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Hopkins transportation collection, 1844-1969
M0200
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hopkins transportation collection (M0200)
Identifier/Call Number: M0200
Physical Description:
18 Linear Feet
(19 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1844-1969 (inclusive), 1936-1954 (bulk)
Date (bulk): 1936-1954
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Multiple sources. Most transferred from Hopkins Transportation Library. Dispatch records gift of Mrs. Hazel Elizabeth Sullivan,
1969.
Files and volumes as originally processed are numbered 1 through approximately 46, regardless of box number. Subsequent files
added to collection are numbered in sequences for each box.
[Identification of item] Hopkins transportation collection, M0200, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
The former Hopkins Transportation Library has been subdivided into several smaller collections and cataloged items.
One may browse a list of various Hopkins-originated material here: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/catalog?q=%22Hopkins+Transportation+Library.%22&search_field=subject_terms
Guides to the main Hopkins Transportation collections:
Collection of material primarily related to railroads, also containing printed material and ephemera about other forms of
transport, including automobiles, passenger ships, and airplanes.
One series contains dispatchers records from Beaumont and Los Angeles, California, as well as Mexicali, Baja California, covering
the period 1936-1954. There are also many reports and plans concerning 19th century railroads in Great Britain, particularly
the Midland Railroad, and engineering plans for bridge and tunnel projects, blueprints of Union Iron Works and gold dredge
designs, and numerous brochures, timetables, ticket envelopes, luggage tags, and other small items.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Some of
these materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- United States -- History
Railroads -- England -- History.
Transportation.