Jordan (David S.) papersDavid Starr Jordan, 1851-1931 - David Starr Jordan was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, and photographs, relating to pacifism and the movement for world peace, disarmament, international relations, American neutrality in World War I, American foreign and domestic policy, civil liberties in the United States, problems of minorities in the United States, Stanford University, and personal and family matters. Several folders about Bulgaria. During his lifetime, David Starr Jordan made gifts of his papers to the Hoover Institution (then known as the Hoover War Library). After his death, his widow and friends donated the balance of his papers, including his voluminous correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, and reference materials until, by 1941, the Hoover Institution had custody of almost all of Jordan's papers aside from official university files. In 1945 the papers were divided between the Stanford University Library (these were subsequently included in the Stanford University Archives) and the Hoover Institution, which retained all of the papers dealing with war and peace, most of the papers dealing with international relations, and many papers dealing with U.S. social and political affairs (in areas such as civil liberties, problems of minorities, alien land laws, and higher education).
