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1906 Voltmeter

Documents

Documents of interest from the University Archive, including the output of a voltmeter that acted like a seismograph, a written account of the quake by the Stanford's Chinese butler, President Jordan's statement, telegrams from students to parents, and more.

Memorial Church being deconstructed after the 1906 quake. Stanford Archives GP Box 18, 5977.

Campus Structures

Views of the old Gymnasium, the old Library, the Museum, Memorial Arch and Memorial Church, views of the Quad, and other campus structures, from before the 1906 earthquake up to present day.

Leland, Jane and Leland Stanford Jr.

People

Photographs of people associated with the university and with seismic studies. Includes David Starr Jordan, J.C. Branner, John A. Blume, and Allan Cox.