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
Director of Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts, Cornell University.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Robert Henry Thurston papers, #16-2-40. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
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.
See also Robert Henry Thurston Scrapbook, #16-5-1223 and Robert Henry Thurston Letter,
#16-5-m.124.
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
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Container
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Description
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Scope and Contents
Not all the material in the collection is covered by this guide.
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| Box 1 |
Photocopies re: R.H.T. material in other Manuscripts and University Archives collections
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| Box 2 |
Articles by Thurston from publications, Volume 1,
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1883-1901 | |
| Box 2 |
Articles by Thurston from publications, Volume 2,
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1884-1901 | |
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Articles by Thurston from publications,
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1875-1901 | ||
| Volume 1 |
R.H.T.'s Brown University Class of 1859 photograph album [cover torn loose]
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1859 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Diplomas, 38 items (listed in accession folder)
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| Reel 1 |
Andrew Carnegie letters to R.H.T., originals at Library of Congress
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