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Thomas Cramer Hopkins Papers

An inventory his papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Hopkins, Thomas Cramer.
Title: Thomas Cramer Hopkins Papers
Dates: 1887-1931
Size: 9 boxes, 1 wrapped package (6 linear feet)
Abstract: The Thomas Cramer Hopkins Papers contain material from his academic and professional careers, including the years he was a professor of geology at Syracuse University.
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Thomas Cramer Hopkins

Thomas Cramer Hopkins was born on May 4, 1861 in Warrior's Mark, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and later entered DePauw University, combining his studies with his passion for the outdoors to focus on geology. Hopkins received his Bachelor of Science in 1887 and a master's degree in 1890 from DePauw. He continued on to Leland Stanford University to earn his Master of Arts in 1892 and his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1900. In 1923, Colgate University awarded Hopkins an honorary degree of Doctor of Science.

Hopkins started his professional career working as an assistant geologist for the Arkansas and Indiana Geological Surveys, during which he wrote numerous scientific articles, many focused on the geological features of the areas he worked. He was an instructor of chemistry at DePauw University in 1888 and 1889 and a professor of geology in Pennsylvania State College from 1896 to 1898. Hopkins came to Syracuse University in 1900 as a professor and head of the Geology Department, a role he held until his retirement in 1931.

Even with his responsibilities to Syracuse University, Hopkins continued to publish scientific and scholarly work, including a secondary school textbook, Elements of Physical Geography (1908) and its companion text, A Laboratory Manual on Physical Geography (1909). Another geological work, Geology of the Syracuse Quadrangle (1914), has become a classic work for those who wish to study the Central New York area.

Hopkins resigned his position in 1931 due to failing health, from which he never fully recovered, and died on April 3, 1935.

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Scope and Content Note

The Thomas Cramer Hopkins Papers contain materials from 1887 to 1931 covering his academic career. The collection is divided into five series.

The Correspondence series is composed mostly of professional letters concerning his research to and from various individuals, geological associations, and universities.

The Coursework series is comprised of Hopkins' personal notebooks from the classes that he attended at the University of Chicago. There are also some material from his time as a professor at Syracuse University.

The Newspaper Articles series is a variety of newspaper clippings kept by Hopkins, the majority having to deal with geological topics. A number of articles were either written by or about Hopkins, and others are just of personal interest.

The Research series spans Hopkins' professional career in the geological field. There is material pertaining to the Syracuse, New York area, including a geological map and agricultural questionnaires of the outlying areas of the city. His geological survey notebooks detail his work with in-depth descriptions of the land, mines and companies of various areas.

The Writings series contains his drafts of numerous papers and notes on the geological aspects of different countries. There are also copies of geological publications by Hopkins, including a popular secondary school textbook, Elements of Physical Geography (1908).

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The Archives holds a clipping file and portrait file on Thomas Cramer Hopkins. The Archives' Lantern Slide Collection also has slides with geological subjects that may have been created by Hopkins and used in some of his lectures.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Hopkins, Thomas Cramer.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Geology.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of material

Notebooks.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Thomas Cramer Hopkins Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Records show that some of the Hopkins Papers were given to the University before the Archives were created. Additional material was transferred to the Archives from the Syracuse University Library in 1978.

Processing Information

Materials were rehoused in acid-free folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Matthew Isom
Date: 2014
Revision history: 2016 - Additional correspondence added to collection (AES)

