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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893 print view role Collector dates 1824-1893 city San Francisco state CA other cities Waltervliet, NY; Sacramento, CA; sex M historical notes Leland Stanford was an art collector, philanthropist, lawyer, politician and businessman. Early in the 1860s Stanford and three other Sacramento merchants Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, and Collis P. Huntington built the Central Pacific Railroad. Leland Stanford later became President of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Governor of California. In 1884, Leland and Jane founded Leland Stanford Jr. University in memory of their son. Stanford died June 21, 1893 during his second term as United States Senator. According to The Art Treasures of America, Stanford owned works by W. J. Beard, Belay, A. Bierstadt, H. C. Bispham, W. A. Bouguereau, Bouvier, W. Bradford, Chaigneau, P. C. Comte, W. F. H. De Haas, J. L. Gérôme, T. Hill, J. B. Irving, F. H. Kaemmerer, Wm. Keith, L. Knaus, Auguste Leloir, Meyer von Bremen, E. W. Perry, A. Piot, A. Toulmouche, E. Verboeckhoven, and Benjamin West. decades of activity 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:28 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Leland Stanford Papers, 1840-1896 (SC 033A) see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. Pacific Coast tour photographs and ephemera, 1891-1987 see details... California State Library PO Box 942837 Isaiah W. Lees Collection, 1863-1903 see details... University of California, Los Angeles YRL Department of Special Collections Henry Zenas Osborne Papers, 1869-1947 see details... Hoover Institution Library and Archives Jane Lathrop Stanford miscellaneous papers, 1895-1902 see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Stanford Family Papers, 1839-1964 (SC 033D) see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Henry Hiram Ellis Papers, 1861-1898 see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Miles, Walter R. Research concerning Eadweard Muybridge, 1928-1932 see details... California State Library PO Box 942837 John Bidwell Papers, 1841-1917 see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Stanford Ranches and Lands Records, 1838-1896 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library California State Board of Forestry Records, 1885-1889 see details... California State Library Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, 1842-1918 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Marsh family papers 1815-1960 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library James L. Warren Papers, 1846-1889 see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives White, Stephen Mallory. Papers, 1871-1901 see details... Hoover Institution Library and Archives Berton W. Crandall Photographs, 1888-1953 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Waterman Family Papers, 1839-1906 see details... University of California, Los Angeles YRL Department of Special Collections California Ephemera Collection, 1860- see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Views of San Francisco mansions and streets, ca. 1875-ca. 1889 (issued) see details... see also: Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905. «  back