Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
BIOGRAPHY
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Descriptive Summary
Title: Bransten Family Autograph Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1870-1984
Collection number: Special Collections M0720
Creator: Harris, Samuel ; Sender, Sol ; Victorius, Mrs. Charles ; Victorius, Lorna
Extent:
1.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
None.
Publication Rights:
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.
Provenance:
Gift of Sue V. Bransten, 1994.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Bransten Family Autograph Collection, M0720, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
BIOGRAPHY
Collectors include four generations: Mr. Samuel Harris (donor's grandfather), Mrs. Charles Victorius (donor's mother), Miss
Lorna Victorius (donor's sister), and Sol Sender (donor's grandson).
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection includes engravings, photographs, letters of request and responses, and the autographs of historical figures
from the 1870's through the 1980's, including U.S. Presidents, European Royalty, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and authors.
Prominent figures include Neil Armstrong, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Grover Cleveland, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth
of England, Herbert Hoover, Henry Kissinger, Thurgood Marshall, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore
Roosevelt, Babe Ruth and Tennessee Williams.