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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Leland Stanford papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0033A
Physical Description:
6.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1841-1909
Language of Material: English
Correspondence, telegrams; business, legal, financial, and official papers; speeches,
journals, and newsclippings; and other materials relating to the construction of the Central
Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the
founding and construction of Stanford University.
Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Watervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to
the practice of law in 1848 and married Jane Lathrop in 1850. In 1852, Stanford moved to
California where he first worked as a storekeeper in Mother Lode mining camps and later
became a successful Sacramento businessman. Stanford was a leader in organizing the
Republican party in California and was elected governor in 1861 at the age of 37. Early in
the 1860s, Stanford joined with three other Sacramento merchants--Charles Crocker, Mark
Hopkins, and Collis P. Huntington--in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad. In 1885,
Leland and Jane founded Leland Stanford Jr. University in memory of their son. Stanford died
June 21, 1893 during his second term as United States Senator.
[Identification of item] Leland Stanford Papers (SC0033A). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gifts of Jane Lathrop Stanford, Thomas Welton Stanford, David Starr Jordan, Helen Stanford
Canfield, David H. Canfield, and others; also includes purchases.
The materials are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
The materials are open for research.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vina Ranch (Calif.)
Capitalists and financiers.
Railroads -- Management.
Universities and colleges -- Finance.
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.
Cesnola, Luigi Parma di
Coolidge, Charles Allerton
Gordan, George.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
Huntington, Collis Potter
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Harrison, Benjamin
Sloss, Leon.
Goodrich Quarries.
Sawyer, Lorenzo.
Nash, Herbert C.
Walker, Francis Amasa,
Stanford, Josiah Winslow
Stanford, Leland
Vrooman, Henry.
Warm Springs Ranch (Calif.)
Stanford, Leland
Hopkins, Mark.
Southern Pacific Company
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904
Jordan, David Starr