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Call Number: SC0285
Creator:
Richardson, George Mann, 1863-
Title: George Mann Richardson papers
Dates: 1860-1971
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, photographs, legal papers, albums and
biographical material of George Mann Richardson, his wife Margaret Watson, their sons
Alan and Remond, and Watson family relatives. Correspondence includes a family letter
describing a trip to Colorado and New Mexico, 1887; letters by George, 1894, and
Margaret, 1896, describing hiking trips in the Sierras (what is now Kings Canyon and
Sequoia National Parks), and correspondence of Alan Richardson, 1918-1957, including one
letter from Lou Henry Hoover. Photographs, 1898-1924, include early views of the
Stanford campus, damage from the 1906 earthquake, the Richardson house on campus, family
members, beach and mountain scenes, and Remond W. Richardson in his military unit in
Texas, 1916-1917. There is a scrapbook kept by Remond W. Richardson, 1910-1923,
containing programs, newsletters, clippings, and other items pertaining to his school
and military activities; and a scrapbook kept by George Mann Richardson, 1881-1890,
containing programs, clippings, tickets, ribbons, newsletters, and other items largely
pertaining to Lehigh University athletic events and Psi Upsilon fraternity matters. The
collection also includes a diary kept by George C. Richardson, 1860; letters by Robert
Watson, 1885-1926; letters of Esther E. Watson, primarily on the death of her father
William T. Watson, 1926; and other materials pertaining to the Watson family.
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 Jeanne Richardson Musto, 1982.
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.
George Mann Richardson Papers (SC0285). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stanford (1891-1902). Richardson, born in Springfield,
Ohio 3 October 1863, obtained his A.B. in Chemistry from Lehigh University (1886) and
his Ph. D. in Chemistry from John Hopkins University (1891). He died in 1902.
Correspondence, photographs, legal papers, albums and biographical material of George
Mann Richardson, his wife Margaret Watson, their sons Alan and Remond, and Watson family
relatives. Correspondence includes a family letter describing a trip to Colorado and New
Mexico, 1887; letters by George, 1894, and Margaret, 1896, describing hiking trips in
the Sierras (what is now Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks), and correspondence of
Alan Richardson, 1918-1957, including one letter from Lou Henry Hoover. Photographs,
1898-1924, include early views of the Stanford campus, damage from the 1906 earthquake,
the Richardson house on campus, family members, beach and mountain scenes, and Remond W.
Richardson in his military unit in Texas, 1916-1917. There is a scrapbook kept by Remond
W. Richardson, 1910-1923, containing programs, newsletters, clippings, and other items
pertaining to his school and military activities; and a scrapbook kept by George Mann
Richardson, 1881-1890, containing programs, clippings, tickets, ribbons, newsletters,
and other items largely pertaining to Lehigh University athletic events and Psi Upsilon
fraternity matters. The collection also includes a diary kept by George C. Richardson,
1860; letters by Robert Watson, 1885-1926; letters of Esther E. Watson, primarily on the
death of her father William T. Watson, 1926; and other materials pertaining to the
Watson family.
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.
Richardson, Alan.
Richardson, George C.
Richardson, George Mann, 1863-
Richardson, Margaret.
Richardson, Remond W.
Stanford University--Description--Views..
Watson family.
Watson, Esther E.
Watson, Robert.
Albums
Hiking --Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.).
Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.).
Photoprints
Sequoia National Park (Calif.).