Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884
Variant namesLeland Stanford, Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford, was born in Sacramento, California on May 14, 1868. His early death in March 1884 just before his sixteenth birthday inspired the founding of Leland Stanford Junior University in 1885.
From the description of Leland Stanford, Jr. papers, 1871-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019681
Biography
Leland Stanford, Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford, was born in Sacramento, California on May 14, 1868. His early death in March 1884 just before his sixteenth birthday inspired the founding of Leland Stanford Junior University in 1885.
From the guide to the Leland Stanford, Jr., Collection, 1870-1999, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884. Leland Stanford, Jr. papers, 1871-1893. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | "The Real West: Empire Builders" [videorecording], 1993 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Winbigler, H. Donald. Leland Stanford Junior, 1868-1884: a talk given to the Stanford Historical Society, Founders Day: typescript, 1984. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family. Stanford family scrapbooks. 1865-1894. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. Leland Stanford Junior Memorial Scholarship : legal documents, 1900. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family scrapbooks, 1865-1894 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Leland Stanford photograph album, 1868-1882 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. Jane Lathrop Stanford papers, 1860-1975. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Leland Stanford, Jr., Collection, 1870-1999 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lathrop family papers, 1807-1955 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University print collection, 1862-2001 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University Archives print collection, 1862-2001. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University student life photograph album, circa 1900-1906 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lathrop family. Lathrop family papers, 1807-1955. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Leland Stanford photograph album, 1868-1882. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family. Stanford family library, 1795-1902 (inclusive), 1834-1897 (bulk). | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family library collection, 1795-1902, 1834-1897 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University student life : photograph album, circa 1900-1906. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family. Family photograph collection, ca. 1860-1905. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford family photograph collection, 1850-1904 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | "Our Darling Boy" [videorecording], 2009 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Burdette, Robert Jones. | person |
| associatedWith | Cesnola, Louis Parma di. | person |
| associatedWith | Lathrop family. | family |
| associatedWith | Lathrop family. | family |
| associatedWith | Ross, William T., 1942- | person |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford family. | family |
| associatedWith | Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. | person |
| associatedWith | Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. | person |
| associatedWith | Winbigler, H. Donald. | person |
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