Benjamin Franklin Greene papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of B.F. Greene (AC 6) contain his diploma from the Rensselaer Institute, 1842; miscellaneous correspondence, 1843-1859; a small scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by Greene, 1847-1850; and three of his many publications, "Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce," The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute," and "Glenmore School for Engineers." The correspondence includes a letterpress copybook dating from Greene's directorship of the Rensselaer Institute, including reports to students' parents, letters discussing a new location for the Institute, a list of the number of U.S. and foreign students at RPI in 1854, and a table showing the number of graduates from 1826 to 1854; there are also typed transcripts of the more legible items in the volume.
Dates
- Created: 1842-1859
Creator
- Greene, Benjamin Franklin, 1817-1895 (Person)
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, a diploma, one small scrapbook, and a few publications by Benjamin Franklin Greene.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by form of material.
Separated Materials
Greene donated many of his books to the Rensselaer library, where they have been cataloged and shelved separately as the SCIT Greene collection.
- Author
- T.A.Gobert
- Date
- 02/19/2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository
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