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David Starr Jordan letter to Arthur M. Ellis
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David Starr Jordan poems
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Manuscript and typewritten poems by David Starr Jordan. Includes 'The Bubbles of Saki' and 'Viverols,' as well as a collection of poems called 'To Barbara' (Jordan's daughter with his second wife Jessie Louise Knight) and which include 'A Castle in the Air,' 'A Castle in Spain,' When Man Shall Come,' 'Men Told Me, Lord,' and 'Altruism.'
mssHM 74118-74125
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David Starr Jordan letter to Rev. Charles Ferguson
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In this letter to Rev. Charles Ferguson of All Souls' Church of Kansas City Missouri, Jordan thanks the Reverend for his kind letter and agrees with him that the "University spirit" should shape modern democracy and furthermore, the future of our country and others relies on the training of a large body of men to see reality and have the courage to believe what they see. Jordan express interest in Ferguson's writings and invites him to Stanford. Written on Leland Stanford Junior University, Office of the President letterhead.
mssHM 29241
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David Starr Jordan letter to Max Farrand
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This letter discusses the losses due to the San Francisco Earthquake including the church, the arch, the new library, the gymnasium and the new part of the museum. However, Jordan stresses that the University is not as badly off as it could be. Written on Leland Standford Junior University, Office of the President letterhead with cancelled cover postmarked Stanford, CA May 5, 1906.
mssHM 16697
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David Starr Jordan letter to [William Henry] Irwin
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Letter to congratulate Will Irwin on his Saturday Evening Post article, "Europe Today and Tomorrow." Jordan mentions that he is on a lecture tour speaking similarly about "the dynastic basis of war." Letter is on illustrated letterhead from the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington.
mssHM 29242
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David S. Jordan letter to the Editor of the Independent
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In this letter to a newspaper editor, David S. Jordan notes that a manuscript "A continuing city" had not been published yet as that it was published in a larger work, "Imperial democracy" to be released by Appleton & Co. on June 18th of that year. He offers some other essays that may be of use as the publication of the larger volume might affect the arrangement they made.
mssHM 31258
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Merritt Starr letter to the family describing the 1964 Alaska Earthquake
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Dr. Merritt Starr and his friend were hunting around Resurrection Bay when the 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake hit. In this letter to his family, he recounts story of surviving the earthquake, landslide and resulting tsunami. The letter further recounts the immediate aftermath and the reconstruction in the weeks after the disaster.
mssHM 27959