Overview
Administrative Information
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
General note
Overview
Call Number: V0085
Creator:
Coughlin, Brian.
Title: "The Real West: Empire Builders" [videorecording]
Dates: 1993
Physical Description:
0.125 Linear feet 1 videotape (VHS)
Summary: This episode, produced by Brian Coughlin, of the series "The Real West" tells the history of Collis P. Huntington, Leland
Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins (the Big Four) and the development of the railroads in the West. It also mentions
the lives of Jane Stanford and Leland Stanford Jr., the history of Stanford University, Eadweard Muybridge, and the development
of motion pictures.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Greystone Production, 1993.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
"The Real West: Empire Builders" (V0085). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
This episode, produced by Brian Coughlin, of the series The Real West tells the history of Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford,
Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins (the Big Four) and the development of the railroads in the West. It also mentions the lives
of Jane Stanford and Leland Stanford Jr., the history of Stanford University, Eadweard Muybridge, and the development of motion
pictures.
Access Terms
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Coughlin, Brian.
Coughlin, Brian.
Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888.
Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878.
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904
Stanford University -- General subdivision--History.;
Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884.
Videorecordings.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
General note
Sources from the collections in the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, were used in the research
and as images in this segment.