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1Creator:  Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903Requires 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:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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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. 
2Creator:  Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873Requires cookie*
 Title:  Adam Sedgwick Collection     
 Dates:  1825-1870 
 Abstract:  Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873, APS 1860), geologist, was an important figure in the development of the modern discipline of geology. He was educated at Cambridge, being ordained in 1817. An excellent field geologist, he did significant work interpreting complex old rock in such places as Devonshire (naming the Devonian Period after that location), Cornwall, and the Lake District, correlating his findings with strata in places such as Germany. Sedgwick first interpreted strata from the period he named Cambrian. He served in many professional organizations and was honored for his work with the Wollaston and Copley medals. Sedgwick, a Liberal in politics, served on committees that reformed the administration of university education. Despite being a friend of Charles Darwin's, Sedgwick was critical of the materialist bent of Darwinian thought. The 37 letters in the collection were acquired at various times, mainly through purchase, and assembled for the collection. The letters span the dates 1825-1870. Individually most letters are not especially significant, but collectively they touch on most aspects of Sedgwick's life and career. There are letters about Sedgwick's work on university reform, the Geological Museum at Cambridge, lectures, colleagues, travel, health, and family. Only one letter in the collection delves into detail about Sedgwick's geologic work. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Se25L 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Beyond Early America | Clift, William, 1775-1849 | De La Beche, Henry T., (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855 | Geological Society of London | Geology--Great Britain | Geology--Study and teaching (Higher) | James, John. K., Sir, bart., 1815-1893 | Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800-1881 | Lonsdale, W. (William), 1794-1871 | Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865 | Peacock, George, 1791-1858 | Procter, Joseph, b. 1829 | Religion | Scientific Correspondence | Sedbergh (England) | Sedgwick Museum | Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 | Sopwith, Thomas, 1803-1879 | University of Cambridge. 
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