Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Webster, John White, 1793-1850. Crucible, reportedly taken from the laboratory of Dr. John W. Webster, North Grove Street, Boston, scene of the Parkman-Webster murder, November 1849, and a print of the Massachusetts Medical College on Grove Street, circa 1849
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection
Series Identifier: WAM001, 21895
Content Description:
Small ceramic crucible and engraving of Massachusetts Medical College at Grove Street.
Records of the Erving Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy kept by John White Webster
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAI 15.991
Overview:
This collection documents the teaching and administrative activities of John White Webster, Erving Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, and provides an overview of Webster's supervision of the Harvard chemical laboratory and use of scientific instruments and drawings in experiments and lectures at Harvard from 1824 to 1835.