Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903
Person
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Dickson White papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1-2-2
Abstract
Collection consists of papers relating to White's activities as educator, politician, and diplomat.
Dates:
1832-1919.
Cornell University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering records
Collection
Identifier: 16-4-23
Scope and content
Correspondence and circular letters surrounding the search for a new Dean or Director for the College of Civil Engineering. Correspondents include Cornell University President Jacob Gould Schurman, Robert H. Thurston, Frank S. Washburn, R. H. Treman, Charles D. Marx, Walter C. Kerr, and many others.
Dates:
1900-2015.
Douglass Boardman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 435
Abstract
Letters concerning the appointment of the original faculty of the Cornell Law School. Also, an Introductory lecture by Boardman, 1890.
Dates:
1839-1891.
Francis C. Moon Reuleaux reference collection
Collection
Identifier: 6960
Abstract
Papers regarding German engineer Franz Reuleaux and the collection of his kinematic models housed at Cornell University. Papers were assembled by Cornell Professor of Engineering Frank Moon during the late 1990's and early 2000's, particularly during research trips to Germany. They include Moon's research notes on Reuleaux and Reuleaux's influence, biography and genealogy; photocopies and transcriptions of letters, essays and drawings created by Reuleaux; Moon's academic papers and...
Dates:
1841-2010
Fred Lucius Kilborne papers
Collection
Identifier: 1806
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, photocopies of photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed material relating to various aspects of veterinary medicine.
Dates:
1884-1936.
Ithaca and New York City area programs and invitations
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 11-8-267
Scope and content
Programs for cultural events in Ithaca, New York and in New York City, mainly for plays and concerts. Dramatic performances include plays by J.M. Barrie; plays featuring actors William Gillette, Tyrone Power, Maude Adams, and others; and performances by the Cornell Dramatic Club, the Cornell Women's Dramatic Club, and the Cornell Masque, as well as other performances at the Lyceum Theatre in Ithaca and the Apollo Theatre in New York. Musical performances include concerts by the Philharmonic...
Dates:
1880-1922-(bulk 1903-1921).
Morehouse and Lang family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-740
Scope and content
Papers of Herbert Harrison Morehouse (Cornell Class of 1889) include a series of letters to his family concerning student life, with reference to freshman-sophomore contests, sports, cider raids, military drill, Bible classes and church services, a Henry George meeting (October 1887), excursions to local scenic places, his class schedules, and readings by Professor Hiram Corson, as well as a letter (1890) from Robert Henry Thurston, congratulating him on his new position in Central America,...
Dates:
1843-1954,-1885-1954 (bulk)
Robert Henry Thurston letter
Collection — Manuscript box 9 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303012]
Identifier: 16-5-m.124
Scope and content
Letter, June 19, 1894, of recommendation by Thurston for Eugene Bradley Clark (Class of 1894).
Dates:
1894.
Robert Henry Thurston papers
Collection
Identifier: 16-2-40
Abstract
Correspondence, reprints, photograph album from Brown University, Class of 1859 and diplomas. The correspondence concerns experiments, inventions, engineering and scientific problems, scientific machinery and instruments.
Dates:
1859-1902.
Robert Henry Thurston scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064941739]
Identifier: 16-5-1223
Scope and content
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on mechanical engineering topics. Many of the articles focus on the investigation following the explosion of the Westfield, including testimony and reports of various engineers, including a report by Thurston himself. Several other articles describe the exhibits at the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873. In creating the scrapbook, Thurston reused a ledger from the firm R.L. Thurston & Co. (1842-1844), which did engine repairs and related work for its...
Dates:
1842-1844, 1869-1873.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Photographs 5
- Engineering -- Study and teaching. 3
- College teachers 2
- Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 2
- Mechanical engineering. 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Circular letters. 1
- Civil service 1
- College students 1
- Cornell University 1
- Cyanotypes. 1
- Decedent\'s estates -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
- Diaries 1
- Diplomacy. 1
- Diplomas. 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Germany 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union 1
- Diplomats. 1
- Education -- Political aspects. 1
- Education. 1
- El Paso (Tex.) -- Description. 1
- Engineering -- Instruments. 1
- Engineering schools -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Administration. 1
- Europe -- Politics and government. 1
- Examinations (documents) 1
- Exhibitions. 1
- Families -- New York (State) 1
- Germany -- Description and travel. 1
- Guyana -- Boundaries -- Venezuela. 1
- Higher education and state. 1
- History -- Study and teaching. 1
- Invitations. 1
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. 1
- Judges. 1
- Kinematics. 1
- Lang, Emma Margaret. 1
- Lantern slides. 1
- Lawyers 1
- Lecture notes. 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Legal documents -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
- Letters of recommendation. 1
- Machine design -- history. 1
- Machinery -- Models. 1
- Machinery, Kinematics of 1
- Manuscripts for publication. 1
- Marine engineering -- Study and teaching. 1
- Marine engineering. 1
- Mechanical engineering -- History. 1
- Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching. 1
- Music -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
- Parasitology. 1
- Politics, Practical 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Real estate investment -- Kansas. 1
- Real estate investment -- Missouri. 1
- Reports. 1
- Rural New Yorker. 1
- Russia -- Description and travel. 1
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 1
- Science -- study and teaching -- digital libraries 1
- Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts 1
- Solid Freeform Fabrication. 1
- Steel. 1
- Telegraph -- History. 1
- Theater -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
- Theater -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
- Three-dimensional printing -- Specimens. 1
- Tuberculosis in cattle. 1
- Venezuela -- Boundaries -- Guyana. 1
- Veterinarians 1
- Veterinary medicine -- New York (State) 1
- Veterinary medicine -- Texas. 1
- Wedding announcements. 1
- Weddings -- New York (State) 1
- Women college students. 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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