01876mpc  2200313u  4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040002400112245006700136300001700203524013400220545008000354520069700434555002001131510006801151600001801219600001701237600003601254600003501290600003801325650002401363651009101387651002501478656001601503656002201519905002101541206739519980724120000.0840306i18471906nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV84A123  a(NIC)notisAKQ4157  aNICcNICeappmdNIC00aBlake and Rood families papers,f1847-1906,g1847-1891 (bulk).  a.2 cubic ft.  aCite as: Blake and Rood Families. Papers, #3485. Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Libraries.  aEli Whitney Blake was the first professor of physics at Cornell University.  aIncludes letters (1847-1868) from Helen Rood to her brother Ogden Nicholas Rood and his wife Mathilde concerning family and friends in New Haven, Connecticut; religion; female education; Eli Whitney Blake, whom she married in 1860; her impressions of Heidelberg, where her husband studied; and German and English sentiment concerning the American Civil War. Letters (1859-1891) from Eli Blake to Ogden Rood concerning scientific experiments; his work as professor at Cornell University; and his work at Brown University as professor of physics. Other correspondence includes letters to Eli Blake concerning the National Bell Telephone Company, the University of Virginia, and Troy University.  aFolder listing.  aDescribed in DOCUMENTATION NEWSLETTER, Vol. V, No. 1, May 1975.30aBlake family.30aRudd family.10aBlake, Eli Whitney,d1836-1895.10aBlake, Helen Rood,d1832-1869.10aRood, Ogden Nicholas,d1831-1902. 0aPhysicsy1859-1891. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryxCivil War, 1861-1865xForeign public opinionxEnglishxGerman. 0aHeidelberg (Germany)  aPhysicists.  aCollege teachers.  a19980724120000.0