Horace Davis Papers, 1865-1916

Summary

Creators:

Davis, Horace, 1831-1916

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Language:

The materials are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Papers include family correspondence (with a few pertaining to the Civil War United States Sanitary Commission); correspondence relating to the administration of Stanford University; and a few articles by Davis, diplomas, and pamphlets. The bulk of the papers concern Stanford University, its Board of Trustees, and the problems it faced such as salaries, tuition and fees, faculty reirements, discipline, the 1906 arthquake, and problems of organizing the Board of Trustees. Correspondents include Thomas R. Bard, George Crothers, Henry T. Gage, David Starr Jordan, Samuel F. Leib, George C. Perkins, James D. Phelan, Whitelaw Reid, Eugene E. Schmitz, Silas W. Terry, Booker T. Washington, Benjamin Ide Wheeler and John D. Works.

Biographical / historical:

Horace Davis was a United States representative from California, a member of the original Board of Trustees of Stanford University (1885-1916), and President of the University of California.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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