Scope and Contents
The collection (1910-1955) contains his autobiography, "A Lifetime of Railroading,” and mementos including photographs of the construction of Tunnel No. 10 on the line between Santa Margarite and San Luis Obispo, California, a press book of the Southern Pacific train, "Shasta Daylight," and other railroad photographs.
Dates
- 1910-1955
Creator
- Hopkins, Louis P. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Louis P. Hopkins was the division superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to California in 1906. His career is described in his autobiography, "A Lifetime of Railroading.”
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Louis P. Hopkins was the division superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The collection (1910-1955) contains Hopkin's autobiography, and mementos including photographs the construction of railroad tunnels.
Physical Description
1 manuscript box.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Autobiographies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hopkins, Louis P.
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Railroad companies -- California Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- California -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- California -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- United States -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- United States -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Louis P. Hopkins Autobiography and Mementos
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
