Inventory of the John Flesher Newsom photographs
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Inventory of the John Flesher Newsom photographs
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2009
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: John Flesher Newsom photographs
Dates: 1892-1920
Collection Number: 66002
Creator: Newsom, John Flesher, 1869-1928.
Collection Size:
21 envelopes, 5 album boxes
(4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Depicts Stanford University, 1892-1917; persons associated with Stanford University, including Herbert Hoover, John C. Branner,
and Joseph Swain; and daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, 1920.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Flesher Newsom photographs, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1966.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American mining geologist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Depicts Stanford University, 1892-1917; persons associated with Stanford University, including Herbert Hoover, John C. Branner,
and Joseph Swain; and daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, 1920.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922--Pictorial works.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Pictorial works.
Swain, Joseph, 1857-1927--Pictorial works.
Stanford University--Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources--Malaya--Pictorial works.
Tin mines and mining--Malaya--Pictorial works.
Universities and colleges--United States--Pictorial works.
Malaya--Pictorial works.
Envelope A
20 prints, including photos of Herbert Hoover, J.F. Newsom, John C. Branner, George M. Richardson, Joseph Swain, and John
H. Means,
1895-1917
Envelope B
4 photos of an Arkansas mountaineers home,
undated
Envelope C
26 photos, 1 neg., of Stanford University in 1906, before the big earthquake,
undated
Envelope D-T
17 envelopes with photos of mine (shafts and drifts, hydraulic elevators, power plants, etc.), tin mining operations (wheeling
and trucking, ground sluicing, gravel pumping, dredging, puddling etc.) in Mayala (Malay peninsula). Also some general photos
of Malaya,
1920
Envelope Um
1 envelope with miscellaneous photos of Malaya, and daily life in Malaya,
undated
Album f
7 albums with photos depicting daily life and tin mining operations in Malaya, 1920 (1 album missing, 12/12/1974)
