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Meyer Family Papers
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Meyer Family papers
creator:
Buck, Alice Meyer
creator:
Meyer family.
Identifier/Call Number: SC0187
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1850-1971
Physical Description: no content
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], Meyer Family papers, SC 187. Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Biography / Administrative History
A native Californian, J. Henry Meyer was a successful San Francisco businessman. He was an executive, a banker, and served
on the boards of many companies including Wells Fargo Bank, the Spring Valley Water Company, and the California Street Cable
Railroad Company. In 1878 he married Eugenie Hillegass of Berkeley. Together they had three children: Eugenie Olga, Alice,
and Charles. Alice graduated from Stanford University in 1905 with a degree in English. Charles also received his degree from
Stanford University in chemical engineering in 1917.
The Meyers were generous supporters of Stanford University. J. Henry Meyer donated funds towards the Lane Medical Library
building and endowed library book funds. Meyer's daughters Eugenie and Alice, along with Alice's husband Frank E. Buck continued
his tradition of generous support to Stanford University. They established an endowed professorship in the Graduate School
of Business, donated a collection of valuable Western Americana from Mr. Meyer's library, and established the J. Henry Meyer
Memorial Library. The Meyer-Buck House was built in 1920 and later willed to Stanford by Meyer's daughters.
Scope and Content of Collection
Series I includes memorial resolutions, correspondence, and documents pertaining to Meyer family properties and business interests
such as deeds, abstracts of title, and stock certificates. There are also many Meyer family photographs including studio portraits,
candid shots of family and friends taken at the Meyer/Buck estate, and several shots of Frank E. Buck's jade collection donated
by Alice Meyer Buck to the Stanford Museum (Cantor Arts Center) in 1978. Series II consists of drawings of the Meyer-Buck
estate.
The collection is arranged in two series:
SERIES I - Papers
SERIES II - Meyer-Buck Estate Drawings
Newspapers Discarded: San Francisco Chronicle, 12 September 1955; San Francisco Examiner, 12 September 1955; San Jose News,
3 April 1975 (pp. 5-6); San Jose News, 5 April 1975 (pp. 1-2).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Deeds.
Buck family.
Buck, Alice Meyer
Buck, Frank E.
Meyer family.
Buck, Alice Meyer
Myers family.
Meyer, J. Henry (John Henry)
Meyer, J. Henry (John Henry)
Meyer family.
Buck, Frank E. (Frank Eugene)