San Francisco earthquake and fire collection 1906-1979

Mosher, Clelia Duel, 1863-1940

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Clelia Duel Mosher was a physician and professor of personal hygiene at Stanford University 1893-1896, 1910-1929, and emeritus 1929-1940. She was born in 1863 in Albany, New York and graduated from Wellesley College in 1891. She also received an A.B. degree (1892) in zoology and an A.M. degree (1894) in physiology from Stanford University, and received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. She died in Palo Alto, California December 22, 1940. From the description of Statisti...

Smith, Ernst Nathaniel

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Smith, Willet

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Otto Gerdes Fund.

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Marx, Charles David, 1858-1940

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Charles David Marx was one of Stanford's original faculty, the Old Guard. He came to Stanford in 1891 as Professor of Civil Engineering and taught here until his retirement in 1923. He formed close friendships with his students and was affectionately known as Daddy Marx. Marx was born in Ohio in 1857; during part of his youth he lived in Holland and Germany. He earned a bachelor's of civil engineering from Cornel...

Beymer, Jeannette Hayward

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Franklin, E. C. (Eric C.)

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Klauber, Laurence Monroe, 1883-1968

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Klauber was a student at Stanford University at the time of the earthquake. From the description of Two days in San Francisco, 1906 : typed transcript, [1958?]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122444020 ...

James, William, Mrs.

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Smith, Edgar C. (Edgar Charles), 1872-1955

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Edgar C. Smith earned his B.A. in pre-law at Stanford University in 1913 and his JD in 1915; as a student he was a member of the Entre Nous eating club. From the description of Stanford student life : photographs, 1913-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864069 Biographical/Historical Sketch Edgar C. Smith earned his B.A. in pre-law at Stanford University in 1913 and his JD in 1915; as a student he was a member of the...

Evans-Wentz, W.Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965

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Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz, born February 2, 1878 in Trenton, New Jersey, attended Stanford University where he received his B.A. and his M.A. Evans-Wentz travelled extensively in Mexico, Europe, and the Far East. He spent several years in Tibet where he became a Buddhist monk. He was a pioneer in the field of Tibetan Buddhism and authored several books on the subject. From the description of W. Y. Evans-Wentz papers, 1894-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122585693 From ...

Bishop, Beryl Boewell

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Wing, Ah

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Treat, Payson J. (Payson Jackson), 1879-1972

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Treat, a pioneer in Far Eastern studies, came to Stanford in 1903 to pursue his doctorate in history. He was appointed instructor in 1905 and then professor in Far Eastern History in 1906. He served as head of the History Department from 1922-1929; he retired from teaching in 1945. From the description of Payson J. Treat papers, 1907-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129627 Margaret Cosgrave Sowers earned her a.b. at Stanford University in January of 1927. Payson J. Tr...

Burr, Myron Carlos, 1884-1977.

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American engineer. From the description of Myron Carlos Burr papers, ca. 1927-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870923 Myron C. Burr earned his A.B. in civil engineering at Stanford University in May 1907. In the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, he served with the Stanford Relief Corps and the San Francisco Water Commission. In addition to his career as a civil engineer, he ran an insurance agency specializing in industrial insurance, served on the Lo...

Clark, George A

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BIOGRAPHY George A. Clark, born in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in 1864, graduated from the University of Minnesota and served as Academic Secretary of Stanford University from 1891-1918. He was Secretary of the Bering Sea Fur Seal Commission (1896-1898) and was involved in the special investigation of seal herds for the Bureau of Fisheries in 1909 and 1912. He died 27 April 1918. From the guide to the George A. Clark. Fur Seal Controv...

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

Stansky, Leo

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