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Inventory

Correspondence
Box 1 1887-1894
Box 1 1895
Box 1 1896
Box 1 1897
Box 1 January 1898 - June 1898
Box 1 July 1898 - December 1898
Box 1 1899
Box 1 1900
Box 1 January 1901 - September 1901
Box 1 October 1901 - December 1901
Box 2 January 1902 - March 1902
Box 2 April 1902 - December 1902
Box 2 1903
Box 2 1904
Box 2 1905
Box 2 1906
Box 2 1907
Box 2 1908
Box 3 1909
Box 3 1910
Box 3 1911-1912
Box 3 1913
Box 3 1914-1924, 1930
Box 3 undated
Coursework
Box 3 Exercises, Outline for Field Work, Syracuse University undated
Box 3 Exercises, Study of Weather Maps, Syracuse University 1915
Lecture Notebooks, University of Chicago
Box 4 Pre-Cambrian Geology/Methods and Principles January 1894 - February 1894
Box 4 Economic Geology January 1894 - March 1894
Box 4 Biotic Geology/Analyses: Chicago Limestones January 1894 - May 1894
Box 4 Geographic Geology: Erosion, Sedimentation, Glaciers July 1894 - August 1894
Box 4 Metamorphism/Petrography, #1 August 1894 - December 1894
Box 4 Metamorphism/Petrography, #2 August 1894 - December 1894
Box 4 Methods and Principles August 1894 - December 1894
Box 4 Physiography October 1894
Box 4 Paleontology October 1894 - December 1894
Box 4 Paleontology Laboratory October 1894 - December 1894
Box 4 Continental Evolution January 1895 - March 1895
Box 4 Paleontology January 1895 - March 1895
Box 4 Petrography January 1895 - March 1895
Box 4 Multiple Class Notes 1895
Box 4 Physiography January 1898 - March 1898
Box 4 Various Lectures 1892-1898
Box 4 Paleontology/Principles and Methods January 1899 - March 1899
Box 4 General Geology January 1900 - March 1900
Box 4 Methods and Principles January 1900 - March 1900
Box 4 Biotic Geology undated
Box 4 Chemistry Reactions undated
Box 3 Photograph, Falls at Fiddler's Green 1900
Box 3 Unexpected Answers from Examination Papers, Syracuse University undated
Newspaper Articles
Box 5 Central New York Area Tours 1902
Box 5 Diamonds 1906-1926
Box 5 Earthquakes 1907-1914
Box 5 Glacial Age 1902
Box 5 Glacial Lakes 1910-1915
Box 5 Miscellaneous 1893-1912
Box 5 Personal 1890-1913
Research
Box 5 Agricultural Questionnaires, Cardiff undated
Box 5 Agricultural Questionnaires, Farms of the Town of Onondaga undated
Box 5 Agricultural Questionnaires, Farms of the Towns of Tully and LaFayette undated (2 folders)
Box 5 Geological Graphs 1926
Geological Survey Notebooks
Box 6 Barometer Reads/Geological Data in Chicago Area June 1891 - January 1901
Box 6 Geological Survey of Indiana April 1895 - July 1895
Box 6 Geological Survey of Indiana June 1895 - July 1895
Box 6 Geological Survey of Indiana July 1895 - August 1895
Box 6 Geological Survey of Indiana August 1895 - October 1895
Box 6 Sandstone/Mine quarries and land in Indiana May 1895 - July 1896
Box 6 Geological Survey of various quarries July 1896 - August 1896
Box 6 Geological Survey of parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio August 1896 - September 1896
Box 6 Land in or near Pennsylvania September 1896 - October 1896
Box 6 Strata around various cities and diagrams October 1896
Box 6 Clay and brick companies/Analyses of clay and shale July 1897 - August 1897
Box 6 Various brick and pottery companies July 1897 - August 1897
Box 6 Strata of various places August 1897
Box 6 Affelder/More companies undated
Box 6 Companies, land and layers of earth September 1897
Box 6 Various companies, mines and layers of earth June 1898 - July 1898
Box 6 Various companies and layers of earth July 1898 - September 1898
Box 6 Various pottery and brick companies August 1898 - September 1898
Box 6 Geological Survey of Arkansas September 1898 - October 1898
Box 6 Companies, quarries and land September 1898 - August 1899
Box 6 Various mines and other feature of the land August 1899 - October 1899
Box 6 Land and strata of earth around Lake Superior June 1900 - July 1900
Box 6 Weather and land on a lake July 1900 - August 1900
Box 7 Areas, quarries, companies and roads of Indiana June 1901 - August 1901
Box 7 Geological Survey of Indiana August 1901 - September 1901
Box 7 Geological Survey of New York May 1901 - September 1906
Box 7 Syracuse/Geological data on Onondaga County April 1901 - January 1913
Box 7 Canada 1902, Geological Survey of mines in Canada June 1902 - September 1902
Box 7 Europe 1903 April 1903 - August 1903
Box 7 California #1, Geological data about companies and land in California May 1904 - July 1904
Box 7 California #2, Survey of companies and land in California June 1904 - July 1904
Box 7 California #3, Geological Survey of brick, cement and pottery companies in California August 1904 - September 1904
Box 7 California #4, Geological Survey of California August 1904 - September 1917
Box 7 Geological Survey in and around Onondaga County May 1905 - November 1906
Box 7 Wyoming-Ohio Oil Company/Geological Survey of Wyoming July 1917 - September 1917
Box 7 Geological Survey of Kentucky and surrounding areas July 1918 - September 1918
Box 7 Topographical Maps/Maps of New York State May 1927
Box 7 Syracuse Andean Expedition - Specimen Register, Geological Material January 1931 - March 1931
Box 7 Earl T. Apfel Syracuse Andean Expedition January 1931 - April 1931
Box 7 Metallurgy undated
Box 7 Chicago Lime and Building Stone undated
Package 10 Syracuse Quadrangle Geological Map 1914
Writings
Box 8 Hopkins, Thomas Cramer - Description of Views undated
Hopkins, Thomas Cramer - Drafts
Box 8 "Cuban Limestones" undated
Box 8 "Granites in Norway" undated
Box 8 "Granite in Sweden" undated
Box 8 "Greek Marbles" undated
Box 8 "Marble of Algeria" undated
Box 8 "Marbles of Portugal" undated
Box 8 "Marbles of Spain" undated
Box 8 "Millstones in Greece" undated
Box 8 "Note on Magnesite in Greece" undated
Box 8 "Notes on the Granite Industry in Finland" undated
Box 8 "Oolitic Limestone in the Bahama Islands" undated
Box 8 "Stone in Bulgaria" undated
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in Belgium" undated
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in the British Isles," Draft A undated (2 folders)
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in the British Isles," Draft B undated (2 folders)
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in France" undated
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in Italy," Draft A undated
Box 8 "The Stone Industry in Italy," Draft B undated
Box 8 Hopkins, Thomas Cramer - Fragments undated
Hopkins, Thomas Cramer - Published
Box 9 The Bedford Oolitic Limestone of Indiana 1896
Box 9 Clays and Clay Industries of Pennsylvania 1898
Box 9 Elements of Physical Geography, First Edition 1917
Box 9 Elements of Physical Geography, Second Edition 1919
Box 9 Elements of Physical Geography, Second Edition 1919
Box 9 Laboratory Manual in Physical Geography 1909
Box 8 Richardson, Charles H. - "Songs of A Scientist" 1888 - 1927

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