Scope and Content
Biography
Preferred Citation:
Provenance
Publication Rights
Access Restrictions
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Jane Lathrop Stanford papers
creator:
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Identifier/Call Number: SC0033B
Physical Description:
14 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1860-1975
Date (bulk): 1860-1905
Language of Material: English
Scope and Content
The papers of Jane L. Stanford pertain largely to the founding and administration of
Stanford University, along with her personal and social affairs; included in the papers are
correspondence, business records, legal and financial papers, speeches, newsclippings, and
biographical materials.
Biography
Jane Eliza Lathrop was born August 25, 1828, the daughter of Dyer Lathrop of Albany, New
York. In 1850 she married Leland Stanford, returning with him to California in 1855 where
they settled in Sacramento. Leland Stanford later became President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad and Governor of California. Their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., was born in
1868. During a European tour in 1884 he contracted typhoid fever and died in Florence,
Italy. In 1885, Jane and Leland Stanford founded the Leland Stanford Junior University, in
memory of their son. Jane was a full partner with her husband in the planning of the
University, which opened in the fall of 1891. After her husband's death in 1893, she
overcame great financial hardships to keep the University open until her husband's estate
was settled. Thereafter, she directed expansion of the campus. She died on February 28, 1905
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Jane Lathrop Stanford Papers (SC0033B). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Gifts of Jane Lathrop Stanford, Thomas Welton Stanford, David Starr Jordan, Helen Stanford
Canfield, David H. Canfield, and others; also includes purchases.
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 and University Archives.
Access Restrictions
The materials are open for research use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford University -- Administration.
Palo Alto (Calif.) -- History.
Claims against decedents' estates.
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
Vina Ranch (Calif.)
Executors and administrators.
Railroads -- Management.
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Stanford, Calif.)
Leib, Samuel Franklin
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Jenkins, Oliver Peebles,, Mrs.
Crothers, George E. (George Edward)
Pacific Improvement Company
Stanford University. Memorial Church
Smith, Nicholas T.
Jordan, David Starr
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Day, Clinton.
Cesnola, Luigi Parma di
Ross, Edward Alsworth, 1866-1951
Lathrop family.
Stanford, Josiah Winslow
Crocker, Charles Frederick.
Newton, Heber.
Stanford, Jane Lathrop
Sloss, Leon.
Shields, Daniel.
Lathrop, Ariel.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Stanford University. Cantor Arts Center
Lathrop, Jane Ann Shields.
Lathrop, Dyer,
Nash, Herbert C.
Southern Pacific Company
Stanford Alumni Association
Lathrop, Charles G. (Charles G
Stanford University. Japanese Students
Association
Stanford, Thomas Welton
Gurke Ranch (Calif.)
Stanford, Leland
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.
Stanford University. Faculty Club
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Stanford University -- General
subdivision--Faculty.;
Hopkins, Timothy
Taylor, Edward Robeson,
Harrison, Benjamin
Suzzallo, Henry,
Stanford University. Libraries
Jordan, Jessie Knight
Stanford, Helen M.
Stanford, Gertrude.