Stanford University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Benson family photographs collection
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1206
Abstract
Photographs of the family of Portland businessman Simon Benson and his second wife, Pamelia Loomis, including sons Chester Simon Benson and Gilbert Thereon Benson, and grandchildren Gilbert Thomas Benson and Margaret Benson (later Margaret Maradudin).
Dates:
1896-1970
California collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss1245
Abstract
Collection includes manuscript letters from H. B. Smith to his wife, May 11, 1855, regarding work in the Jacksonville mines; student relief pass-card, circa 1906, issued by Stanford University to students volunteering to provide relief to victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; and an invitation to the Grand Anniversary Ball, July 4, 1856.
Dates:
circa 1855-1906
Wambsgans-Lumm family letters
Collection
Identifier: Mss2757
Abstract
Louis Wambsgans emigrated from Bavaria in 1853 and settled with his wife and children in Dayton, Oregon, in 1893. Collection includes correspondence from Wambsgans family members to Magdalena (Lena) Wambsgans Lumm; correspondence from William Lumm to Lena Lumm regarding his work as a steamboat captain on the Columbia River; and correspondence from George Lindahl to Josephine Lumm regarding his activities at Stanford University. Also includes copies of six photographs of members of the Lumm...
Dates:
circa 1895-1950
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- California 2
- Oregon 2
- correspondence 2
- Boats and boating -- Photographs 1
- Buildings -- Photographs 1
- California -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
- Children -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
- College students -- California -- Social life and customs -- Photographs 1
- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Photographs 1
- Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco 1
- Home and Family 1
- Mines and Mineral Resources 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oregon -- Jacksonville 1
- Oregon -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
- Pacific Coast (Or.) -- Photographs 1
- Photographs 1
- Portland (Or.) -- Photographs 1
- Ships and Shipping 1
- Steamboat workers -- Columbia River 1
- photograph albums 1
- photographs 1
- printed ephemera 1 + ∧ less
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