Guide to the Thomas M. Williams Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0191
Creator:
Williams, Thomas M., 1871-1947
Creator:
Williams, Thomas M., M.D., 1871-1947.
Title: Thomas M. Williams papers
Dates: 1895-1948
Physical Description:
0.75 linear foot
Summary: Correspondence, notes, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia
pertaining to Williams' affiliation with Stanford University and Palo Alto Hospital,
including syllabi and notes from classes, 1895-96; his World War I service in Scotland;
and his family. Also includes guest book from the family cabin, 1937-47, which includes
notes and signatures of Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, and their children
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Rhona Williams, 1987-88, Ethel McGiness, 1988, and Fred Glover, 1988.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
Thomas M. Williams Papers (SC0191). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Stanford Class of 1897. Williams earned his MD at Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons in 1901. He was one of Palo Alto's first physicians, establishing his practice
there in 1904; he continued a close affiliation with Stanford, serving on its Board of
Athletic Control from 1916 to 1928.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, notes, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to Williams'
affiliation with Stanford University and Palo Alto Hospital, including syllabi and notes
from classes, 1895-96; his World War I service in Scotland; and his family. Also
includes guest book from the family cabin, 1937-47, which includes notes and signatures
of Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, and their children
Access Terms
Allabach, Lucy.
Glover, Frederic O.
Heath, Harold, 1868-1951.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.
Palo Alto Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.).
Stanford University--Alumni.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Williams, Dora Moody.
Williams, Thomas M., M.D., 1871-1947.
Photoprints
Williams family.
World War, 1914-1918.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Obituaries and other articles
Box 1, Folder 2
Notes re: Stanford Stadium controversy; press release about Stadium
construction, 1921
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence: Mrs. Dora Moody Williams, 7 Nov. 1928, tl.
Box 1, Folder 4
John Pearce Mitchell luncheon, June 1945
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence: Stanford - Palo Alto Hospital, March 1942
Box 1, Folder 6
Wooley Camp Association (list of families camping)
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1938-48: letters from Harold and Elsie Heath; Lucy
(Allabach) Lichty with photographs of student picnics 1893; Ray Lyman Wilbur;
and Arthur and Grace Clark with illustrated map of San Juan Hill neighborhood
on Stanford's campus
Box 1, Folder 8
Christmas cards from Louise Culver, 1943-45 and undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Christmas cards from Alice Windsor Kimball, 1918-1922
Box 1, Folder 10
Williams and the Stanford "Indian": typescript excerpt
Box 1, Folder 11
Emma Rendtorff, "Magic Waters": typescript of play dedicated to Dr.
Williams and program, 1918
Box 1, Folder 13
Evolution lecture outlines with class notes by Williams, ca.
1895
Box 1, Folder 14
Syllabus for History 5a with notes by Williams on reverse, ca.
1895
Box 1, Folder 15
Syllabus for European Civilization (with bibliographies, excerpts,
study questions), 1895/96 year
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence: Mrs. Dora Moody Williams to Auntie Kate (Mrs. William
L. Smith), 3 Nov. 1930 (photocopy, the White House letterhead)
Box 1, Folder 17
Photographs (15): Thomas Williams, family and friends
Scope and Content Note
1. Thomas W. Williams with Norman Scofield
2. Portrait of Williams 1900 or 1901
3. Dr. Williams at desk
4. Family portrait, from left: Rhona, Dr. Willliams, Mrs. Williams, Elizabeth
5. Snapshot of Rhona and Betty with father
6. Williams in his Autocar
7. Williams' office building, downtown Palo Alto
8. Williams with Sam McDonald and unidentified man
9. Williams in field, ca. 1901
10. Williams in kilt, Strattnpeffer, Scotland, 1918
11. Williams in military uniform with Mrs. Williams (?)
12. Portrait of Williams in dress military uniform, 1917
13. Williams in front of trees - "Dad at cabin"
14. Dora Estey Moody Williams in her wedding dress, 1901
15. Williams at a football game
Box 1, Folder 18
Strattnpeffer Naval Hospital, Scotland: includes photographs, souvenir
photo album, postcards and a reminiscence by Edith May Lyon - a nurse who
served with Dr. Williams at Strattnpeffer during World War I
Box 2
Guest book from family cabin, 1937-47
