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Leland Stanford collection, 1869-1975.

Title: Leland Stanford collection, 1869-1975.

Primary and secondary sources pertaining to the life of Leland Stanford and the history of Stanford University's founding. Includes clippings, correspondence, articles, pamphlets, speeches, scripts, reports, memorabilia, and copies or facsimiles of historical documents. In addition to the business and political career of Leland Stanford, subjects include his ideas on education, the naming of Palo Alto, Stanford family genealogy, railroad history (especially the completion of the transcontinental railroad), Thomas Hill and his painting "Driving the Last Spike, " Eadweard Muybridge and the invention of motion pictures, Stanford's residences in Sacramento and San Francisco, Vina Ranch, and Warm Springs Ranch.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

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Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Letter, 1924 April 21, Washington, [D.C.], to Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms, Mass.

Title: Letter, 1924 April 21, Washington, [D.C.], to Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms, Mass.

Coolidge discusses his genealogy, especially Brewer, Briggs, and Putnam ancestors. Includes a note dated March 1924 from Sarah Louise Kimball outlining Coolidge's lineal descent from John Lawrence of Watertown, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1 TLS ; 15-23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56916798 View