Hopkins (Ralph Allen) photograph album and memorabilia, 1905-1958, bulk 1905-1906

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Summary

Title:
Ralph Allen Hopkins photograph album and memorabilia
Dates:
1905-1958, bulk 1905-1906
Creators:
Hopkins, Ralph Allen.
Abstract:
Collection contains a photograph album with images of Stanford and San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake; portrait of the Electrical Engineering Society at Stanford, 1907, of which Hopkins was the secretary; Senior Week Program for the class of 1907; and a 1958 pamphlet by Laurence M. Klauber "Two Days in San Francisco Year - 1906" which contains his letters about the 1906 earthquake. Images of note in the album include Hopkins sitting on rubble in San Francisco, interior of a damaged Encina Hall room, group of women students walking past the Stanford Quad under repair, views of the fire in San Francisco, cooking on the street in San Francisco, and a group of men in San Francisco, possibly Stanford student volunteer helpers.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined .
Preferred citation:

[item identification], Ralph Allen Hopkins photograph album and memorabilia (PC0106). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a photograph album with images of Stanford and San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake; portrait of the Electrical Engineering Society at Stanford, 1907, of which Hopkins was the secretary; Senior Week Program for the class of 1907; and a 1958 pamphlet by Laurence M. Klauber "Two Days in San Francisco Year - 1906" which contains his letters about the 1906 earthquake. Images of note in the album include Hopkins sitting on rubble in San Francisco, interior of a damaged Encina Hall room, group of women students walking past the Stanford Quad under repair, views of the fire in San Francisco, cooking on the street in San Francisco, and a group of men in San Francisco, possibly Stanford student volunteer helpers.

Biographical / historical:

Ralph Allen Hopkins earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Stanford in 1907; he had a career with Westinghouse, which awarded him the Order of Merit when he retired in 1949.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-17 14:30:17 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[item identification], Ralph Allen Hopkins photograph album and memorabilia (PC0106). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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