Lamson murder case collection, 1933-1992
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Collection includes clippings about the murder of Allene Thorpe Lamson and the trials of David Lamson, 1933-1992; photocopy of the testimony of police chief H. A. Zink; original typescript of D. L. Webster's "Notes on Investigation of the Physical Evidence in the Lamson Bathroom," with accompanying photographs, 1934; three notebooks kept during the trials, partially using shorthand (no author noted); copy of Russell and Winters' book THE CASE OF DAVID LAMSON (1934); photographs of the house the Lamsons lived in, taken in 1992; and miscellaneous materials on David and Allene Lamson copied from various Stanford publications.
Description
Alternative title | The case of David Lamson : a summary |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | .5 linear foot |
Place | California |
Publication date | 1933 - 1992 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Subjects
Subject | Lamson, Allene Warden Thorpe, -1933 |
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Subject | Lamson, David |
Subject | Trials (Murder) > California |
Bibliographic information
Biographical/Historical | Allene Thorpe Lamson, wife of Stanford Press employee David Lamson, was found dead in her campus home on Memorial Day 1933. David Lamson was charged with her murder, tried and convicted, but was granted a new trial; all charges against him were dropped in April 1936. |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zj529xz0677 |
Location | Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.