Hopkins (Timothy) Transportation Collection, 1816-1942

Series 1. ENGLAND - IRELAND

Box 1, folder 1

London and N. W. Railway, Manchester and Lincolnshire Railway reports Jul 11, 1846 - Jun 11, 1859

Box 1, folder 2

Agreements between proprietors of canal navigation from Leeds to Liverpool and Northwestern Railway, etc. 1851-56

Box 1, folder 3

Robert Stevenson-F. Broughton, handwritten letters 1803-1859

Box 2, folder 1

Portadown, Dungannon & Armagh Junction Railway Bill, Belfast, Hollywood & Bangor Railway Bill 1860. 1860.

Box 2, folder 1a

Robert Stevenson - handwritten letters (cont.)

Box 2, folder 1b

Index, dating referring to Agreements 1845-1869

Box 2, folder 2

Agreements with East Lancashire Railway Corp., etc. 1847-59

Box 2, folder 3

The Bristol & Gloucester Railway Co. with Messrs. Stothert & Slaughter Jun 7, 1844

Box 2, folder 4

Report on Brighton Railway, etc., gradients - 1838 (?)

Box 3, folder 1

Railway Clearing House - London, Apr 26, 1842-Dec 16, 1857

Box 3, folder 2

Report on Mileage and Stations, etc., Belfast, Hollywood, & Bangor Railway

Box 3, folder 3

Agreement between London Northwestern Railway and Lancashire & Carlisle Railway 1857

Box 3, folder 4

Ledger and drawings for aquaduct and bridge for Sheffield Canal, etc. 1816-18

Series 2. ENGLAND - INDIA - CHILE - AUSTRIA

Box 4, folder 1-2

Southampton, Manchester & Oxford Junction Railway

Box 4, folder 2a

Miscellaneous English railway mss. & pamphlets, especially Midland Railway

Box 4, folder 3

Proposed railway to join London and Southampton 1830

Box 4, folder 3a

Vester Railway, Report of inspection Jan 1866.

Box 4, folder 4

British Railway traffic statements 1852-3

Box 4, folder 5

Passenger Contract Ticket on ship Webster

Box 4, folder 6

Railroad Herald Accounts Ledger (British) - [partially] 1846, 1845, 1847

Box 4, folder 7

Altringham to Manchester (Mainline).

Box 4, folder 8

Lahore and Peshawar Railway 1866-68.

Box 4, folder 9

East Indian Railway specifications 1854.

Box 4, folder 9a

East Indian Railway Subsidiary Traffic Orders 1883.

Box 4, folder 10

Chile

Box 4, folder 11

Imperial train of the Südbahn sketch of cars

Series 3. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD MEMORABILIA

Box 7, folder 1

Book of Clippings, Funding Bill, Contains anti-Central Pacific/Stanford propaganda [cartoons, flyers, etc.], time schedules and listing of rates for fares 1888-97. 1869.

Container Summary: (copies)

Box 7, folder 2

Book of Clippings - anti-railroad material.

Box 7, folder 3

Book of Clippings - as above.

Box 8, folder 1

Scrap book, Apr-May, newspaper accounts, reports of CPRR affairs. 1884 -

Box 8, folder 2

Scrap book, newspaper accounts, reports of CPRR affairs. Jan 1885 -

Box 8, folder 3

Scrap book, as above. 1884-92 -

Box 9, folder 1

Scrap book, newspaper accounts, etc. 1871-83 -

Box 9, folder 2

Scrap book, as above. Feb-Apr, 1884 -

Box 9, folder 3

Scrap book, as above. May 1884-Jan 1886 -

Series 4. CENTRAL & SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ETC. - E. H. MILLER, JR., PRIVATE LETTERS & OTHER DOCUMENTS

Box 10, folder 1

Feb 1869-Jul 1873.

Box 10, folder 2

Aug 1873-Dec 1878.

Box 10, folder 3

Jan 1879-Aug 31 1882.

Box 10, folder 4

Sep 1882-Sep 20 1884.

Box 11, folder 1

Sep 25 1884-Jan 31 1887.

Box 11, folder 2

Feb 1887-Oct 1889.

Box 11, folder 3

Oct 1889-Mar 1892.

Box 11, folder 4

Mar 1 1892-Dec 23 1892

Box 12, folder 1

Jun 21 1889 - Dec 1890

Container Summary: [originals].

Box 12, folder 1

Dec 18 1890 - Jan 31 1892.

Box 13, folder 1

E.H. Miller, Jr. Horse Book.

Box 13, folder 2

E.H. Miller, Jr. Day Book, Jan 1871-Dec 1885.

Box 13, folder 2

E.H. Miller, Jr. Day Book, Nov 1859-Dec 1860.

