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Craig, I. E. Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied from a survey made by Lieut Renwick of the 82nd Regt., New York Militia ; by I.E. Craig Lt. Artillery.

Title: Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied from a survey made by Lieut Renwick of the 82nd Regt., New York Militia ; by I.E. Craig Lt. Artillery. [Betweem 1814 and 1852]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 40 x 55 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54761693 View

Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877. Papers, 1816-1876.

Title: Papers, 1816-1876.

Family correspondence, chiefly relating to naval cruises of Wilkes and his son, John Wilkes; the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, to Antarctica, the Pacific Islands, and the Northwest Coast of the U.S., including preliminary planning, the voyage itself with detailed descriptions of places visited, and publishing the results; gold mining and milling in North Carolina; the Civil War; and Wilkes family business ventures in North Carolina; together with legal and financial papers, writings, printed material, clippings, and other papers. Includes correspondence, 1848-1849, with James Renwick (1792-1863) and others.

ArchivalResource: 4,566 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20273999 View

Renwick family. Renwick Family papers, 1794-1916.

Title: Renwick Family papers, 1794-1916.

This collection is primarily concerned with Prof. James Renwick and his professional correspondence and papers, both as Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Columbia College and as a leading engineer. Many certificates of membership in honorary societies are included. There are letters from Washington Irving (1783-1859) to Prof. Renwick and to his mother, pertaining to contemporary events and Irving's own activities. The letters to Mrs. Renwick are about the travels and experiences of Irving and Renwick abroad. The collection also covers the affairs of the Prof. Renwick's grandfather, including documents concerning his land grants in New York State, and those of James Armstrong Renwick, including his valedictory address at Columbia College in 1876 and his class reunion in 1916. There are many legal documents, letters, and manuscripts of various members of the Renwick and Brevoort families; among these are Prof. Renwick's notes on his family genealogy and a memoir of Jane Jeffrey Renwick. Correspondents include Clement Clarke Moore, John A. Dix, Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State John Forsyth, and Secretary of the Navy James K. Paulding. There is one letter from Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), President of the Royal Society, giving his views on the American Civil War. Also there is one volume of 70 watercolor sketches by Prof. Renwick and two by Washington Irving; one bundle of oversized documents including deeds, mortgage, and a military appointment; and a case containing Prof. Renwick's lecture notes. 1994 Addition: Correspondence of James Renwick (1818-1895), the celebrated architect. There are 68 letters to his brother, Edward Sabine Renwick (1823-1912), inventor and patent expert, concerning his collecting, investments, and health. There are 19 letters to his nephew, Edward Brevoort Renwick (b.1863), concerning the construction of his yacht, "Jean", with replies and related correspondence. There are also 2 letters to Edward S. Renwick from his sister, Laura K. R. Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (310 items in 3 boxes & 1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433985726 View

New-York Athenæum. Secretary's book, 1824 June-1829 Mar.

Title: Secretary's book, 1824 June-1829 Mar.

A secretary's book, 1824-1829, including constitution and records of meetings of the Board of Associates. Some of the members of the Athenaeum were: Henry Wheaton, Samuel F.B. Morse (recording secretary), James K. Paulding, Wm. Gracie, John Trumbull, Hon. James Kent, John H. Hobart, Rev. J.M. Mathews, Gulian C. Verplanck, Hon. Peter Augustus Jay, Dr. Benjamin McVickar, James Renwick, et al.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (85 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58658882 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Personal papers, 1808-1866

Title: Jared Sparks personal papers, 1808-1866

The Jared Sparks papers contain Spark's historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear feet (86 volumes, 57 boxes, 11 envelopes, 3 cases, 2 folders)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02771/catalog View

Renwick, James, 1790?-1863. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1828.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1828.

Three letters: one to Robert Walsh dated 7 August 1828, and two to Nicholas Biddle dated 20 August and 11 September 1828. Renwick had been offerred a professorship of Natural Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania that had previously been held by a Dr. Paterson, and he needed time to consider. In the third letter he communicates his decision to decline the offer.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155886572 View

Renwick, James, 1792-1863. James Renwick and James Renwick, Jr. architectural drawings and papers, circa 1813-1960.

Title: James Renwick and James Renwick, Jr. architectural drawings and papers, circa 1813-1960.

