Guide to the Conrad Family Papers, ca. 1850-1902
Processed by Sara Timby; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
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© 1998
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Guide to the Conrad Family Papers, ca. 1850-1902
Collection number: M0343
Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesStanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Sara Timby
- Date Completed:
- 1984 May
- Encoded by:
- C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Title: Conrad Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1850-1902
Collection number: Special Collections M0343
Creator:
Conrad Family
Extent:
.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased from Martinus Nijhoff, 1903
[Identification of item] Conrad Family Papers, M0343, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
J.F.W. Conrad, 1825-1902, built on an inherited collection a fine library of books, map, and photographs concerning European
waterways. He was a third generation official (Inspector) in the Dutch Waterways Department ("Rykswaterstaat") in the late
19th century. His grandfather, Frederik Willem Conrad, 1769-1808, had been Inspector General of the Waterways; Frederik Willem's
Threee sons were likewise employed in the Engineers Corps: Jan Willem, 1795-1853 (J.F.W. Conrad's Father), and Martin Hendrik,
1798-1854, both reaching the position of Senior Engineer; Frederik Willem, son, 1800-1869, becoming Senior Inspector of the
Waterways.
The papers include an eight-volume manuscript history of Dutch waterworks, 860-1837, written by Frederik Willem son (1800-1869),
together with a two-volume manuscript index written by Frederik Willem's nephew, J.F.W. Conrad, listing the contents of his
Waterways Library - a collection of books an maps purchased by Stanford in 1903 from Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. Also included
in the papers is Nijhoff's list of additional and missing material (i.e. exceptions to the two-volume index) at the time of
the shipment of the Library to Stanford.