Box 13, folder 3

E.H. Miller, Jr. Day Book, Nov 1859-Dec 1860.

Box 13, folder 4

E.H. Miller Ledger 1863-71

Box 13, folder 5

E.H. Miller Ledger 1871-76

Box 14, folder 1

E.H. Miller letters (in bound volume) Feb. 2, 1892 - Nov. 23, 1892

Box 14, folder 2

Ledger Jan 1, 1877 - 1884

Box 14, folder 3

Miller & Green Ledger Aug 1869-77

Box 14, folder 4

Brown & Miller Day Book Jan 1877-88

Box 14, folder 5

Miller & Redding Day Book Oct 1882-87

Box 14, folder 6

Deed - Central Pacific Railway Co. to John S. Hittell

Box 14, folder 7

San Lorenzo Railway Co. prospectus 1869-71

Box 14, folder 8

Virginia & Truckee Railway 1879

Container Summary: (payment check).

Box 14.2

Central Pacific Railway - shipping ledger (oversize) Nov. 1880

Box 15, folder 1

Brown & Miller Day Book Jan 1877-85.

Box 15, folder 2

Oak Park Ledger No. 1, owners, W.W. Brown, Miller, Montague & Arthur Brown 1873-89

Box 15, folder 3

Erie Canal Enlargement 1851.

Box 15, folder 4

E.H. Miller's check book 1871-2

Box 16, folder 1

E.H. Miller (CPRR) taxes 1874-95

Container Summary: [3 folders].

Box 16, folder 2

Union Pacific Railway Co. reports 1864-66

Box 16, folder 3

Legal Brief - Huntington, Stanford, Hollister [CPRR] Apr 8, 1873.

Box 16, folder 4

Hyde Clark Correspondence, (Most from John Herapath). Railroad contracts 1838-95. 1840s.

Box 17, folder 1

San Francisco and San Jose Railroad timetables 1864-68.

Box 17, folder 1a

California Street Cable Railroad Co.

Box 17, folder 2

Southern Pacific Railroad 1885-

Container Summary: stock certificates.

Box 17, folder 2a

Suggestions for enlarging the scope of the hospital system of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads Aug 25, 1883.

Box 17, folder 3

Union Pacific Railroad Co. Chief Engineer's Report.

Box 17, folder 4

Pacific and Atlantic Railroad reports from Chief Engineer (2) 1852

Related Materials

See also Box 17, Folder 4

Box 6, folder 1

Letters and two documents, papers of M.A. Ives.

Box 6, folder 2

Letters and telegrams to Butler Ives 1862-70

Biographical / Historical

From Nevada Historical Society files:

BUTLER IVES

Born January 31st, 1830 Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the youngest of ten children; died December, 1872 near Vallejo, California; buried Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.

Educated University of Michigan. Parents; Butler Ives and Olive Hall Morse. His ancestors, John Moss (afterwards changed to Morse) and William Ives were among Governor Eaton's party who first settled New Haven April, 1638.

His greatest work consisted of pioneer engineering, surveying and locating the line of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific between San Francisco and Salt Lake City, working under Leland Stanford and Samuel S. Montague, chief engineer. The papers -- seventy in number -- relating to this work have been sent to the Leland Stanford University. His contract for the locating and surveying of the boundary line between the Territory of Nevada and the State of California -- running south and southeasterly from Oregon -- will be sent to the Historical Society of the State of Nevada. The Ives papers in general, running back to 1754, together with the old family bible are deposited for safekeeping with the Clarence Burton Historical Society, Detroit.

His brother, Caleb Ives, went west on the death of Butler, December, 1872, and returned with his effects and papers. The latter were given to Marvin A. Ives by his father, Caleb, in his last days saying,

"I want you to have Butler's papers. He was a noble man.

The writer met about twelve years ago near Ann Arbor, Michigan an old companion, Michel J. Noyes, who had not seen Butler Ives for fifty years. His first words when I met him were,

He was the finest man I have ever known.

Among his effects was a letter of introduction dated December, 1862 to ___________ Miller, Banker of Sacramento, California from George A. Thayer, one of the first mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who likewise spoke of him in the very highest terms, both as a gentleman and as an engineer.

Respectfully submitted,

signed (Marvin A. Ives)

Ojai, California.

May 9, 1931."

Box 6, folder 2a

Four photocopies of letters, Chief Engineers Office Order book of Mrs. Mark Hopkins 1869, 1872-3.

Box 6, folder 3

Order book of Mrs. Mark Hopkins.

Box 6, folder 4

Book containing names of students using Hopkins' Library

Series 6. HOPKINS CORRESPONDENCE 1860-1885

Box 20

HOPKINS CORRESPONDENCE index

Scope and Contents

Bound list of contents for 2 above [Hopkins Documents], 12 below [Hopkins correspondence] and Leland Stanford vol.

