Guide to the Timothy Hopkins transportation collection, 1816-1942

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, 1860.Belfast, Hollywood & Bangor Railway Bill, 1860.

Box 2, Folder 1a

Robert Stevenson - handwritten letters (cont.)

Box 2, Folder 1b

Index, dating 1845-1869,referring to Agreements

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 acquaduct and bridge for Sheffield Canal, etc., 1816-18

ENGLAND - INDIA - CHILE

Box 4, Folder 1

Southampton, Manchester & Oxford Junction Railway

Box 4, Folder 2

As above

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, Jan 1866.Report of inspection

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) - 1846, 1845, 1847[partially]

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. n.d.

Box 5, Folder 1

Schooners Rambler and Unity - financial records.

Box 5, Folder 2

Manuscript (eulogy) on George Stevenson by Thomas Summerside 1873.

Box 5, Folder 3

Report on Northern Electric Railway.

Vallejo Electric Railway.

Sacramento Street Railway.

Box 5, Folder 4

Sketches for construction of S.F. mole, etc.

Box 5, Folder 5

Report of Chief Engineer on Pacific & Atlantic Railway Co., 1851

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.

Box 6, Folder 2a

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

Box 6, Folder 3

Order book of Mrs. Mark Hopkins.

Box 6, Folder 4

Book containing names of students using Hopkins' Library

Box 6, Folder 5

Ledger of Miller, Stanford, Hopkins.

Box 6, Folder 6

Minutes of meeting of Sacramento Land Assn - Apr 27, 1869.(Miller gift)

Box 6, Folder 7

Subscription book of Southwestern Street Railway co. - 1876[San Jose and Santa Clara].

Box 6, Folder 8

Map - Right of way and track, Santa Rosa Branch. Napa junction to Santa Rosa (Southern Pacific Railroad). Document - 10-26-1869Western Pacific Railroad land grant to Charles McLaughlin (signed) Leland Stanford, E. A. Miller and notarized.

CENTRAL PACIFIC MEMORABILIA

Box 7, Folder 1

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

Physical Description: (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, 1884 -newspaper accounts, reports of CPRR affairs.

Box 8, Folder 2

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

Box 8, Folder 3

Scrap book, 1884-92 -as above.

Box 9, Folder 1

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

Box 9, Folder 2

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

Box 9, Folder 3

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

E. H. MILLER, JR., PRIVATE LETTERS

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

Physical Description: [originals].

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.

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, 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. - 1869-71,prospectus.

Box 14, Folder 8

Virginia & Truckee Railway - 1879

Physical Description: (payment check).

Box 14a, Folder 9

Central Pacific Railway - shipping ledger -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

Physical Description: [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, 1838-95.(Most from John Herapath). Railroad contracts - 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-

Physical Description: 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, 1852

Note

12) from Chief Engineer, box 5 folder 5)

Box 17, Folder 5

Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society Report-Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad.

Scope and Content Note

Union Tank Car (prior 1927) - history.

Box 17, Folder 6

Farmers and Merchants Association for Prevention of Railway Extortion.

Box 17, Folder 7

US District Court [Huntington vs City of Oakland] Nov 1880

Box 17, Folder 8

As above, Feb 1881

Box 17, Folder 9

As above, Mar 1881

Box 17, Folder 10

Time tables - 1873.

Box 17, Folder 11

Ship clearance papers signed by President Franklin Pierce, 1854.

Box 17, Folder 12

Santa Barbara Lands

Physical Description: (diagram and map).

Box 17, Folder 13

A. C. Bassett - Southern Pacific Railroad.

Box 17, Folder 14

Carmel-Monterey Railroad, 1901 -advertisement.

Box 17, Folder 15

Photostat of request by President Andrew Johnson for permission to build Central Pacific Railroad [piece of last tie - 1869].

Box 17, Folder 16

Miscellaneous - passes, etc. original letter, documents and letterpress of Mark Hopkins. Three photocopies of Mark Hopkins letters, 1849.

Box 17, Folder 17

Timothy Hopkins' notes of railroads.

Box 17, Folder 18

Timothy Hopkins' letters.

Box 17, Folder 19

Yosemite Valley Railroad Co. Shares

Box 17, Folder 20

Shares and bonds of various railroads.

Box 17, Folder 21

Pahrump Valley Railroad Co. Prospectus

Box 18

WILLIAM BRAGGE (1823-1884) letter Copy book 1851-1857.

Oversize

Roll. Southern Pacific Timetables, 1893 and 1901.

HOPKINS DOCUMENTS

Box 19

1861-1873 Legislative drafts, legal documents [deeds, articles of association, charters, etc.]

Scope and Content Note

Business memoranda - billings, invoices, etc.

1860-1885 Legislative drafts, case summaries, ordinances, law suit [Main vs CPRR], etc.

Scope and Content Note

Business memoranda - inventories, etc.

Box 20

1860-1885 HOPKINS CORRESPONDENCE (with index)

Scope and Content Note

Bound list of contents for 2 above, 12 below and L. S. vol.

1865-1871 Letter of transmittal, Timothy Hopkins, 1923.

Physical Description: (199 entries)

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

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

Physical Description: (197 entries)

Box 21

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

Physical Description: (187 entries)

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

Physical Description: (167 entries)

Box 22

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

Physical Description: (199 entries)

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

Physical Description: (193 entries)

Box 23

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

Physical Description: (179 entries)

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

Physical Description: (147 entries)

Box 24

Apr 17, 1876 Nov 26, 1886 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.

Physical Description: (191 entries)

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

Physical Description: (193 entries)

Box 25

Oct 19, 1869 Dec 6, 1872 Memorandum of dates of railroad construction, J. L. Wilcutt, Mar 31, 1913.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.

Physical Description: (191 entries)

Dec 12, 1872 Jan 10, 1924 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 1/30/80.

Physical Description: (199 entries)

LELAND STANFORD CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content Note

(transferred to University Archives)

Jan 5, 1850 Jan 19, 1893 R. L. Wilbur to G. T. Clark, letter of transmittal. Letters to Mark Hopkins and various correspondents, business and personal. Letters of George E. Gray to Stanford. The Stanford, Stillman, Osgood letters.

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