Guide to the Stanford Family Papers
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Overview
Call Number: SC0033D
Creator:
Stanford family.
Creator:
Stanford family.
Title: Stanford Family papers
Dates: 1839-1964
Physical Description:
10 Linear feet
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Custodial History
Gift of Jane Lathrop Stanford, Thomas Welton Stanford, David Starr Jordan, Helen Stanford Canfield, David H. Canfield, and
others; also includes purchases.
Information about Access
None.
Ownership & Copyright
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 and University
Archives.
Cite As
[Identification of item], Stanford Family Papers (SC0033D). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
The Stanford brothers were born in the township of Watervliet in upstate New York, the sons of Josiah and Elizabeth Stanford.
Each of the brothers eventually went west to make his fortune. Josiah and Leland Stanford remained in California and became
successful businessmen, and Thomas Welton Stanford continued on to a successful career in Australia.
Scope and Content
The Stanford family papers include letters, telegrams, newsclippings, photographs and photograph albums, genealogical notes,
legal and financial papers, pamphlets, and printed materials of Josiah Stanford (1817-1890) and his wife Helen Allyne Barker
Stanford (1831-1909), Josiah Winslow Stanford (1864-1937) and his wife Alice Herrick Stanford (1858-1940), Charles Stanford
(1819-1885), Asa Philips Stanford (1821-1903), DeWitt Clinton Stanford (1826-1864), Thomas Welton Stanford (1832-1918), Welton
Stanford (1849-1922), and Welton Stanford, Jr (1878-1947). The Thomas Welton Stanford series includes correspondence, photographs,
transcripts of his Psychic Investigation Circle of Melbourne, Australia (10 volumes) and the "HARBINGER OF LIGHT" magazine
(1906-1917). The collection also includes records of Warm Springs Ranch and the Warm Springs Hotel near San Jose, California.
Access Terms
Coover, Thomas Edgar.
Stanford Art Gallery..
Stanford family.
Stanford University. Department of Psychology.
Stanford University. Libraries.
Stanford, Alice Herrick,, 1858-1940.
Stanford, Asa Philips,, 1821-1903.
Stanford, Charles, 1819-1885.
Stanford, DeWitt Clinton, 1826-1864.
Stanford, Helen Allyne,, 1831-1909.
Stanford, Josiah Winslow, 1864-1937.
Stanford, Josiah, 1817-1890.
Stanford, Thomas Welton, 1832-1918.
Stanford, Welton, 1849-1922.
Stanford, Welton, 1878-1947.
Warm Springs Hotel (Calif.).
Warm Springs Ranch (Calif.).
Harbinger of Light.
Spiritualism.
Series 1
Josiah Stanford [1817-1890] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Josiah Stanford was one of Leland Stanford's older brothers. He moved to California in 1849 and started in business selling
supplies to gold miners. He also had business interests in oil and wine growing on Warm Springs Ranch.
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographical material, obituary
Box 1, Folder 2
Legal documents and bills,
1855-1891
Scope and Content Note
Includes deeds to property, last will and testament.
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence relating to estate settlement,
1891
Box 1, Folder 4
Real estate abstracts of title, certificates of search,
1875-1885
Series 2
Helen M. Allyne Barker Stanford [1831-1909] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Helen Stanford was the second wife of Josiah Stanford.
Box 1, Folder 5
Legal documents and bills, and fourth account of her trust estate,
1890-1909, 1927
Box 1, Folder 6
Business book,
1905
Scope and Content Note
Lists daily chores for her kitchen help.
Box 1, Folder 7
Personal mementos and letters,
1846 and undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Photograph album of relatives and friends, including photo of Emmanuel Swedenborg
Box 2, Folder 1
Three small photograph albums of relatives and friends.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photos of Leland and Jane L. Stanford; baby photos of Leland Stanford, Jr.; and daguerrotype of unidentified man
and child, possibly Helen Stanford's first husband and daughter Gertrude.
Series 3
Allyne Family Papers
Box 2, Folder 2
Genealogy papers and clippings,
1863-1963
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents of Samuel H. Allyne, Helen's brother, murdered while with the Army in Texas, Dec. 29, 1863.
Box 2, Folder 3
Samuel H. Allyne's wallet,
1863
Series 4
Josiah Winslow Stanford [1864-1937] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Josiah W. Stanford was the son of Josiah and Helen Stanford. He ran the Warm Springs Ranch after his father's death, producing
hay, barley and beef as well as wines.
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence,
1897-1935
Scope and Content Note
Includes letter from Jane Stanford requesting his resignation as Stanford University trustee, and a copy of J. W.'s reply,
1898.
Box 2, Folder 5
Mementos, clippings, and school maps, and 33 railroad passes,
1889-1927 and undated; 1881-1899
Box 2, Folder 6
Miscellaneous, undated.
