Harry C. Peterson papers, 1879-1936.

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Harry C. Peterson papers, 1879-1936.

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Collection includes administrative and personal correspondence, 1888-1936; reports, statistics, acquisition records, exhibit captions, and publications of the Stanford Museum, 1894-1917; glass slides of Stanford images probably used to illustrate talks; and research materials compiled by Peterson on the Gold Spike (ceremonial spike used to connect the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads), Stanford history, and Peter Coutts, including an original letter by Coutts, 1879. Peterson's major correspondent was David Hewes and there is some printed material on Hewes in the collection. Also includes copies of his newspaper column "The Story of Stanford University, " 1919.

1.75 linear feet.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6760713

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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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. ...

Coutts, P. J. F. (Peter J. F.)

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Jean-Baptiste Paulin Caperon (better known in California as Peter Coutts), was a successful French businessman, book collector and editor of the republican, anti-royalist paper, LA LIBERTEĢ. Political disputes and health problems caused him to leave France and take up residence in California. In 1875 Caperon, now known as Peter Coutts, purchased 1,400 acres just north of Mayfield and named it Rancho Matadero. Coutts returned to Europe in 1880 to reclaim his confiscated estates and Rancho Matader...

Hewes, David, 1822-1915

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Hewes was a Calif. businessman and railroad contractor who graded and leveled many of San Francisco's hills and sand dunes. From the description of David Hewes papers, 1845-1877. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122441406 David Hewes presented the gold spike used as the "last spike" connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. From the description of David Hewes receipts, 1869 May 4-Apr. 19. (University of California, Berkeley)....

Peterson, Harry C. (Harry Claude), 1876-1941

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Peterson, born in Iowa in 1876, was curator of the Stanford Museum from 1900-1917; after leaving Stanford, he directed the Sutter's Fort Museum in Sacramento. From the description of Harry C. Peterson papers, 1879-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553667 Harry Claude Peterson was born in Algona, Iowa, in 1876, son of Julius E. Peterson, a Norwegian mechanician. Leland Stanford had learned of the elder Peterson in Europe and brought him to Stanford University to teach m...