This collection contains subject files organized by John Rawlings during the research for his book THE STANFORD ALPINE CLUB (Stanford, CA, Stanford University Libraries/CSLI Publications, 1999) as well as original materials contributed by club members. Included are correspondence, photographs, maps, articles, club ephemera, clippings, copy of Rawlings' book, and text, captions, and materials from an exhibit on the Stanford Alpine Club mounted in the Stanford University Libraries. Materials added in 2009 include a copy of the club’s booklet “Mountaineering: Freedom of the Quad,” 1971, VHS video Dave Harrah “Yerupaja,” and a 16mm film roll “Sam & Carol mountain climbing.”

Collection includes photographs of track meets; football coaches Glenn “Pop” Warner, Claude “Tiny” Thornhill, and Andy Kerr; athletic staff 1924; David Starr Jordan; the Soph-Frosh battle of October 1921; Battery A of the Stanford ROTC, March 1923; and 3 group images which include David: Phi Alpha Delta, 1923, American Journalists Association, 1923, and the press box at a Stanford meet, 1923. Photographers include Kenyon & Crow of Palo Alto and E. R. Freeman.

Eyewitness accounts of the 1906 earthquake at Stanford; and eyewitness account of earthquake damage to the Stanford and Hopkins houses in San Francisco by Ah Wing, employee of the Stanford family (in Chinese with an English translation). Also includes magazine and newspaper accounts of the earthquake and its aftermath; and a map of San Francisco, 1908, showing reconstruction.

These images were probably taken or collected by a female student at Stanford University; subjects include the Arcades and students on the Quad, The Camp [student housing], Coutts’ Tower and Lake (dry), Governor’s Lane, view of campus residential area, David Starr Jordan at bat in faculty-student baseball game, Sorority houses (exteriors), and women students. Memorabilia includes dance card, Valentine note, and a letter.

Collection includes a photograph album (dated 1899) of images of Stanford buildings and views, probably acquired from a local photography firm; subjects include entrance gates, cactus garden, the Quad, Roble Hall, Encina Hall, fraternity houses, faculty houses, and interiors of the library, assembly hall, and museum. There are also loose images (cyanotypes, sepia prints, and black and white prints) of female students on campus, male students at the Palo Alto train station, and one of President Jordan at bat during a faculty-student baseball game.

Photographs of Ray Lyman Wilbur as a child, from his student days at Stanford University and Cooper Medical College, as President of Stanford, and as Secretary of the Interior. Student photos include images of his room in Encina Hall, Hopkins Marine lab, and a medical school anatomy lab. Other persons pictured include David Starr Jordan, Lucie Stern, Herbert Hoover, and Calvin Coolidge. There are also photos of his wife Marguerite Blake Wilbur and Wilbur family photographs, including family homes in North Dakota and Riverside, Calif., and students at Riverside High School, 1891.

The papers of Jane L. Stanford pertain largely to the founding and administration of Stanford University, along with her personal and social affairs; included in the papers are correspondence, business records, legal and financial papers, speeches, news clippings, and biographical materials. Correspondence, dating from 1860 to 1905, makes up the larger part of the collection. Most of the correspondence concerns the University. Other topics include personal and social matters, her travels, religious discussions, and her interest in kindergartens. Correspondents include David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University, Charles Lathrop, Susan B. Anthony, Timothy and May Hopkins, Julia D. Grant (Mrs. Ulysses Grant) and other members of the Grant family, Caroline Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison), and Andrew D. White. There are also a large number of condolence letters on the death of Leland Stanford and of begging letters.

Correspondence, telegrams; business, legal, financial, and official papers; speeches, journals, and newsclippings; and other materials relating to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, Stanford's political career, business and financial interests, and the founding and construction of Stanford University.