Collection includes James Renwick's sketches, 1813, for the layout of Columbia University's second campus on Park Row (there have been four campuses to date: the first on Wall Street, the third on 49th Street and Madison Avenue, and the current campus in Morningside Heights), and a medal awarded him, 1824, by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. James Renwick, Jr. is represented by his architectural drawings of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, which he designed. Some of the drawings are signed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Also, published drawings of the Cathedral, 1886; negatives and photographs, circa 1860s, showing the Cathedral under construction; interior and exterior photographs, circa 1930s-1960s, of the Cathedral; and photographs of Grace Church, New York, also designed by James Renwick, Jr. Renwick family correspondence, 1930s, and typescript copies of 19th century Renwick family correspondence relating to family history and genealogy; photographs of James Renwick, Jr; typescript copies of family Bible records, 1792-1863; Renwick coat of arms.

ArchivalResource: 58 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122515724 View

Renwick, William W. William W. Renwick papers, 1791-1886.

Title: William W. Renwick papers, 1791-1886.

Family and business papers (2159 items) of the Rogers, Lyons, and Bothwell families, consisting of personal letters, business records, receipts for purchases of supplies for a plantation, households, and a business; tuition at Erskine College and South Carolina College; sale of farm produce and cotton; medical and blacksmith accounts; legal papers including wills, estate settlements, militia orders; tax notices; other toics include secession crisis of 1850, legislatures in S.C. and Georgia; the U.S. Congress; Persons represented include letters and bills of William Glaze of Palmetto Iron Works, Columbia, S.C.; letters of Henry Summer and congressman James Rogers; letters from family in Ireland to John Humphrey. Subscription list, 31 Aug. 1805 (Laurens District, S.C.), to pay for services of a minister; letter, 9 Dec. 1811 (Mount Pleasant, Baldwin County, Ga.), from George W. Glenn to Revd. [John] Renwick (in Newberry, S.C.), informing him of his recent marriage, election of the S.C. General Assembly, religious affairs, a trip to Milledgeville, Ga., and commenting on the Georgia Legislature, "the wisdom of the State has done nothing of great importance yet, unless it is that of divorcing man and wife!!!" Letter, 25 Apr. 1840, Washington, D.C., Nancy H. Rogers to Rosannah P. Rogers, re failure of a do-nothing Congress to accomplish goals and a fight in U.S. House, "So far from its being an honour to be attached to this body... it [is] a dishonor"; an undated speech re advantages and disadvantages of slavery, praising slaves' sense of community and good living conditions. Letter, 26 Oct. 1845, Columbia, S.C., from J.J. Lyons, re his position as typesetter at the South-Carolina Temperance Advocate, arsonists' attempt to burn Columbia, S.C., rowdy behanior by students at South Carolina College that merited the calling of a military company to duty, and expulsions from the Arsenal Hill Academy resulting in remaining enrollment of only 45 students. Advertisement, 27 Oct. 1845, A[dam] G[eiselhardt] Summer, calling for bids from printers during legislative debate in the S.C. General Assembly over proposed print expenses, with with protests of the printers over proposed prices. Letter, 22 Oct. 1850, Oak Level [near Augusta, Ga.] from Ebenenzer Bothwell, re local, state politics, and support for secession, "A large majority of our County I think is for union & accepting the Compromise of the Genl. Government and being satisfied therewith.... let a dissolution or Secession take place & I say farewell to Republican Government"; Meeting minutes, 25 June 1853 (Black Rock, Union County, S.C.), re an address given by W.H. Gist on benefits of plank road to connect the community with the markets of the state; letter, 24 Oct. 1859, S.C. College (Columbia, S.C.) from Prof. William James Rivers (1822-1909), re his memories of college life as student at SCC prior to his graduation in 1841; letter, 25 May 1860, to [Wade] Hampton, discussing attitudes and beliefs about the South held by residents of the North. Letter, 7 June 1864, written from "Bivouac 8 Miles below Richmond [Va.]," by R.B. Lyons, re Civil War, troops led by Gen. James Longstreet in the Wilderness campaign [5-7 May 1864], and [Ulysses S.] Grant's ability as a General. Class schedules, 1876-1877, of James E. Renwick while enrolled at the Medical College of S.C.; undated draft of a speech made while presenting honors at commencement ceremonies of the Medical College of South Carolina; undated broadside [1870s?], "A Catalogue of New and Select Roses Grown & For Sale by Summer & Crammond, Pomaria Nurseries, Alston, S.C." (filed in oversize folder); undated manuscript, listing subscribers and rates of tuition for Honey Point Academy.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41868134 View

Read, Nathan, 1759-1849. Nathan Read Papers, 1709-1914.

Title: Nathan Read Papers, 1709-1914.

Inventor, congressman, jurist, and iron manufacturer from Salem, MA and Belfast, ME. Collection contains Read's invention specifications and drawings, correspondence, financial records, scientific and religious writings. Also includes Salem Iron Factory Records, 1795-1801.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 boxes, 1 oversize box (3 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635981139 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId 1837-1844

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IId-ead.xml View

Renwick, James, 1792-1863. Autograph letter signed : "Columbia College New York," to Professor Cleaveland, 1826 Jan. 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Columbia College New York," to Professor Cleaveland, 1826 Jan. 16.

