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Personal Narrative by Dr. Leo Leonidas Stanley about the Los Angeles Steamship Company Cruise to Central and South America
Collection consists of three bound volumes of a typescript manuscript and black and white photographs created by the ship's surgeon, Dr. Leo Leonidas Stanley, for his friend Joseph Mattingly, who was the ship's official photographer. Dr. Stanley describes the cruise, the ship's staff and the passengers, as well as the locations visited, including: San Pedro; Callao and Lima, Peru; Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santos, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Port of Spain, Trinidad; La Guayra and Caracas, Venezuela; Panama Canal; Salvador; Guatemala; and Mazatlan, Mexico.
Leo L. Stanley Papers
Contains diaries including time spent on cruise ships, accounts of annual meetings and history for the Northern Association of Industrial and Railway Surgeons, medical journal articles by Stanley on his time as a prison doctor and the manuscript for "Dolores Martinez."
Men at Their Worst
The memoirs of Dr. Leo L. Stanley, chief surgeon of the California State Prison at San Quentin for 27 years.
My Most Unforgettable Convicts
This remarkable book, written by the chief surgeon at San Quentin Prison, tells the stories of many of California's most interesting convicts.
San Quentin Papers
Published books, typescripts, and typed reports, most of which pertain to Stanley's work as a physician for San Quentin Prison. Includes the Register of State Prison at San Quentin, 1889; Reports of Directors on San Quentin, 1855-1912; typed copies of the Reports of Committee on State Prisons, 1857-1868; an undated typescript by James M. Wilkins, The evolution of a state prison; a typed report, Federal executions at the California State Prison at San Quentin, Oct. 18, 1895; an edited typescript of Stanley's News men I have known; and a notebook of Stanley's entitled San Francisco, Honolulu, Wake Island, Tokyo, Seoul (Korea), Feb. 1956. The notebook includes some ephemera.
Leo L. Stanley
Leo Stanley was the doctor at San Quentin Prison for 38 years. His collection of materials reflect his interest in the history and operation of the institution. Books in the Stanley collection can be found in the library catalog. Photographs from the collection are housed in a separate photo collection.
Sea Journals Kept by Dr. L.L. Stanley Aboard the City of Los Angeles (built 1899 ; Passenger Vessel)
Documents travel to South America in 1928. Stanley, a physician at San Quentin prison, took this voyage following his wife's death. The two volumes are well-written narratives that describe the ports of call such as Callao, Peru; Caracas, Venezuela; Mazatlan, Mexico; Port au Spain, Trinidad; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Valparaiso, Chile. There are many snapshots which help to document a North American's view of South America. Also noted are passenger activities and incidents relating to the crew. News clippings and programs are also included.
