Charles Anderson Gauld miscellaneous papers, 1953-1957.

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Charles Anderson Gauld miscellaneous papers, 1953-1957.

These papers pertain largely to Stanford anecdotes and history and include his typescript articles on George E. Crothers and Jane Stanford; letters from George E. Crothers, 1956, regarding vandalism to the Angel of Grief statue and the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake; and his letter to Herbert Hoover requesting a few words on Crothers and a copy of Hoover's reply, 1956.

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