Guide to the Timothy Hopkins papers SC1027

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives

March 2011; December 2023

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Timothy Hopkins papers

Identifier/Call Number: SC1027

Physical Description: 5.75 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1804-1942

Date (bulk): 1870-1936

Language of Material: Undetermined .

Scope and Contents note

Collection includes correspondence (1804-1805, 1885-1935), daybook (1889-1928), newsclippings, and miscellaneous publications regarding the Hopkins family (1885-1935). Correspondence focuses on family matters, including the Hopkins-Searles Probate Case, Hopkins' retirement and death, and gifts to Stanford. There is also some correspondence about University matters (1896-1910). Collection also contains photographs, diplomas, memorial resolutions, published genealogies for John Hopkins and the Kellogg family, and a scrapbook kept by Hopkins of clippings on general topics, 1870-1883.

Biographical note

Timothy Hopkins was a businessman, member of the original Stanford University Board of Trustees (1885-1937), and served as president of the board (1908-1914).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Board of Trustees

Papers Series 1

Box 1, folder 1

Correspondence, incoming from various correspondents 1874-1935

Box 1, folder 2

Correspondence, outgoing to various correspondents 1896-1918

Box 1, folder 3

Correspondence, outgoing to George T. Clark 1925 Apr

Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence, Stanford University Board of Trustees re Hopkins' letter of March 4, 1896 sugggesting a celebration to congratulate Jane Stanford upon successful Stanford Estate litigation 1896 Mar

Box 1, folder 5

Correspondence with reports, articles and research notes on Stanford University eucalyptus trees 1910

Box 1, folder 6

Correspondence re gifts from Timothy Hopkins to Stanford University, with lists [photocopies] 1893-1919

Box 1, folder 7

Correspondence, incoming to Elizabeth Hopkins 1804-1805

Box 1, folder 8

Correspondence, outgoing from Mary Frances (Sherwood Hopkins) Searles 1890

Box 1, folder 9

Correspondence re Searles case 1889-1939

Box 1, folder 10

Correspondence, E. J. Van Lennep to Nathan Van Patten re Hopkins Transportation Library 1938-1941

Box 1, folder 11

Book of excerpts: handwritten volume, possibly by Tim Hopkins, from multiple published sources regarding visions of mankind undated

Box 1, folder 12

Datebook, incomplete record of events, compiled possibly Tim Hopkins 1889-1928

Box 1, folder 13

Commonplace Book: E. K. Sherwood 1849 Mar

Box 1, folder 14

Lectures on English Literature: by Professor H. P. Tappan, Volume 1, compiled by Lydia Ann Sherwood

Box 2, folder 1

A Sketch of the Life of Mark Hopkins, by B. B. Redding, A. L. Brancropt and Co., publishers 1881

Box 2, folder 2

Exhibition and Auction Catalogs, Estate of Mary K. Hopkins: Sherwood Hall, San Francisco Residence, and collection of Diamonds and Jewelry circa 1942

Box 2, folder 3

U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellants and Appellee Briefs: Norman Lee Freeman vs. Timothy Hopkins, 2 editions 1929 Mar

Box 2, folder 4

Articles - Lydia Hopkins

Box 2, folder 5

Articles - Timothy Hopkins

Box 2, folder 6

Articles - Searles case

Box 2, folder 7

Memorial Resolution - Timothy Hopkins, Wells Fargo Bank and United Trust Company

Box 2, folder 8

In Memoriam - Timothy Hopkins, Stanford Convalescent Home (bound in leather with embellishments)

Box 2, folder 9

Financial appraisal of Timothy Hopkins estate 1937 Mar

Box 3, folder 1

Great Barrington Book: photographs and handwritten text on Hopkins' childhood and extended family in Great Barrington, MA

Box 3, folder 2

Great Barrington Book, original notebook

Box 3, folder 3

Scrapbook with genealogy information and family obituaries

Box 3, folder 4

Map of Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Box 3, folder 5

Miscellaneous personal papers - public school certificates, programs, invitations, tickets, passes, membership cards, passport, illustration of fish named by Dr. Jordan "Lompochites Hopkinsi"

Box 4, folder 1

Scrapbook of clippings on general topics 1870-1883

Box 4, folder 2

Certificates from Sacramento Public Schools 1869-1873

Box 5, Item data_value_missing_b75a6177aebd66f43a19b21df70b7c20

In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Mary F. S. Searls, Linotype Reporting and Printing Co. 1882

Box 5, Item data_value_missing_d286ad3fc13a6e4716b6899a7412e729

John Hopkins and Some of His Descendants, by Timothy Hopkins, Stanford University Press 1932

Box 5, Item data_value_missing_9346f53c849f3318d178a25adfa6c7f5

The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, by Timothy Hopkins, Volumes I-III, Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co. 1903

Box 6

Trustees award to Timothy Hopkins Accession ARCH-2021-098 1936 January 16

Physical Description: .25 Linear Feet

Language of Material: English.

Addenda, 2024-568 accession ARCH-2024-568

roll 7

National Conservatory of Music Fellow and Founder diploma, 1886

Box 8

Scrapbook of membership certificates 1880-1899

Box 9

Masonic / Knights Templar regalia

Box 10

Masonic / Knights Templar regalia

Box 11

Masonic / Knights Templar hat