Notebooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
L. Whitney Watkins papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.85
Scope and Contents
The L. Whitney Watkins papers contain class notes taken by Watkins during his time as a student at Michigan Agricultural College. His zoology notes contain information about the different classifications of animals and the structures that differentiate the animals. This notebook also appears to contain notes for a political economics class. Another notebook contains his notes for agricultural chemistry, which was taught by R. C. Kedzie. This class included lessons on plant biology and...
Dates:
1890 - 1891
Oliver C. Hollister papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.86
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the organic chemistry notes of Oliver C. Hollister. The first page of the notebook contains a table of contents to all the topics covered in the notebook. Some topics include formic acid, glucose, chloroform, vegetable acids, and starches. The notebook also includes sketches of certain lab set ups and newspaper clippings. This class was taught by Robert C. Kedzie.
Dates:
1887
Samuel Johnson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.120
Scope and Contents
The early correspondence gives a description of Civil War fighting in Virginia and comments on the controversy following McClellan’s removal by Lincoln. The correspondence from the 1870s recounts Johnson’s efforts as Professor of Agriculture and deal with animal sales and purchases, grain tests, and other topics. Also included are lectures read by Johnson and Ray Stannard Baker’s student notebook of lectures given by Johnson.The second portion of the collection contains the...
Dates:
1824 - 1944