Wartime activities of William Bowers Bourn : typescript, circa 1930.

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Wartime activities of William Bowers Bourn : typescript, circa 1930.

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Narrative account of Bourn's work with the Friends of France, which funded ambulance units, and the American League of California, with extensive quotes from Bourn's correspondence, 1914-1918, including Stanford students who were serving on ambulance units in France. Also included is a brochure, "The American Field Service Memorial, " 1923.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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O'Day, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1883-

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William Bowers Bourn, owner of the Empire gold mines in Grass Valley and a Stanford University trustee, organized the Friends of France at the outbreak of World War I, serving as its president from 1914-1919. From the description of Wartime activities of William Bowers Bourn : typescript, circa 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864037 Biographical/Historical Sketch William Bowers Bourn, owner of the Empire gold mine...

Friends of France.

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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. ...

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Bourn, William, 1857-1936

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Bourn was president of Friends of France during World War I. He and Charles Mills Gayley of the University of California at Berkeley organized the American League of California whose objective was to assist the Allies in Europe financially and with manpower. From the description of William Bowers Bourn papers, 1917-1921. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 85037204 ...