Documents
Telegrams and Cables
Rumors about the devastation at Stanford were initially greatly exaggerated. Reports of total destruction fed the fears of parents and friends anxious to learn the fate of students and others. A faculty member and student drove hastily composed telegrams to Sacramento where they finally located a working telegraph office.
University Papers
A selection of various papers and reports released by the university during the months after the 1906 earthquake.
Voltmeter Recording
A Bristol recording voltmeter in the Stanford University powerhouse recorded the initial quake and the aftershocks.
Ah Wing Account
Ah Wing was a butler in the Stanford's home in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake, his first-hand account of days following the disaster are translated from his original papers.
Newspapers
Articles from The Daily Palo Alto Times and The Citizen covered the news following the Quake.