Stanford University, Board of Trustees, supporting documents, 1905-2011.

Stanford university libraries

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John M. Willits earned his A.B. in economics at Stanford in 1925; he was an instructor in psychology and marketing at Stanford prior to earning his Ph.D. in psychology in 1937. From the guide to the John Metts Willits papers, 1911-1933, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) The new main library at Stanford was designed by the San Francisco architectural firm of John Bakewell, Jr. and Arthur Brown, Jr.; is it now known as the Bing Wing of the Cecil H. Gr...

Addis, T. R.

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Hodges, Charles

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Hopkins, Timothy

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Stanford university. School of law

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Peninsular Railway.

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Stanford University. School of Education.

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HISTORICAL NOTE In October 1892 the Dept. of Education at Stanford University established a kindergarten on campus, to serve in part as a laboratory for advanced students of the education department; it was under the direction of Prof. Earl Barnes and instructor Margaret Schallenberger. Many children of the Stanford faculty attended. From the guide to the Stanford University, School of Education, records, 1891-1894, (Department of...

Clark, Arthur Bridgman, 1866-1948

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Professor of art at Stanford (1892-1931; emeritus 1931-1948). From the description of Arthur Bridgman Clark papers, 1902-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703381490 Professor of art at Stanford University from 1893 until his retirement in 1931. From the description of Arthur Bridgman Clark glass plate negatives, circa 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 706047630 Head of the Department of Art, Professor Clark taught at Stanford from 1893 until his re...

Stanford University. School of Nursing.

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Stanford University. School of Medicine

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Cooper Medical College founded in San Francisco, Calif. by Levi Cooper Lane (1882). He named school for uncle, Elias Samuel Cooper, who had founded first medical school in California, University of the Pacific School of Medicine (1858). University operated medical school until 1865 when competition from Dr. Toland's medical school forced closure of University of Pacific Medical School. Levi Cooper Lane revived school (1870) but Methodist Church, who operated university, severed connection with i...

Stanford University. Dept. of Speech and Drama.

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Stanford University. School of Physical Sciences

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Stanford University. Dept. of Music.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Art

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Stanford University. Memorial Church

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Construction of Memorial Church began in 1899 and the church was dedicated in 1903. After being partially destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, the church was rebuilt and opened again in 1913. The first pastor of the church was Heber Newton, who was followed by Rev. David Charles Gardner (1902-1936). Rev. D. Elton Trueblood (1936-1945), Rev. George J. Hall (1946-1947), Rev. Robert M. Minto (1947-1948; 1950-1973), Rev. Paul C. Johnston (1949-1950), and Robert McAfee Brown (1972-1973) also served the ...

Stanford, Thomas Welton, 1832-1918

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Vina Ranch (Calif.)

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Bolton, Herbert E.

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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. ...

Leib, Samuel F.

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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...

Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878

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Mark Hopkins was one of the "Big Four" in the Central Pacific Railroad. From the description of Mark Hopkins letter : Sacramento, Calif. to William N. Seet, Gold Hill, Nev. : ALS, 1865 Nov 1. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 52394361 ...

Burbank , Luther, 1849-1926

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Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. From the description of Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981669 Luther Burbank began his work in horticulture in his birthplace, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he raised seeds and vegetables for market. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875 in order to pursue his work in a warmer climate. Burbank became world famous for his timesaving methods of plant breeding and grafting, esp...

Children's Hospital at Stanford.

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Originally the Stanford Convalescent Home, established on the Stanford campus in 1919 for needy children with long term illness, this privately supported organization changed its name to the Children's Hospital at Stanford in 1970. From the guide to the Children's Hospital at Stanford records, 1917-1977, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) ...

Cooper Medical College

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Stanford University. Board of Trustees

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The Stanford National Board, whose members were elected by the Board of Trustees, met once or twice yearly with the Trustees for a discussion of University problems and policies. From the description of Stanford University, Board of Trustees, records concerning the Stanford National Board, 1923-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703840671 Leland Stanford Junior University was formally founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford in the name of their son. While found...

Stanford University. School of Letters.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Classics.

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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...

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 ...

Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929

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Thorstein Veblen was born in 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from Carleton College (1880), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1884). Veblen was a fellow at Cornell University (1891-1892), and at the University of Chicago (1892-1893). Veblen remained at the University of Chicago as a reader in political economy (1893-1894). He became associate professor at the University (1894-1896), instructor (1896-1900), and assistant professor (1900-1906). From 1906 to 190...

Stanford University. School of Engineering

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Hopkins Marine Station

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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...

Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933

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American literary scholar, primarily of Dante. From the description of Melville Best Anderson papers, 1926-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552958 Head of English Dept. at Stanford University and Dante scholar. From the description of Melville Best Anderson letters to Franklin E. Perham and other papers, 1901-1928. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215099758 Biography Me...

Lane, Levi Cooper, 1833-1902

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Stanford University. Dept. of Psychology.

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Salviatti & Co. (Venice, Italy)

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Gridley Ranch (Calif.)

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Schmid, Rupert

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Stanford university museum of art

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Stanford university. Graduate school of business

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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...

Stanford Alumni Association

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The Summer Alumni College of the Stanford Alumni Association was started in 1966. Each summer had a general theme and the faculty was drawn from the Stanford professoriate. The college was open to Stanford alumni, their spouses, and to parents of Stanford students. From the description of Stanford Alumni Association, Summer alumni college, audio tapes, 1966-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 497929064 Origins of Modern Society was a one-time-only course developed by Prof. ...

Pacific Improvement Company

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Pacific Improvement Company was a large holding company in California, formed by C. P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. The Company played a role in the development of land and railroads in various parts of the United States, but particularly in California and Texas. The Company was incorporated November 4, 1878 and completed liquidation of its assets in 1967. From the description of Pacific Improvement Company records, 1901-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Spring Valley Water Co.

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Stanford University. Food Research Institute

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Private institute for research on world food problems. From the description of Food Research Institute records, 1919-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869749 The Food Research Institute at Stanford was founded in 1921 for the study of worldwide problems of food supply, distribution, and consumption. William O. Jones was its executive secretary from 1955 to 1962 and became the Director in 1964. The Institute was closed in June 1998. From the description of S...

Stanford University. School of Humanities

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Dudley, William Russel

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Stanford University. Ryan High Voltage Laboratory.

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Palo Alto Winery.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Statistics.

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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 ...