Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Burnett, John; Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895;
A copy of a letter from Bernard J. Reid to John M. Burnett, the son of former California Governor Peter Burnett. Reid gives his condolences on Peter Burnett's death.
Cemeteries; Mausoleums; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stanford (Calif.); Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905; Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893; Stanford University;
Black-and-white photograph of the Stanford Family Mausoleum on the grounds of Stanford University. It was completed in 1893. The mausoleum contains the remains of Leland Stanford, his wife Jane Lathrop Stanford, and their son, Leland Stanford...
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930; Men; Portraits
James Duval Phelan was born in San Francisco, April 20, 1861. He graduated from St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) in 1881 and studied law at the University of California in Berkeley. Phelan became a partner in the banking...
Reitzel, Marques R.; Artists; Farm buildings; Landscape paintings; Trees
Reitzel was a prolific artist who produced illustrations and etchings, but was primarily a painter. His son Marques R. Reitzel described how his father would create "exhibition" paintings, typically 5' x 7'. "He first sketched his...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Redwood Park; Parks; Trees; People; Fuller family; Photographs; People;
"Mother of the Forest" at Big Basin, 1913. Hugh Jeidell, a New York author, is seen at the hollow trunk of same. It is 312 ft. tall and 21 ft. in diameter. In 1909, a boy 12 yers of age (son of Prof. C.D. Marx of Stanford University)...
Burnett, John M.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
John M. Burnett, son of California’s first American governor Peter Burnett, was Santa Clara College’s second graduate, in 1858.
Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.); Students
Group portrait of members of the House of Philhistorians. Note on back reads: ""From the estate of Oscar O. Reeg, Placerville, CA. Santa Clara College, class of 1894--seated far left, front row. Presented to the University by his son,...
