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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hopkins Transportation Collection photographs & other material
Identifier/Call Number: M0234
Identifier/Call Number: 959
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1870-1964 (inclusive), 1877-1943 (bulk)
Date (bulk): 1877-1943
Abstract: Ephemera and photographs concerning transportation, from various sources.
Language of Material:
English
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from various sources.
[Identification of item] Hopkins Transportation Collection Photographs & Other Material, M0234, 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:
Miscellaneous collection mostly containing original and reproduced photographic prints depicting railroads, street cars, airplanes,
automobiles, ships and other forms of transportation. Material was formerly part of Stanford's Hopkins Transportation Library.
Images are in a variety of formats - mounted and unmounted, albumen, copy prints, negatives, etc. Collection is not limited
to photographs (see Box 1 especially). Likewise, other Hopkins collections also contain photographs.
Of note are several albumen prints attributed to Alfred Hart's Central Pacific series (many of which appear to be variously
cropped versions of negatives), as well as large photographs of a Ladies Driving Club in England. There is also a memoir about
Lawrence Hargrave by A.E. Beriman, material relating to the Royal Aeronautical Society and The Early Birds of Aviation, and
a piece of original fabric from the Wright Brothers plane at Kitty Hawk. Also includes railroad stock certificates, the aviation
papers of Stanley H. Page, and other miscellaneous materials relating to transportation.
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 -- History
Aeronautics -- History.
Automobiles -- History
Ships -- History