Scope and Content Note
School copybook; notebook; volume "A Legend of Warm Springs" with covering letter and poem "Joey on the Farm" by E. R. Taylor;
and logbook of the yacht "Lotus."
Box 2, Folder 7
Bills and legal documents,
1888-1900
Box 2, Folder 8
Bills and legal documents,
1903-1937
Box 3, Folder 1
Expense ledger,
1898-1906
Box 3, Folder 2
General account ledger,
1918-1924
Box 3, Folder 3
General account ledger,
1924-1927
Box 3, Folder 4
Account ledger of personal holdings (stocks, bonds, real estate, ranch account, schooner "Nicoline"),
1889-1913
Series 5
Alice Herrick Stanford [1858-1940] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Alice Herrick Stanford was the second wife of Josiah Winslow Stanford.
Box 3, Folder 5
Herrick genealogy, clippings, letters, mementos,
1877-1931 and undated
Box 3, Folder 6
Cookbook, n.d., and autograph album,
1875-1883
Box 4, Folder 1
Diaries (New Orleans trip), and (trip to Europe, with three photos)
1887, 1899 1913
Series 6
Warm Springs Ranch Records
Box 4, Folder 5
Stanford family guest register,
1900-1909
Box 4, Folder 6
List of cellar wines, and Peralta Ranch expense ledger,
1887-1893, 1890-1904
Box 4, Folder 7
Abstracts of title,
1869, 1878
Box 5, Folder 1
Account ledger, payment of workmen,
1884-1895
Box 5, Folder 2
Account ledger, payment of workmen,
1893-1915
Box 5, Folder 3
Legal documents and bills,
1860-1871
Box 5, Folder 4
Legal documents and bills,
1872-1884
Box 5, Folder 5
Bills and invoices,
1895-1909 and undated
Box 5, Folder 6
Holograph manuscript "Treatment of Stuck wines" by J. W. Stanford, Holograph MS, description of Warm Springs, and typed copy,
Correspondence on proposed road,
1892 undated 1922
Box 5, Folder 7
Expense Ledger,
1870-1883
Box 5, Folder 8
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders,
1870-1888
Box 5, Folder 9
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders,
1888-1894
Box 6, Folder 1
Miscellaneous accounts and wine orders,
1895-1910
Series 7
Warm Springs Hotel Records
Box 6, Folder 2
Expense and account ledger,
1863-1865
Box 6, Folder 4
Bills for newspaper advertisements,
1863-1866
Box 6, Folder 5
Menus, wine lists, room rates, miscellaneous printed material,
1860s
Box 6, Folder 6
Private correspondence of William Redding,
1852-1865
Scope and Content Note
Redding was general manager of the hotel from 1863-1868. Letters are in Spanish and English, mainly from Redding's relatives
in Mexico. Also included is one letter of Redding's on San Francisco paper, 1855.
Expense accounts,
1863-1864
Expense accounts,
1864-1868
Series 8
Charles Stanford [1819-1885] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Charles Stanford was an older brother of Leland Stanford.
Box 6, Folder 7
Assorted papers, 1839-1963
Scope and Content Note
Two letters, 1839, 1847. Money exchange, 1862. Two copies of
In Memoriam Josiah Stanford (Charles' son Josiah who died in his teens). Correspondence relating to Charles with Gladys Wells Griffith, Charles' granddaughter,
1951-1963.
Box 6, Folder 8
Scrapbook of clippings, obituaries, newspaper articles on the Stanford and Wells families, 1873-1896.
Scope and Content Note
Probably compiled by Nora Stanford Wells, Charles' daughter. Includes newspaper columns by Nora Stanford signed "Western Traveller,"
describing a trip from New York to California in Leland Stanford's private railroad car, 1877. Scrapbook presented by Gladys
Wells Griffith, Nora's daughter.
Series 9
Asa Phillips Stanford [1821-1903]
Biography/Organization History
Asa Phillips Stanford was an older brother of Leland Stanford.
Box 7, Folder 1
Legal documents pertaining to Sisquoc Ranch, Santa Barbara County,
1851-1868 and undated
Box 7, Folder 2
Legal documents pertaining to San Vicente Rancho, Santa Cruz County,
1862-1865
Box 7, Folder 3
Assorted financial documents,
1853-1869 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes 8 stock certificates from "The Lady Bryan Golda and Silver Mining Co." and 6 stock certificates from the "Pick and
Shovel Silver Mining Co."
Box 7, Folder 4
Newspaper clipping about Asa Phillips after his death,
1903
Series 10
Dewitt Clinton Stanford [1826-1862] Papers.
Biography/Organization History
Dewitt Clinton Stanford, a younger brother of Leland Stanford, was a partner in some of the Stanford brothers' business ventures
in California. He moved to Australia with his brother Thomas Welton Stanford in 1860, where he died in April 1862.
