters, 1967; commencement program for Palo Alto High School, 1902;
and unsigned manuscript notes by speaker at Sanford's memorial service, 1948.
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
This collection is open for research.
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Fernando Sanford Papers (SC0940). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Sanford taught physics at Stanford University from its inception in 1891 until his retirement in 1919. He earned his B.S.
at Carthage College in 1879; after several years of teaching in Illinois, he went to Germany to study with physicist Von Helmholtz.
He was professor at Lake Forest University prior to his arrival at Stanford.
Collection includes 6 account books with entries for investments, household expenses, books, cash accounts, and other matters,
1885-1891; undated typescript of several chapters from an unpublished book "Three Centuries of Magic"; correspondence including
a letter of introduction for Perry T. Tompkins, 1894, two letters to Will H. Gardner, 1939, in which Sanford recounts his
career, and correspondence accompanying gift of above letters, 1967; commencement program for Palo Alto High School, 1902;
and unsigned manuscript notes by speaker at Sanford's memorial service, 1948.
Sanford, Fernando.
Account books.
Magic --History.
Box 1
Papers