Samuel Morse papers, 1911-1969.

Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985

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J. E. Wallace Sterling was president of Stanford University from 1949 to 1968. During his 19 years in office, Stanford's endowment nearly doubled, the faculty increased 170 percent, graduate programs were improved, major building plans were completed, the Medical School was moved to campus from San Francisco, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was built. After his retirement in 1968, Sterling was named University Chancellor. From the description of J. E. Wallace Sterling Spee...

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...

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. ...

Shoup, Paul, 1874-1946.

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Paul Shoup was born 1874 in San Bernadino, California. In 1892 he began his forty-seven year career with the Southern Pacific Company. In 1929 Shoup became president of the Southern Pacific Company and in 1932, vice-chairman of the board. Shoup also served as president of the Pacific Oil Company and Associated Oil Company. Shoup was active in politics and interested in social issues. He also served on various boards, among them the Stanford University Board of Trustees. From the desc...

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 ...

University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

Del Monte Properties Company

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Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948

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A Stanford graduate (A.B. 1919, M.D. 1927), Donald Tresidder was President of the Curry Company of Yosemite Park (1925-1948), a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees and its President (1939-1942), and fourth President of Stanford University (1943-1948). From the description of Donald Bertrand Tresidder, president of Stanford University, records, 1942-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 696107642 Donald B. Tresidder, President of Stanford University from 1943 to 1948, was...

Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Brown), 1886-1969.

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Samuel Finley Brown Morse, great grandson of the inventor of the telegraph, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, July 18, 1886. He moved to San Francisco, California after graduation from Yale and became associated with the Crocker family when he served as manager of the Crocker-Huffman Land & Water Company. In 1915, Morse became General Manager of the Pacific Improvement Company, a position he held until 1967. He died in Pebble Beach, California in 1969. From the description of Sa...