George E. Crothers papers, 1905-1957
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- Correspondence (1905-1957), speeches, articles, legal documents, photographs, newsclippings and scrapbooks. Major subjects include Stanford University, Republican Party activities (1909-1930), California State Normal Schools, United States monetary policy and U.S. relations with the Republic of China (1920-1940). Correspondents include persons prominent in educational and political affairs in the U.S. as well as many leading California lawyers and educators. Also includes correspondence between Crothers and his brother T. G. Crothers relating to Stanford Board of Trustees matters and University legal problems, minutes of the Board (April 1905, May-June 1907), a typescript description of the founding grant and an anonymous diary (1895-1902).
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 16.5 |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1905 - 1957 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Crothers, George Edward, 1870-1957 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Abbott, Nathan |
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| Subject | Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 |
| Subject | Cowley, W. H. (William Harold), 1899-1978 |
| Subject | Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, 1868-1941 |
| Subject | Cutler, Leland W. (Leland Whitman), 1885- |
| Subject | Davis, Horace, 1831-1916 |
| Subject | Dinkelspiel, Lloyd W |
| Subject | Edwards, Paul C. (Paul Carroll), 1882-1962 |
| Subject | Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940 |
| Subject | Eurich, Alvin C. (Alvin Christian), 1902-1987 |
| Subject | Fuller, W. Palmer |
| Subject | Gunst, Morgan |
| Subject | Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 |
| Subject | Hopkins, Timothy |
| Subject | Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 |
| Subject | James, William, 1842-1910 |
| Subject | Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945 |
| Subject | Jones, Herbert C. (Herbert Coffin), 1880-1970 |
| Subject | Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 |
| Subject | Keesling, Francis Valentine, 1877- |
| Subject | Kefauver, Grayson N |
| Subject | Kirkwood, Marion |
| Subject | Lane, Arthur Bliss |
| Subject | Lane, Franklin K |
| Subject | Leib, Samuel F, 1848-1924 |
| Subject | Lillick, Ira |
| Subject | Lurie, Louis R |
| Subject | Osborne, George |
| Subject | Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 |
| Subject | Robinson, Edgar Eugene, 1887-1977 |
| Subject | Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 |
| Subject | Spaeth, Carl B |
| Subject | Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975 |
| Subject | Spreckels, Rudolph |
| Subject | Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905 |
| Subject | Stanford, Thomas Welton, 1832-1918 |
| Subject | Sterling, J. E. Wallace |
| Subject | Swain, Robert E. (Robert Eckles), 1875-1961 |
| Subject | Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982 |
| Subject | Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948 |
| Subject | Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 |
| Subject | White, Andrew D |
| Subject | Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 |
| Subject | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Subject | Stanford University > Administration |
| Subject | Stanford University., Board of Trustees. |
| Subject | Stanford University > Crothers Hall |
| Subject | Stanford University > Crothers Memorial Hall |
| Subject | Monetary policy > United States |
| Subject | United States > Foreign relations |
| Subject | China > Foreign relations > United States |
| Subject | United States > Foreign relations > China |
| Subject | Judges |
| Subject | Lawyers |
| Genre | News clippings. |
| Genre | Speeches. |
| Genre | Articles. |
| Genre | Photoprints. |
| Genre | Scrapbooks. |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical/Historical | Judge and member of the Stanford Board of Trustees (1902-1912). He served as attorney to Jane Lathrop Stanford and was part donor of two graduate dormitories at Stanford University. |
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| Ownership | Gift of George Crothers to the Stanford Library, 1962; transferred to University Archives, 1975. |
| Publications | Clausen, Henry C. STANFORD'S JUDGE CROTHERS; THE LIFE STORY OF GEORGE E. CROTHERS... San Francisco: George E. Crothers Trust (1967). |
| Publications | Berg, Jerry E., comp. A LEGAL HISTORY OF THE TITLES, TRUSTS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY. Compiled from material in the George E. Crothers Collection..., 1963. |
| Note | Unpublished guide available (folder level inventory). |
| Location |
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| LCCN | ms 64000725 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/rt956rm4820 |
| Location | Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections (http://library.stanford.edu/spc).