Alfred P. Rockwell Papers
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Series I. Correspondence and notes | 1846-1903 | 3 lin. feet | Box 1 | |
Atkinson, W. G..
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1867 Oct. 11 | 4p. | ||
Backworth Colliery -- Accounts | 1856-1858 | 14p. | ||
Backworth Colliery -- Abstract of work done and cost of borehole | 1856-1858 | 2p. | ||
Circular coke ovens -- Cost estimate | 1858 | 1p. | ||
Coke ovens -- Sketch, construction | 1858 May 26 | 1p. | ||
Collieries -- Miscellany | 1858-1859 | 8 items | ||
D'Arcy, George Frederick, Earl of Durham.
Memorandum of agreement re: collieries | 1856 Mar. 29 | 11p. | ||
Durham Colliery -- Pumping account | 1857 Aug. | 1p. | ||
Elliott, Charles W..
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1866 Mar. 15 | 2p. | ||
Elliott, F. B..
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1871 June 11 | 3p. | ||
Farnsworth, Fred.
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1881 Nov. 11 | 3p. | ||
Gerolt, Baron von.
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1866-1867 | 2 items | ||
Hetton Colliery -- Specification for the building of 50 Pitmen's cottages at Hetton | 1855 June 21 | 4p. | ||
Hornby, John.
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1879 Dec. 10 | 1p. | ||
Jackson, George E. B..
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1878 Nov. 4 | 2p. | ||
Janin, Louis.
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1879 Feb. 29 | 2p. | ||
Kilnhurst, Yorkshire -- Specification and contract for sinking a shaft at Kilnhurst | 1858 | 4p. | ||
King, George B..
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1879 Apr. 9 | 4p. | ||
Knight, Octavius.
ALS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1879 Oct. 17 | 1p. | ||
Re: 50 shares of stock in the Norton House and Ship Ventilator Co. | ||||
Lund Hill Colliery -- List of prices paid to Colliers and other workmen | 1858 | 1p. | ||
Mason, James.
Form for receiving coal in deeding away real estate | 1865 Mar. | 2p. | ||
Minas Nuevas Mining Co. | 1879 1881-1884 | 3 items | ||
Mining accounts (cost of making crib bed) | n.d. | 4p. | ||
Oaks Colliery -- Abstract of the Lease... | 1846 July 15 | 4p. | ||
Oaks Colliery, Yorkshire -- Ventilation returns | 1859 | 1p. | ||
Pouson's Treatise on coal mining (notes) | n.d. | 2p. | ||
Railroads -- Litigations of Eastern Rail Road | 1877 | 8p. | ||
Robson, George.
Report on the system pursued in working coal in the West Riding of the County of York... | 1853 May | 8p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Accounts | 1879-1881 | 5p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Biographical notes | 1903 | 3p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Financial correspondence | 1867-1888 | 12 items | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Lectures on meteorology and Outline of Lectures on Astronomy | n.d. | pp. 17-24 | ||
Printed outlines with mss. notes by Rockwell. | ||||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
ALsS to Joe | 1881-1883 | 6 items | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Memorandum of enquiries in relation to coal and coal mines | n.d. | 17p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Norwich Grammar School report card | 1849 June 16 | 1p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Notes from Pal. Rep. on accidents in mines, 1835 | ca.1858? | 7p. | ||
Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Photograph of Alfred P. and daughter Diana W. Rockwell | n.d. | 5p. | ||
Rockwell, Charles H..
ALsS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1866 | 2 items | ||
Rockwell, John A..
ALsS to Alfred P. Rockwell | 1864-1865 | 2 items | ||
Rockwell, John A..
Estate | 1861-1879 | 4 items | ||
Rockwell, Katharine | 1865-1888 | 11 items | ||
Rockwell-Elliott Family genealogy | n.d. | Cy, 6p. | ||
West Auckland Colliery -- Construction accounts | 1858 May 26 | 1p. | ||
Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery -- Account of strata in the neighbourhood | 1856 June | Cy, 2p. | ||
Series II. Notebooks | 1857-1886 | 8 volumes | ||
1 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Lectures on Metallurgy by Dr. John Percy, FRS | 1857 Oct. 23 | 1 vol. | ||
For lectures held at the Museum of Practical Geology, London. | ||||
2 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Lectures on Metallurgy by Dr. John Percy, FRS | 1857 Nov. | 1 vol. | ||
For lectures held at the Museum of Practical Geology, London. | ||||
3 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Notes on Collieries near Barnsley, Yorkshire | 1858 July 30 - 1858 August 10 | 54 leaves. 1 vol. | ||
Survey of various collieries near Barnsley. Includes materials on Oaks and Lund Hill Collieries, with additional material on Elsecar, Mount Osborne, Old Mill, Gawber, and Wharncliffe Silkstone Collieries. There is further material in the notebook on collieries near Durham--Lady Durham, Littletown, and Sherburn. Includes pencil sketches. | ||||
4 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Notes on Collieries in Scotland | 1858 | 19 leaves. 1 vol. | ||
Includes materials relating to the following collieries in Scotland: Gartsherrie near Glasgow [Coatbridge], Palacecraig [Airdrie], Blair in Dalry (Ayrshire), Bankhead [Rutherglen]. | ||||
5 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Notes from Prof. Cotta's Gesteinlehre, Freiburg | 1858-1859 | 1 vol. | ||
Includes rough pencil sketch of Niagara Falls, based on Bernhard von Cotta's lecture. In German and English. | ||||
6 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
"Freiburg" | 1859 | 1 vol. | ||
Includes pencil sketches. | ||||
7 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Tour in the Harz [and other notes on geology in Germany, Belgium) | 1859 June 25 | 1 vol. | ||
Includes pencil sketches. | ||||
8 Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903.
Great Falls Mfg. Co. Record of textile milling | 1879-1886 | 1 vol. | ||
9 Freiburg | 1859 | 1 vol. | ||
Includes pencil sketches Custodial history: Transferred from the Connecticut Historical Society in May 2012, Accession number M2012-04 |