| 1 | Creator: | Hamilton , William John, 1805-1867 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William John Hamilton Papers, 1825-1828
| | | | Dates: | 1825-1828 | | | | Abstract: | William John Hamilton (1805-1867) English geologist and eldest son of the famed antiquarian and purchaser of the Rosetta Stone, William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859), studied at the University of Goettingen from 1825-1827.
The Hamilton Papers consists principally of correspondence written by William John Hamilton to his parents, reflecting the young geologist's intellectual development, his course of study, student life, and holiday travels. Arranged chronologically, the letters mirror the political and cultural events of the period. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.32 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Archaeology--Study and teaching--Germany | Beddoes, Thomas Lovell, 1803-1849 | Beyond Early America | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | Geology--Germany | Germany--Description and travel | Great Britain--Politics anjd government--19th century | Hamilton , William John, 1805-1867 | Hamilton, Juliana Udny | Hamilton, William Richard, 1777-1858 | Hausmann, Johann Friedrich Ludwig, 1782-1859 | Krause, Karl Christian Friedrich, 1781-1832 | Mineralogy--Study and teaching--Germany | Müller, Karl Otfried, 1797-1840 | Universities and colleges--Germany-Curricula | Universität Göttingen. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alfred P. Rockwell Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1846-1903 | | | | Abstract: | After receiving his PhB at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1858, Alfred P. Rockwell continued his studies at the Museum of Practical Geology in London and the Bergakademie Freiberg, focused largely on mining engineering and coal geology. After service in the Civil War, he held positions at Yale and MIT before leaving academia in 1873 to pursue other opportunities. He later served as president of the Eastern Rail Road and Treasurer of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, a textile firm in New Hampshire.
The small collection of the papers of Alfred P. Rockwell document his interest in coal geology during the period of his postgraduate study at the Museum of Practical Geology and the Bergakademie, 1858-1859. Although the correspondence is slight, the collection includes a suite of notes on collieries, coal mining technology, and the economics of coal. Of particular note in the collection are the eight notebooks on mining engineering (some containing sketches), including two volumes of notes on John Percy's lectures at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1858, three volumes kept during his stay at the Bergakademie Freiberg, including one on a course on metallurgy taught by Bernhard von Cotta, 1858-1859, and one of an industrial tour through Germany and Belgium (June 1859). The other volumes include two on collieries in northern England, and one including of production records for the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, 1879-1886. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R59p | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bergakademie Freiberg | Coal mines and mining--Germany | Coal mines and mining--Great Britain | Cotta, Berhnard von, 1808-1879 | Geology--Germany | Geology--Great Britain | Great Falls Manufacturing Company | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | Metallurgy--Study and teaching | Mining engineering--Great Britain | Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain) | Pencil works | Percy, John, 1817-1889 | Photographs | Railroads--Massachusetts | Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903 | Rockwell, Katherine Virginia Foote, 1839-1902 | Textile industry--New Hampsire | Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Smith Lyman papers,1850-1918
| | | | Dates: | 1850-1918 | | | | Abstract: | There are notes, sketches, memoranda, etc., made while Lyman directed the geological survey of Japan, 1873-1879, with reports on petroleum resources, copper, coal, iron, and gold mines, mineral springs, and other mineral resources of the Japanese archipelago. There are data on the Japanese, Chinese, Ainu, and French languages, and on Japanese manners and customs, wit and humor, gardening, painting, measurements, swords, etc. Notes and data on the life, travels, and publications of Bernard Varenius. Notes collected for Lyman's Vegetarian Diet and Dishes. Materials on the geology of New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, and West Virginia; and on coal and iron fields in those states and elsewhere. Manuscripts of articles on instruments for boring wells, theodolites for mining and civil engineers, other surveying instruments, etc. Of particular note is Lyman's period of study in Europe, where he attended the Imperial School of Mines in Paris, France (1859-1861), and the Royal Academy of Mines, Freiberg, Germany (1861-1862). There are about eleven notebooks for this period, written in English, French, and German, that contain: lecture notes, travel observations, comments on geology, mines and mining, railroads, with sketches of machinery, etc. There are a large number of letters (ca. 7,000 items), 1850-1917, from and to Lyman, on personal and business affairs. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L982 | | | | Extent: | 49.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Ainu language | Chinese language | Coal mines and mining. | Ecole impériale des mines (France) | France -- Description and travel. | French language | Gardening -- Japan. | Geological Survey (U.S.). | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. | Geological surveys. | Geology -- Colorado. | Geology -- France. | Geology -- Germany. | Geology -- Iowa. | Geology -- Japan -- Surveys. | Geology -- New Jersey. | Geology -- New Mexico. | Geology -- Ohio. | Geology -- Pennsylvania. | Geology -- Virginia. | Geology -- West Virginia. | Germany -- Description and travel. | Iron mines and mining. | Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912. | Japanese language | Lecture notes. | Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 | Mines and mineral resources -- Japan. | Mining engineering. | Mining machinery. | Notes. | Painting, Japanese. | Railroads -- Europe. | Sketches. | Surveying -- Instruments. | Theodolites. | Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650 | |
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