Inventory of the John Flesher Newsom photographs
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: John Flesher Newsom photographs
Date (inclusive): 1892-1920
Collection Number: 66002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
21 envelopes, 5 album boxes
(4.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Depicts Stanford University, 1892-1917; persons associated with Stanford University, including Herbert Hoover, John C. Branner,
and Joseph Swain; and daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, 1920.
Creator:
Newsom, John F. (John Flesher), 1869-1928
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1966.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Flesher Newsom photographs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American mining geologist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Depicts Stanford University, 1892-1917; persons associated with Stanford University, including Herbert Hoover, John C. Branner,
and Joseph Swain; and daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, 1920.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
Malaya -- Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Pictorial works
Tin mines and mining -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Pictorial works
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Pictorial works
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Stanford University
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Swain, Joseph, 1857-1927
envelope A
20 prints, including photos of Herbert Hoover, J.F. Newsom, John C. Branner, George M. Richardson, Joseph Swain, and John
H. Means
1895-1917
envelope B
4 photos of an Arkansas mountaineers home
undated
envelope C
26 photos, 1 neg., of Stanford University in 1906, before the big earthquake
undated
envelope D-T
17 envelopes with photos of mine (shafts and drifts, hydraulic elevators, power plants, etc.), tin mining operations (wheeling
and trucking, ground sluicing, gravel pumping, dredging, puddling etc.) in Mayala (Malay peninsula). Also some general photos
of Malaya
1920
envelope Um
1 envelope with miscellaneous photos of Malaya, and daily life in Malaya
undated
album f
7 albums with photos depicting daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, (1 album missing, 12/12/1974)
1920
