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Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAI 15.963
Overview: The correspondence and faculty reports in this collection document the activities of John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and the Department of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1810 to 1831. The records provide an overview of Farrar's attempts to modernize mathematical and scientific instruction at Harvard University and illustrate the subjects that were taught to students and the textbooks that were used in the instruction of mathematics and...

Harper & Brothers editorial correspondence

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Am 2366
Overview:

Editorial correspondence between Harper & Brothers editors and authors.

Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAI 20.790
Overview: In the mid 1700s, Harvard administrators began incorporating English oratory into an undergraduate curriculum traditionally focused on Latin and Greek. To reflect the expanded emphasis on oratory, upperclassmen participated in English debates, dialogues, and orations on Commencement Day and in public exhibitions using subjects and questions provided by the Harvard Faculty. This collection contains handwritten questions and subjects suggested by the Harvard Faculty primarily in the 1810s and...

Records relating to the philosophical apparatus of the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and the Records of the Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAI 15.960
Overview: The Records relating to the philosophical apparatus of the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and the Records of the Board of Visitors of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History at Harvard were compiled and pasted into a single volume at an undetermined date. Inventories, invoices, letters, copies of votes extracted from Board of Visitors meeting minutes, and other financial records in this collection document the acquisition and maintenance of the...

Records of the Harvard University Department of Physics, 1879-1983 (textual records) and 2007-2013 (web archive)

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 691
Overview:

Physics has been a part of the college curriculum since 1642. These records document the efforts of the Harvard University Department of Physics to remain at the forefront of original experimental research through the development of curriculum, interaction with other sciences, construction of facilities and collaborative research.

Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.2
Overview: The Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond document the founding, growth, and scientific research of the Harvard College Observatory primarily from 1840 to 1859. Also chronicled is the Observatory’s participation in advances made in astronomy, stellar photography, meteorology, continental exploration, and technological improvements in astronomical instruments in the early nineteenth century. William Cranch Bond (1789-1859), American astronomer and instrument...

Letter from John Farrar, August 1822, August 1822

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 1st series / Series: Harvard College Papers, 1st series, Volume 10
Item Identifier: UAI 5.100, UAI 5.100 Volume 10, Item 85
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Unaddressed. On the arrangement of studies.

Subjects suggested by John Farrar, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts / Series: Attributed questions and subjects, 1790-1826 and ca. 1820s
Item Identifier: UAI 20.790, UAI 20.790 Box 1, Folder 16
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A handwritten letter to President John Thornton Kirkland with five suggested subjects from John Farrar, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1807 until 1836.

Letter from [John Farrar,] March 24, 1824, March 24, 1824

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 1st series / Series: Harvard College Papers, 1st series, Volume 10
Item Identifier: UAI 5.100, UAI 5.100 Volume 10, Item 249
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Unaddressed. Accounts.

Subjects suggested by John Farrar, ca. 1820s, 1820s Digital

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Suggestions for Harvard commencement and exhibition parts / Series: Attributed questions and subjects, 1790-1826 and ca. 1820s
Item Identifier: UAI 20.790, UAI 20.790 Box 1, Folder 16
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A handwritten letter to President John Thornton Kirkland with five suggested subjects from John Farrar, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1807 until 1836.

Letter from John Farrar, Cambridge, December 26, 1825, December 26, 1825

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 1st series / Series: Harvard College Papers, 1st series, Volume 11
Item Identifier: UAI 5.100, UAI 5.100 Volume 11, Item 253
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Unaddressed. On the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy.

Letter from John Farrar, Cambridge, December 26, 1825, December 26, 1825

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 1st series / Series: Harvard College Papers, 1st series, Volume 11
Item Identifier: UAI 5.100, UAI 5.100 Volume 11, Item 254
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Unaddressed. On the Department of Physic and Natural History.

Letter from John Farrar to John Thornton Kirkland, January 5, 1827

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 2nd series / Series: College Papers, Series 2, original quartos / Sub-Series: Original quarto, Volume 1
Item — Volume 1, item: 124Identifier: UAI 5.125
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Response to the Committee on retrenchment's proposal to combine the departments of mathematics and natural philosophy.

Letter from John Farrar, Cambridge, to Ebenezer Francis, September 5, 1828

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 2nd series / Series: College Papers, Series 2, original quartos / Sub-Series: Original quarto, Volume 3
Item — Volume 3, item: 86Identifier: UAI 5.125
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Respecting the James Short telescope and recommendations he made in 1826 as part of a committee to examine the instrument.

John Farrar to Josiah Quincy, 1829 September 25

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Papers of Josiah Quincy, 1811-1874. / Series: President of Harvard University, / Sub-Series: Loose Correspondence,
Item — Unspecified Box 2Identifier: UAI 15.882
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Farrar reviews his project of studies for the new school term. This folder contains the original handwritten document.

Letter from John Farrar to President Samuel Webber, 1810 June 5

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 1Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

Letter from John Farrar to unknown recipient, undated

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 16Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

John Farrar to Edward Everett, 1818 February 2

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Papers of Edward Everett / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Personal Letters
Item — Unspecified Box 2Identifier: UAI 15.884
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This folder contains the original handwritten document.

Letter from John Farrar, Cambridge, to John Thornton Kirkland, July 5, 1826

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 2nd series / Series: College Papers, Series 2, original quartos / Sub-Series: Original quarto, Volume 1
Item — Volume 1, item: 68Identifier: UAI 5.125
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Discusses public auction of Harvard's scientific instruments that Farrar deemed redudant, including a cylinder electrical machines and globes; he proposes to use the proceeds to repair old instruments or buy new ones.

Bill from R.P. & G. Williams to John Farrar, May 8, 1829

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Harvard College Papers, 2nd series / Series: College Papers, Series 2, original quartos / Sub-Series: Original quarto, Volume 3
Item — Volume 3, item: 155Identifier: UAI 5.125
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Copy of bill for encyclopedias collected on behalf of Joseph Parker. Contains a receipt from Benjamin Peirce of delivery of the volumes to the College Library.

Letter from John Farrar to President John T. Kirkland, 1814 September

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 2Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

Letter from John Farrar to President John T. Kirkland, 1816 January 15

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 3Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

Letter from John Farrar to President John T. Kirkland, 1816 January 16

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 4Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

Letter from John Farrar to President John T. Kirkland, 1816 November 4

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 5Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...

Letter from John Farrar to President John T. Kirkland, 1816 December

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives / Collection: Correspondence and faculty reports by John Farrar, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy / Series: Correspondence
Item — Box 1, Folder: 6Identifier: UAI 15.963
Scope and Contents: The bulk of the correspondence in this series illustrates John Farrar's attempts to modernize the study of mathematical instruction and natural philosophy (physics) at Harvard University and recounts his supervision and use of the instruments found in the scientific laboratory, known as the Chamber of Natural Philosophy. Principal correspondents...
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