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Guide to the Archibald J. Treat Papers
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Call Number: SC0511
Creator:
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904
Creator:
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Creator:
Treat, Archibald J. (Archibald Jennings), 1864-1949.
Title: Archibald J. Treat papers
Dates: 1883-1961
Physical Description:
0.25 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
Custodial History
Unknown
None.
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.
[Identification of item], Archibald J. Treat Papers, SC 511, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Archibald J. Treat was employed by the Central Pacific Rail Road in 1879 as an office boy and telegraph operator. He worked
his way up to become secretary to Stephen T. Gage, who was assistant to Leland Stanford when Stanford was president of the
CPRR. Treat also studied law while working for CPRR and was admitted to the California Bar in 1897. During the construction
of Stanford University, Treat took photographs of the work in progress that were regularly sent to Leland Stanford to keep
him informed.
These papers pertain largely to Treat's association with Leland Stanford and the history of the University, and include correspondence,
a notebook, his typescript reminiscences, and two letters by his daughter Laura Treat pertaining to her father.
Correspondents include Alice Hays, Timothy Hopkins, Herbert Hoover, David Starr Jordan, John B. McCarthy, Herbert C. Nash,
and Burt Worthington. Subjects include the Stanford Mausoleum, Treat's photographs, business matters, and Eadweard Muybridge.
These papers were originally included with the Leland Stanford papers, but have now been catalogued separately.
Hays, Alice Newman.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
McCarthy, John B.
Nash, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1857-1902
Stanford University -- General subdivision--History.;
Worthington, Burt.
Photography--California.
Reminiscences