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Call Number: SC0662
Title: James F. Lanagan papers
Dates: 1900-1960
Physical Description:
0.5 linear foot
Summary: Collection includes Stanford diplomas of Lanagan and Clara Earl,
1900; letters to Lanagan congratulating him after football victories, 1904-05; military
papers from his service in World War I, 1918-19, and his letters to Clara while in
France, 1918; program from his memorial service, 1937, and letters to Clara about
Lanagan from Will Irwin, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and others, 1937-41; clippings on his
athletic career and military service; and photographs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of George H. Knoles, 2002.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
James F.Lanagan Papers (SC0662). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
James F. Lanagan earned his A.B. at Stanford University in 1900; in 1902 he married
Clara Earl, also a member of the class of 1900. He coached football at Stanford from
1903-1908, as well as baseball in 1906. Lanagan attended Stanford Law School from
1905-1907 and began his law practice in 1908. He was a Major in the U. S. Army during
World War I and fought in France. He died in 1937.
Collection includes Stanford diplomas of Lanagan and Clara Earl, 1900; letters to
Lanagan congratulating him after football victories, 1904-05; military papers from his
service in World War I, 1918-19, and his letters to Clara while in France, 1918; program
from his memorial service, 1937, and letters to Clara about Lanagan from Will Irwin, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, and others, 1937-41; clippings on his athletic career and military
service; and photographs.
Irwin, Will, 1873-1948.
Lanagan, Clara Earl.
Lanagan, James F.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Photoprints
World War, 1914-1918.