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Call Number: SC0006
Creator:
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Calif.)
Title: Palo Alto Stock Farm records
Dates: 1875-1913
Physical Description:
26 linear feet (53 boxes)
Summary: Records of Leland Stanford's Santa Clara county property, the Palo Alto Stock Farm (devoted to the breeding and training of
trotting horses) and Tehama County property, the Vina Ranch (primarily a vineyard and winery with some horse breeding facilities.)
Includes correspondence, letter books, auction catalogs, daily journals, stud records, farm records, breeding registers, time
books, foal records, maps and employee records of the Palo Alto Stock Farm and winery, and clippings about the Stock Farm.
Correspondents include L. Brodhead of the Woodburn Farm in Kentucky; John S. Clark, a breeder in New Jersey; William B. Fasig
& Co., auctioneers in Cleveland, Ohio; J. Malcolm Forbes; and Peter C. Kellogg & Co., auctioneers in New York.
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
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Palo Alto Stock Farm Records (SC0006). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related materials in the Stanford University Archives include the Stanford Family Papers (SC0033).
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Palo Alto Stock Farm comprised the major farming properties of Senator Leland Stanford. The first property of the Palo
Alto Stock Farm was purchased in 1876 from George Gordon; later additions increased its size to approximately 8000 acres.
The Stock Farm later became the site of Stanford University. Vina Ranch, a 55,000 acre ranch, was purchased by Leland Stanford
between 1881 and 1885. The Ranch was sold in 1919.
Records of Leland Stanford's Santa Clara County property, the Palo Alto Stock Farm (devoted to the breeding and training of
trotting horses) and his Tehama County property, the Vina Ranch (primarily a vineyard and winery with some horse breeding
facilities.) Includes correspondence, letter books, auction catalogs, daily journals, stud records, farm records, breeding
registers, time books, foal records, maps and employee records of the Palo Alto Stock Farm and winery, and clippings about
the Stock Farm. Correspondents include L. Brodhead of the Woodburn Farm in Kentucky; John S. Clark, a breeder in New Jersey;
William B. Fasig & Co., auctioneers in Cleveland, Ohio; J. Malcolm Forbes; and Peter C. Kellogg & Co., auctioneers in New
York.
Brodhead, L.
Clark, John S.
Forbes, J. Malcolm
Kellogg, Peter C.
Lathrop, Ariel
Lathrop, Charles
Marvin, Charles
Palo Alto Stock Farm (Calif.)
Palo Alto Winery (Calif.)
Reynolds, O. N.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
Vina Ranch (Calif.)
Catalogs (auction)
Clippings
Horse breeders
Horses--Stud-books
Journals
Maps
Registers
Studbooks
Wine and wine making