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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hopkins Transportation Collection (M0175)
Identifier/Call Number: M0175
Physical Description:
60 Linear Feet
(112 boxes, 2 map-folders)
Date (inclusive): 1711-1977
Date (bulk): 1880-1950
Abstract: Material on transportation, principally railroads, originally collected by the Hopkins Transportation Library at Stanford.
Language of Material:
English
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Hopkins Transportation Library at Stanford when it closed. Various sources originally.
[Identification of item] Hopkins transportation collection, M0175, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
The former Hopkins Transportation Library has been subdivided into several archival 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:
The following collections of travel and tourist ephemera may also be of interest:
Material concerning transportation which was once part of the Hopkins Transportation Library at Stanford.
This collection contains multiple accessions from various donors over many years, including a ledger from an English sailing
vessel dated 1711-1757, railroad stock and bond certificates signed by Hopkins Huntington, deeds and legal documents involving
a variety of rail companies (including a list of founding stockholders for the Oakland Railroad Co. in 1868), and a great
deal of Southern Pacific Railroad material, some of which was sent directly to the Hopkins Library while it was under the
care of director Jeanette Hitchcock in the 1940s. Stanford also holds Southern Pacific's archive (M1010).
In 2022-2023, approximately 30 linear feet of formerly-circulating railroad, shipping & aviation pamphlet files were added
to M0175. This material dates from 1845 to 1977, with the majority from the early to mid-20th century.
Most represented in this addendum is material concerning railroads, including volumes dedicated to regulation and commerce
(especially freight tariffs and other tax and legal matters).Some railroad publications such as those published by the Association
of American Railroads are devoted to
advocacy. There are also many company reports (Some Annual Reports are cataloged individually), tourist brochures and guides,
timetables, maps, promotions and advertisements (including proofs), employee handbooks,
and maunfacturer catalogs and promotional brochures. Many of the mid-to-late 1930s travel pamphlets were obtained from Palo
Alto travel agencies.
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
Transportation -- History.
Hopkins Transportation Library.
Railroads -- History
Shipping -- History
Automobiles -- History
Aviation -- History
Trucking