Selected Lathrop Genealogical Resources

Published sources (available in the Field Reading Room's Archives reference collection)

Jane Lathrop Stanford Huntington, E. B. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country, Embracing the Descendants, As Far As Known, of The Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., and Mark Lothrop, of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., and the First Generation of Descendants of Other Names. Ridgefield, Conn: Mrs. Julia Huntington, 1884.

Ready Reference sources (Request from desk staff in Field Reading Room)

Lathrop-Notable Kin.

Additional resources available.

University records and other unpublished sources

Lathrop family papers, 1807-1955 (SC0536)

These papers pertain to the Lathrop family, in particular Dyer Lathrop and Daniel Shields. Dyer Lathrop's papers, 1820-1849, pertain largely to his business affairs and include letters, bills, notes, and receipts, including accounts with the Spring Street Mission House, 1828-1833. Daniel Shields' papers,1807-1835, largely concern his pension as a Revolutionary soldier and his appointment as Sergeant at Arms for the New York Assembly; other items include a ledger and an appraisal of his estate. Other papers of note in the collection include a list of donations to the Albany Orphan Asylum, 1833; insurance accounts of Charles Lathrop, 1908-1915; and a letter to Elizabeth Shields, Sept. 23, 1850, that mentions the wedding of Jane Lathrop and Leland Stanford.

Stanford (Jane) papers, 1860-1975 (SC0033B)

Typescript copies of letters, poems, resolutions and other papers expressing grief of the Stanford University community following the death of Mrs. Stanford.

Stanford University Archives Print Collection (SC1039).

Lathrop Family Tree; collected and arranged by John Lathrop, Buffalo, NY.

Last modified: June 16, 2011