Amos Eaton papers
Scope and Contents
The Amos Eaton papers (MC 11) consist of correspondence, Eaton’s herbarium (1830), his geological journal (1830-1836), journal fragments, an 1821 deed to the Old Bank Place (the original home of the Rensselaer School), two instruments used by him (steel mineralogist's forceps and a bone letter opener/paper folder), three geological survey drawings, and an undated sketch and comments on women's fashions. Correspondents include William Aiken, Lewis C. Beck, William Marcy, Oliver Steele, John Torrey, Silas Wright, and founder of the Troy Female Seminary, Emma Willard. The collection also contains correspondence among Eaton family members, including Almira Eaton, Amos B. Eaton, Daniel Cady Eaton, Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton, Timothy D. Eaton, Sarah C. Eaton, William B. Eaton, Typhena Cady, and Nathan Halsey; many of the letters are also available as typed transcriptions.
Dates
- Created: 1799-1841
Creator
- Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 (Person)
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Personal and professional correspondence, a geological notebook, and miscellany pertaining to Amos Eaton and members of his family.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in two series: I. Correspondence, and II. Miscellany.
- Aiken, William E. A. (William Edward Augustin), 1807-1888
- Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853
- Botanists
- Botany
- Botany -- Study and teaching
- College teachers
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Eaton, Almira Sewall, 1793-1867
- Eaton, Amos Beebe, 1806-1877
- Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842
- Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895
- Eaton, Hezekiah Hulbert
- Eaton, Sarah
- Eaton, Timothy Dwight
- Eaton, William B.
- Geology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Halsey, Nathan
- Herbaria
- Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
- Notebooks
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- Buildings
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- History
- Rensselaer School
- Sketches
- Steele, Oliver, 1800-1861
- Torrey, John, 1796-1873
- Troy Female Seminary
- Universities and colleges -- New York (State)
- Webster, Matthew Henry, 1803-1846
- Willard, Emma, 1787-1870
- Wright, Silas, 1795-1847
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
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