Robert Henry Thurston papers, 1859-1902.
Collection Number: 16-2-40

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robert Henry Thurston papers, 1859-1902.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
16-2-40
Abstract:
Correspondence, reprints, photograph album from Brown University, Class of 1859 and diplomas. The correspondence concerns experiments, inventions, engineering and scientific problems, scientific machinery and instruments.
Creator:
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903.
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904.
Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Ericsson, John, 1803-1889.
Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908.
Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903.
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914.
Isherwood, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1822-1915.
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906.
Low, Seth, 1782-1853.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884.
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Quanitities:
1.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Director of Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts, Cornell University.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Robert Henry Thurston papers, #16-2-40. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

The Robert Henry Thurston papers include correspondence, reprints, a photograph album from Brown University (Class of 1859) and diplomas, and one bound volume of some of Thurston's publications from 1878-1891, mainly reprints of journal articles. The correspondence concerning experiments, inventions, engineering and scientific problems, scientific machinery and instruments includes letters from Charles Kendall Adams, Edward Atkinson, Alexander Graham Bell, Alonzo Cornell, George William Curtis, Chauncey Depew, Thomas A. Edison, John Ericsson, Daniel Coit Gilman, Abram Hewitt, Edwin J. Houston, B.F. Isherwood, Lord Kelvin, Samuel P. Langley, Seth Low, Cyrus McCormick, Charles Porter and Nikola Tesla.

Related Materials

See also Robert Henry Thurston Scrapbook, #16-5-1223 and Robert Henry Thurston Letter, #16-5-m.124.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. College of Engineering
Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Brown University -- : Alumni and alumnae.
Brown University. Class of 1859
Subjects:
Engineering -- Instruments.
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Scope and Contents
Not all the material in the collection is covered by this guide.
Box 1
Photocopies re: R.H.T. material in other Manuscripts and University Archives collections
Box 2
Articles by Thurston from publications, Volume 1,
1883-1901
Box 2
Articles by Thurston from publications, Volume 2,
1884-1901
Articles by Thurston from publications,
1875-1901
Volume 1
R.H.T.'s Brown University Class of 1859 photograph album [cover torn loose]
1859
Mapcase Folder 1
Diplomas, 38 items (listed in accession folder)
Reel 1
Andrew Carnegie letters to R.H.T., originals at Library of Congress