| 1 | Creator: | Robbins, Frederick Woods,1860-1939. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Reminiscences, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This is a detailed account of Robbins' life growing up on a farm in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, as well as his educational career as a teacher and administrator, with insights into the educational system of the 1880s and 1920s. There are long accounts of domestic and farm life, including making cider, candles, and soap, butchery, and planting. Also included are accounts of the hard life during the economic upheaval of 1873. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R537 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Education. | Reminiscences. | Robbins, Frederick Woods,1860-1939. | United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918. | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Sharswood, William, 1836-1905 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Sharswood papers, 1865-1867
| | | | Dates: | 1865-1867 | | | | Abstract: | These papers pertain to minerals and mining, publications, his play "The Betrothed," St. John's College in Maryland, and Reconstruction in South Carolina. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh35 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Boker, George H., (George Henry), 1823-1890 | Browne, J. Ross, (John Ross), 1821-1875 | DeBow, James D. B. | Education. | Le Conte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Le Conte, John. | Mineralogy. | Reconstruction. | Sharswood, William, 1836-1905 | South Carolina -- History -- 1865- | St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) | |
| 13 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel George Morton papers, 1838-1844
| | | | Dates: | 1838-1844 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of Morton letters forms part of a bound volume of incoming correspondence. It is a companion volume to the original letters in the Morton collection at the American Philosophical Society, which were also originally bound. Most of the subjects of the two collections overlap, but additional subjects in the microfilmed collection include American Indians, archaeology, Egyptology, and phrenology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1413 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Archaeology | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 | Cortina, T. Gomez de la. | Craniology. | Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 | Education. | Egyptology. | Farias, Hermin G. | French, B. F., (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 | Geology. | Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Indians of North America | Kane , John K., (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Locke, John, 1792-1856 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Maclure, Alexander | Medicine. | Microfilm Collection | Mineralogy. | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Paleontology. | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Phrenology. | Ravenel, Edmund, 1797-1871 | Rush, William, 1756-1833 | |
| 15 | Creator: | University of Virginia.Board of Visitors. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Minutes, 1814-1828
| | | | Dates: | 1814-1828 | | | | Abstract: | These are copies of the Board of Visitors minutes of the Albemarle Academy (25 March-17 June 1814), and Central College (5 May 1817-1819), both of which were forerunners of the university. There are also minutes of the reconstituted university (29 March 1819-7 April 1826, 10-24 July 1828). Among the members of the Board were Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison. Partly in hand of William C. Rives (?). | | | | Call #: | Mss.378.755.V8lbo | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Albemarle Academy (Va.). | Central College (Va.). | Colony and State Specific History | Education | Educational Material | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | |
| 17 | Creator: | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Natural History, May 3, 1790 - December 2, 1790
| | | | Dates: | 1790 | | | | Abstract: | This volume, written between May 3 and December 2, includes essays on mineralogy, the vegetable kingdom (such as botany and fruitification), and the animal kingdom (such as zoology, ornithology, and generation of animals). | | | | Call #: | Mss.504.W15 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Education | Educational Material | Essays. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ornithology. | University of Edinburgh. | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Zoology. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joseph Roberts philosophical and mathematical papers, 1812-1814
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1814 | | | | Abstract: | The first volume contains mathematical problems, which appear to be college exercises (1814); the second volume is an essay on the projection of the sphere and spherical trigonometry, including an appendix on astronomy (1812); and the third volume is a lecture on natural philosophy, apparently prepared for delivery [n.d.]. | | | | Call #: | Mss.510.R54 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Education | Educational Material | Essays. | Lectures. | Manuscript Essays | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Notebooks | Physics. | Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Spherical trigonometry. | |
| 19 | Creator: | Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tables of the sun and moon fitted to the meridian of Philadephia, [1746-1761], n.d.
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This item is a book of calculations, including problems in the elements of astronomy; the calculations of lunar eclipses at Philadelphia, 1747-1761, and of solar eclipses in 1744 and 1752; and Halley's tables of the sun and moon. | | | | Call #: | Mss.524.G86t | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Eclipses. | Education | Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Sketches. | Spherical astronomy. | Tables. | |
| 20 | Creator: | Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Astronomical calculations,1820-1821
| | | | Dates: | 1820-1821 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains calculations of the distances of stars, eclipses, and longitude, made by William Maule, James Cresson, Joseph Jeanes, James James, and Robert Hutchinson, pupils in the Friends Academy, where Roberts was a teacher. | | | | Call #: | Mss.524.M44 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Cresson, James | Education | Educational Material | Hutchinson, Robert | James, James. | Jeanes, Joseph | Maule, William. | Meteorological records. | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | |
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