Correspondence, deeds, ephemeral materials, pamphlets, printed materials, receipts, typescripts, vouchers.

Contains incoming correspondence and invitations; ephemera relating to Sutro's involvement with politics; information on the Sutro Library and on the Sutro Baths; records from the Sutro Tunnel Company including correspondence, legal documents and financial documents; pamphlets and posters relating to property sales in San Francisco by Sutro; receipts; clippings; and some miscellaneous items including calling cards and Sutro's daughter's report cards.

Brief biography of Adolph Sutro, mine engineer, mayor of San Francisco (1895-1897), developer of the Cliff House and Sutro Baths, Sutro Gardens, and book collector.

Contains: 1 letter from R.H. Cross to A.T. Leonard thanking him for material on San Miguel Rancho; 3 newspaper clippings on the same subject; 1 auction catalog from Butterfield & Butterfield of Sutro's collection (1939); and 1 acknowledgment from the California Historical Society to A.T. Leonard for his gift of Sutro materials.

Correspondence and papers detailing Adolph Sutro's involvement with San Francisco streetcars, beach improvements at Sutro Heights (the Cliff House), and road construction. Includes several labor reports, 1890, for work at the beach at Sutro Heights; typed draft articles of incorporation of the Sutro Railroad Company to operate and construct street railroads in San Francisco; manuscript specifications for a windmill at the Cliff House; manuscript draft of indenture for a road connecting Clarendon Avenue and Park Lane.

The Adolph Sutro Papers consists of correspondence, much of it relating to the Sutro Tunnel Company and to the Funding Bill; records of the Sutro Tunnel Company including cipher books; documents relating to property holdings in San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo and Napa Counties; payrolls and reports for the Cliff House, Sutro Railroad, San Miguel Ranch, Sutro Baths, Sutro Library, and Sutro Heights; papers relating to Sutro's term as San Francisco Mayor; papers relating to Sutro's estate; and financial records.

Incoming correspondence (1853-1899), mostly relating to the Sutro Tunnel and the Pacific Railroad Funding Bill; and 66 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (1866-1898) documenting the major interests of Sutro's business and political career. Major correspondents include Theodore Sutro, J.M. Bassett, F.B. Perkins, and Charles A. Sumner. Scrapbooks include 25 vols. concerning construction of the Sutro Tunnel; 14 vols. documenting Sutro's battle with the Southern Pacific Railroad over the Pacific Railroad Funding Bill, which Sutro opposed; 17 vols. dealing with San Francisco political events and issues during Sutro's term as mayor; and 7 vols. covering miscellaneous political and business topics, and San Francisco social life. The collection also includes deeds, contracts, and leases for landholdings and other property; three check-receipt books (1890-1893); receipts and bills for services and purchases made for Sutro Heights, Sutro Baths, and Sutro's other property; and other miscellaneous documents and papers.