Stanford University, Registrar's Office, records 1891-1955 1891-1928

Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905

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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 L...

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Stanford University. Registrar's Office.

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Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

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Max Farrand was born in Newark, N.J., into the family of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise Wilson Farrand. He graduated from Princeton University, where he also received his Ph.D.; later he continued further graduate work in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and at Wesleyan and Yale Universities. He became professor of history at Wesleyan, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale Universities (1896-1925), Incorporator and Director of the Commonwealth Fund (1918-1927) and Director of the Huntington Library (192...

Matzke, John E. (John Ernst), 1862-1910

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Ryan, Harris J. (Harris Joseph), 1866-1934

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Harris J. Ryan was a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford (1905-1931; emeritus, 1931-1934), head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and first director of the Ryan High Voltage Laboratory. From the description of Harris J. Ryan papers, 1908-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 497929044 Biographical/Historical Sketch Harris J. Ryan was a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford (1905-1931; emerit...

Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Orrin Leslie Elliott was an English instructor at Cornell University and first registrar of Stanford University (1891-1925; emeritus 1925-1940). From the guide to the Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, Bulk, 1891-1936 1860-1940, 1891-1936, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) ...

Abbott, Nathan, 1854-1941

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Stillman, John Maxson, 1852-1923

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John Maxson Stillman was professor of chemistry at Stanford University. From the description of Relations of salary to title in American universities : correspondence and article, 1906-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864061 Biographical/Historical Sketch John Maxson Stillman was professor of chemistry at Stanford University. From the guide to the Relations of salary to title in American universities co...

Show, Arley Barthlow, 1856-1920.

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Angell, Frank, 1857-1939

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American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916. From the description of Frank Angell papers, 1901-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871676 Biographical/Historical Note American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916. From the guide to the Frank Angell papers, 1901-1918, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930

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American historian; director of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1919-1925. From the description of Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, 1908-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866975 Ephraim Adams was professor of American history at Stanford University, 1902-1930, and head of the Department of History, 1908-1922. From the description of Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, 1730-1931 (inclusive), 1900-1931 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021...

Barnes, Earl, 1861-1935

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Professor of Education at Stanford (1891-1897). Born 15 July 1861 in New York, married to Mary Sheldon Barnes, who also taught at Stanford. Free-lance lecturer and writer. Died 29 May 1935. From the description of Earl Barnes papers, 1882-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541057 BIOGRAPHY Earl Barnes was born in Martville, New York, on July 15, 1861. He married Mary Sheldon (b. 1850) in either 1884 or 1885 while he ...

Lathrop, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1849-1914.

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Gilbert, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1859-1928

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Professor of zoology at Stanford University (1891-1925; emeritus 1926-1928). From the description of Charles Henry Gilbert papers, 1880-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510683 Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928) was a pioneer ichthyologist whose career at Stanford University spanned nearly 37 years. He concentrated on Pacific fishes, mostly marine, and participated in numerous expeditions aboard the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross." These cruises included three...

Marx, Guido H., 1871-1949

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Guido H. Marx was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1871. He attended Cornell University, earning the degree of mechanical engineer in 1893. He worked in industry for two years before joining the Stanford faculty in 1895, at the instigation of Albert W. Smith, his former professor at Cornell who, in collaboration with Guido's brother Charles D. Marx, was developing Stanford's new School of Engineering. He became professor of machine ...

Murray, A. T. (Augustus Taber), 1866-1940

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Professor of classical literature at Stanford (1892-1932; emeritus, 1932-1940) and member of the Society of Friends. From the description of Augustus Taber Murray papers, 1900-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129496 Resident minister, Friends' Meeting House, Washington, D.C. From the description of Augustus Taber Murray papers, 1919-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869217 Biographical/Historical Sketch ...

Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922

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John Casper Branner (1850-1922) was a geologist was born on July 4, 1850, in New Market, Tennessee. He enrolled at Maryville College, but after two years he transferred to Cornell. He developed an interest in Brazil and he accompanied his professor, Charles F. Hartt, there in 1874, staying until 1883. He studied the country's geology, and also searched for vegetable fibers that could be used to make incandescent light. At the same time, he studied insects that affected cotton plants, under the c...

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...

Stanford University. Committee on Graduate Study

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Crothers, George Edward, 1870-1957

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Judge and member of the Stanford Board of Trustees (1902-1912). He served as attorney to Jane Lathrop Stanford and was part donor of two graduate dormitories at Stanford University. From the description of George E. Crothers papers, 1905-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510691 Biographical/Historical Sketch Judge and member of the Stanford Board of Trustees (1902-1912). He served as attorney to Jane Lathrop Stanfor...

Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, 1868-1941

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Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, professor and Dean of the Stanford School of Education (1898-1933; emeritus, 1933-1940), was born in Indiana. He received an A.B. from Indiana University and an M.A. and PhD. from Columbia University. He served as president of Vincennes University in Indiana and superintendent of San Diego City Schools before accepting an offer from Stanford. Cubberley wrote and edited many books, most notably the Riverside textbooks of Education. From the description of ...

Leib, Samuel Franklin, 1848-1924.

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Lawyer and one of the original trustees of Stanford University. From the description of Samuel Franklin Leib photograph album, circa 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704537464 Biographical/Historical Sketch Lawyer and one of the original trustees of Stanford University. From the guide to the Samuel Franklin Leib Photograph album, ca. 1900, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) ...

Stanford University. Academic Council.

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The Academic Council was organized by the Stanford University faculty in 1904 and currently consists of members of the Professoriate and certain officers of the academic administration as specified by the Articles of Organization. The Council holds one regularly scheduled meeting annually. In 1968 the Academic Council created the Senate of the Academic Council, composed of representatives elected from the Council. The Senate meets monthly from October through June and is responsible for carrying...

Young, Allyn Abbott, 1876-1929

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Young taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Allyn Abbott Young, 1898-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972944 William Schley Howard, 1875-1951, was an attorney and congressman. From the description of Allyn Abbott Young letter : to William Schley Howard, 1916. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010640 ...

Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958

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Professor and head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University, 1904-1924, Durand was most known for his aeronautical research. From the description of William Frederick Durand papers, 1876-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 551918463 Biographical/Historical note Frank Oakes Ellenwood was born November 10, 1878 in Little Hocking, Ohio. In 1904 he received the degree of A.B. in Mechanical Engineering ...

Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1936

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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. ...

Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949

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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949), physician and educator, served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1929 to 1933. From the description of Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582818 American educator; United States secretary of the interior, 1929-1933; president, Stanford University, 1916-1943. From the description of Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, 1906-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867219 ...