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Collection of Edward Holyoke materials
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 312
Overview:
Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) was the ninth president of Harvard College, serving for thirty-two years from 1737 to 1769. This artificial collection, dated 1721-circa 1780s, consists of an astronomy notebook and sermons written by Holyoke, a drinking tube fashioned from his watch case, a letter to Holyoke from his friend Benjamin Dearborn, and a letter to a proprietor of the Second Church of Marblehead, Massachusetts, from Overseer William Dudley related to Holyoke’s election as president of...
Caleb Gannett collection
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 314
Overview:
Caleb Gannett (1745-1818), Harvard College Steward from 1779 to 1818, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He received an AB from Harvard in 1763 and an AM in 1766. Gannett was a member of the Pembroke Church and studied theology with Ebenezer Gay (1696-1787; Harvard AB 1714). The collection consists of seven manuscript notebooks, dated circa 1758 to 1785. There are two letter books; three mathematical and astronomical notebooks, mostly compiled while Gannett was a student at Harvard...
Mathematical theses, 1782-1839.
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUC 8782.514
Overview:
The mathematical theses consist of equations and drawings which illustrate the equations. At the time of their creation, the purpose of these finely executed documents on large sheets of paper was to demonstrate a student's mastery of one or more mathematical concepts, yet the enduring value of many of the them lies in the fact that they are works of art.
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- Creator
- Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818. 1
- Harvard University 1
- Subject
- Astronomy -- Early works to 1800 2
- Cambridge (Mass.) 2
- Astronomy -- Pictorial works. 1
- Astronomy -- Research. 1
- Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) -- Maps. 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) -- Pictorial works. 1
- Clergy -- New England -- 18th century 1
- College presidents--Massachusetts--Cambridge 1
- Commonplace books 1
- Congregationalists -- Nova Scotia -- Clergy 1
- Drawings. 1
- Drinking vessels -- 18th Century 1
- Earthquakes -- New England -- Early works to 1800 1
- Geometry -- Early works to 1800 1
- Harvard students' notes. 1
- Harvard textbooks 1
- Land grants -- Nova Scotia -- History 1
- Letter books. 1
- Letters. 1
- Light -- Pictorial works. 1
- Maps 1
- Mechanics -- Pictorial works. 1
- Navigation -- Pictorial works. 1
- Notebooks. 1
- Nova Scotia -- Politics and government -- 1763-1867 1
- Optics -- Early works to 1800 1
- Sermons 1
- Surveying -- Pictorial works. 1
- Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Abbot, Mary Holyoke, 1782-1829 1
- Allan, William 1
- Dearborn, Benjamin, 1725-1755 1
- Dudley, William, 1686-1743 1
- Eagleson, John 1
- Gannett, Joseph, 1725-1789 1
- Gay, Jotham, 1733-1802 1
- Harvard College (1636-1780) -- Presidents 1
- Harvard College (1636-1780). Administration 1
- Harvard University 1
- Harvard University -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. 1
- Harvard University -- Maps. 1
- Harvard University -- Mathematics. 1
- Harvard University -- Pictorial works. 1
- Hitchcock, Gad, 1719-1803 1
- Hitchcock, Gad, 1749-1836 1
- Holyoke, Edward, 1689-1769 1
- Huston, John 1
- Osgood, Edward Holyoke 1
- Vassall, Lewis, 1741-1777 1 ∧ less
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