Box 7, Folder 5
Eight letters,
1851-1862
Scope and Content Note
Includes description of ocean voyage to Australia with Thomas Welton Stanford, 1860.
Series 11
Stanford Family Miscellaneous Papers
Box 7, Folder 6
Two volumes used by Josiah Stanford on manufacture of oils: The Manufacture of Photogenic or Hydrocarbon Oils, and A Practical
Treatise on Coal, Petroleum and Other Distilled Oils,
1859 1865
Box 7, Folder 7
Articles and correspondence re Stanford oil interests,
1935-1938
Box 7, Folder 8
Miscellaneous items
1858-1962
Scope and Content Note
Four receipts for good shipped by Stanford Bros., 1858. Two articles about the Stanford family, 1862 (reproduced on silk)
and 1866. Copy of newspaper article on locust Grove, Stanford home near Schenectady, New York, 1962.
Box 7, Folder 9
Miscellaneous material on assorted (and usually distant) Stanford relatives and descendants, including Welton genealogy, newspaper
clippings, and death notices,
1950 and undated
Box 7, Folder 10
Legal documents regarding assorted people,
1854-1901
Series 12
Thomas Welton Stanford [1832-1918] Papers
Biography/Organization History
Thomas W. Stanford was the youngest of Leland Stanford's brothers. Like his brothers, he operated a store in the gold fields
in California, but sold it after several years. He moved to Melbourne, Australia, and became a prosperous businessman there.
In 1870 he founded the Victorian Association of Progressive Spiritualists and actively pursued his interests in spiritualism.
He was a Trustee of Stanford University and an early benefactor of the University.
Box 8, Folder 1
24 letters to his family,
circa 1851-1866
Box 8, Folder 2
Personal correspondence,
1893-1915 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes a copy of a letter to the Secretary, Parliamentary Commission on Decimal Coinage, regarding adoption of English half-sovereign
as unit of decimal system of currency for Australia, 1901.
Box 8, Folder 3
Article: Thomas Welton Stanford, a Brief Character Sketch, by L. M. Terman, from notes by J. E. Coover,
undated
Box 8, Folder 4
Clippings and listings of Thomas Welton's donations to Stanford University - paintings, apports, library fund. Copy of his
will, 1914. Pamphlet about James W. Curtis, landscape artist.
Box 8, Folder 5
Australiana in Leland Stanford Junior University Library,
1897
Box 8, Folder 6
Letters, interviews, articles about his life, death, and interests,
1918-1964
Box 8, Folder 7
Pamphlets, clippings, letters on spiritualism, psychic phenomena,
1903-1914
Box 8, Folder 8
Two issues of
Fate magazine, with articles on Stanford University and psychic research,
1949, 1962
Box 9, Folder 1
Photographs of apports and other things conjured up,
undated
Box 9, Folder 2
Manuscript, "Experiments with the divining rod" by Vickery, Letters, notes on psychic phenomena by various people,
1914 1914 and undated
Box 9, Folder 3
Original wrapping paper of apports. Pieces of Australian newspaper. Miscellaneous notes and papers,
1902-1914 and undated
Box 9, Folder 4
Photographs of spirit pictures,
undated
Box 10
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1902-03
Box 10
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1905-06
Box 10
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1907
Box 11
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1907
Box 11
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1909
Box 11
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
1910-11
Box 12
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
Jan-Jun 1912
Box 12
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
Jul-Dec 1912
Box 12
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
Jan-Jun 1913
Box 12
Lectures; Psychic Investigation at T. W. Stanford's Circle, Melbourne,
Jul-Dec 1913
Box 13
Harbinger of Light magazine, unbound copies, (missing May 1909)
1908-1911
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1906-08
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1908
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1909
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1910
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1911
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1912-13
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1914-15
Harbinger of Light magazine,
1916-17
Box 14
Australian clippings: scrapbook of clippings pertaining to T. W. Stanford's psychic activities and the visit of Admiral Sperry's
fleet to Sydney, New South Wales,
1908
Series 13
Welton Stanford Family
Biography/Organization History
Welton Stanford [1849-1922] was Leland Stanford's nephew (the son of Charles Stanford). His son Welton Stanford, Jr., was
born in 1878.
Box 15 os
Scrapbook of Welton Stanford, Jr., pertaining to Stanford family estates, railroad affairs, and Jane L. Stanford; print of
Welton Stanford, and photograph of family home "Locust Grove" in Schenectady, NY
1885-1901, circa 1880;
Box 16 os
Scrapbook of Welton Stanford, Jr., pertaining to Jane L. Stanford, railroad affairs, Stanford University, Leland Stanford
estate settlement, and social affairs of Welton Stanford family; and photograph album of Welton Stanford, Jr., from a trip
to Europe,
1894-1902, 1897