Box 20

Letter of transmittal, Timothy Hopkins 1865-1871 1923

Container Summary: (199 entries)

Box 20

Letters of Collis P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and others.

Box 20

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, etc. Miscellaneous documents appended - telegrams, pamphlets, clippings, etc. Jan 2, 1872 Oct 1, 1872

Container Summary: (197 entries)

Box 21

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and others. Oct 2, 1872 Mar 10, 1873

Container Summary: (187 entries)

Box 21

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Alfred A. Cohen, and others. Telegrams and miscellaneous documents appended. Mar 10, 1873

Container Summary: (167 entries)

Box 22

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins. Notice of first CPRR dividend, telegrams, newspaper clippings [the California elections] appended. Aug 26, 1873 Nov 26, 1873

Container Summary: (199 entries)

Box 22

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, R. Franchot to Huntington. Nov 29, 1873 Apr 8, 1874

Container Summary: (193 entries)

Box 23

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford and others. Letters of I. E. Gates to Mark Hopkins. Apr 10, 1874 Jul 9, 1875

Container Summary: (179 entries)

Box 23

Letters of I. E. Gates to Mark Hopkins. Letters of C. P. Huntington to Hopkins. Aug 25, 1875 Apr 10, 1876

Container Summary: (147 entries)

Box 24

Letters of C. P. Huntington to Mark Hopkins. Note appended by Timothy Hopkins [entry 185] explaining conclusion of struggle between Central Pacific and Texas Pacific interests. Apr 17, 1876 Nov 26, 1886

Container Summary: (191 entries)

Box 24

Letters of E. B. Crocker, Alfred A. Cohen, W. C. Ralston to Mark Hopkins. Telegrams, notices, miscellaneous correspondence appended. Nov 12, 1863 Oct 13, 1869

Container Summary: (193 entries)

Box 25

Memorandum of dates of railroad construction, J. L. Wilcutt, Miscellaneous correspondence between W. C. Ralston, E. B. Crocker, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and A. A. Cohen. Copies of CP business transactions - promissory notes, drafts, etc. Oct 19, 1869 Dec 6, 1872 Mar 31, 1913.

Container Summary: (191 entries)

Box 25

Miscellaneous correspondence between Mark Hopkins, W. C. Ralston, A. A. Cohen, and others. Letters of E. E. Hewitt to Mark Hopkins. Copies of business documents, promissory notes, etc. Two letters from Timothy Hopkins to G. T. Clark. Also the deed of sale of land in Sacramento by Mary Hopkins, on Dec 12, 1872 Jan 10, 1924 1/30/80.

Container Summary: (199 entries)

Series 7. Hopkins Transportation Library correspondence 1893-1895 ; 1937-1952

Scope and Contents

These files contain collection development correspondence with various companies including manufacturers, publishers, antiquarian/book dealers, trade associations, unions, institutes, and universities, as well as military and government sources. A few files also contain press releases, sample brochures and other publications. There is also correspondence with and on behalf of researchers. Many files contain a single item, frequently an outgoing draft request for material.

The earlier file consists of correspondence from Timothy Hopkins to Stanford librarian E.H. Woodruff, as well as to and from various dealers and companies offering historical railroad material. Bills and invoices are also enclosed. Some correspondence is by Hopkins' secretary James Severance. This file, dating from September 1893 to March 1895, is not only some of the earliest about the Hopkins Railroad Library, but concerning the Library itself. Particularly of note is an 1894 letter from the International Brotherhood of Firemen signed by Eugene V. Debs.

Jeanette Hitchcock as Rare Books curator and later head of Special Collections wrote many of later series letters, as did HTL Librarian Melvin C. Oathout. Carolyn Mohr appears to have been the last Hopkins Librarian. A few letters are by Edwin T. Coman, jr. Director of the Business Library. There are scattered letters as early as 1937, but majority are post-war, ending at 1952. These have been filed alphabetically, but no full listing is available.

Box 26

Timothy Hopkins acquisition correspondence 1893-1895

Box 27

A - American Waterways

Box 28

Anson Press - Better Roads

Box 29

The Binnacle - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Box 30

Chile Aero - Export Trade & Shipper

Box 31

F - Howard University

Box 32

Hawaiian Airlines - G. Kolff & Co.

Box 33

L - Missouri Pacific Lines

Box 34

Model Aviation - Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

Box 35

Nitrate Railways - Purdue University

Box 36

Q - Slick Airways

Box 37

Mrs. Esther Ruth Smith - Transcontinental/Western Air

Box 38

Transit Topics - State of Wisconsin

Box 39

World's Carriers - Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.