Adolph Sutro papers
Scope and Contents
Receipts, correspondence, political handbills, legal instruments, maps, essays, newspaper clippings, and various other printed and handwritten items which relate to Adolph Sutro. The topics and institutions concerned with in the collection include the Sutro Library, the Struve Library, the California State Library, the Military Library of San Francisco, California and San Francisco politics, San Francisco city planning, the University of California, Stanford University, mining interests in Nevada, nineteenth century metaphysics and phrenology, the Historical Society of Southern California, the Afro-American League, the Lincoln Monument League for San Francisco, and probate papers of the Sutro estate. The items include Sutro's signature in several places.
Dates
- Creation: 1863-1942
Creator
- Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Adolph Sutro papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Mining engineer and mayor of San Francisco.
Extent
105 items
Custodial History
Donated.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
General
Photograph of the "Cliff House" in San Francisco transferred to photo archives.
Subject
- Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- City Planning -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- Sources
- Correspondence
- Libraries -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
- Material Types
- Mayors -- California -- San Francisco -- Correspondence
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
- Universities and colleges -- California -- History -- Sources
- Title
- Register of Adolph Sutro papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Patsy Shin Hernandez
- Date
- 2010 August 11
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States