Agreeing to take part in a comparison of barometers and to consider the founding of a Society for the promotion of meteorological knowledge.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270617232 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Letterbooks, 1789-1866

Title: Jared Sparks letterbooks 1789-1866

Jared Sparks's letterbooks. Contains mostly original letters to Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (41 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02772/catalog View

Renwick, James. Deed, 1796 November 11, Newburgh, N.Y., to Joseph Bookstaver, Montgomery County, N.Y.

Title: Deed, 1796 November 11, Newburgh, N.Y., to Joseph Bookstaver, Montgomery County, N.Y.

Transfer of parcel of land in the town of Newburgh, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8861880 View

Selma Rattner research papers on James Renwick, 1856-2001, (bulk 1960s-2001)

Title: Selma Rattner research papers on James Renwick, 1856-2001 (bulk 1960s-2001)

ArchivalResource: 35.5 linear feet (29 archives boxes, 7 cardfile boxes, 2 clamshell boxes)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_6229570 View

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

Renwick, James, 1792-1863. Autograph letter signed : "Columbia College New York," to William Thomas Brande in London, on behalf of Henry Wheaton who will be passing through London on his way to the Court of Denmark, 1827 May 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Columbia College New York," to William Thomas Brande in London, on behalf of Henry Wheaton who will be passing through London on his way to the Court of Denmark, 1827 May 25.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270617235 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc, 1826-1836

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc 1826-1836

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIc-ead.xml View

Renwick, James, 1792-1863. Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Thomas McElrath, Appraiser General, 1861 Apr. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Thomas McElrath, Appraiser General, 1861 Apr. 2.

Recommending a person to assist him in his department.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270617240 View

RENWICK, JAMES. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82559563 View

Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

The papers include family and business correspondence, maps, plans, engineering diagrams, reports on labor and construction costs and other materials bearing on Jervis' engineering commissions. The papers are an excellent source for the early evolution of railroad, canal and hydraulic technology in the United States and for the formative years of the American civil engineering profession.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123462 View

Renwick, James, 1792-1863. Letter, 1830, Dec. 3 : New York City.

Title: Letter, 1830, Dec. 3 : New York City.

ALS. Renwick endorses The Magazine of useful and entertaining knowledge.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35284145 View

Whittingham family. Papers, 1859-1938 (bulk 1883-1933).

Title: Papers, 1859-1938 (bulk 1883-1933).

Papers of Alice B. Whittingham and her father Walton C. Whittingham (d. 1906), both residents of Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, accompanied by miscellanous papers of Alice's sister Elizabeth R. Whittingham (d. 1933), the sisters' mother Elizabeth H. (Renwick) Whittingham (1867-1933) and the latter's brother Edward B. Renwick (b. 1863).

ArchivalResource: ca. 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122414614 View

John Torrey Papers, 1788-1871 (bulk 1806-1871)

Title: John Torrey Papers, 1788-1871 (bulk 1806-1871)

The collection consists of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, from 1818 to 1873, and pertains to Torrey's work as a botanist and professor. Much of the scientific correspondence is in regard to the identification of plants from the vast interior of the continent through government sponsored expeditions, primarily John Fremont's second and third expeditions to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 and to Oregon and northern California in 1843. The collection contains plant lists and collecting localities as well as botanical notes and plant descriptions from Asa Gray and John Torrey. A collection of letters to and from individuals other than John Torrey, (some of which pre-date Torrey's birth) are also contained in the collection. It is not clear how Torrey came to possess these letters. Manuscripts of Torrey's Florula Princetoniana and Calendarium florae for the vicinity of New York have been cataloged and reside in the Rare Book Room. The collection also contains some artwork drawn by John Torrey himself, and other drawings he used as a reference for his identification work. The artwork from Torrey's Plants of New York for the Cabinet at Albany and Genera of Fungi were drawn by John Torrey. Other drawings include "'Figures of Hepaticae' copied from Hooker's great work", Musci exotici. The artwork has been removed to the New York Botanical Garden Art and Illustration collection - Collection #60. John Torrey's vasculum is also contained within the collection.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear feet (11 boxes)

http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/libr/finding_guide/torrey.asp.html View

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873. [Map of the area later bounded by 10th and 11th Streets, Broadway and 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / James Renwick civil engineer and surveyor ; [copied by] George Gibbs.

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 10th and 11th Streets, Broadway and 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / James Renwick civil engineer and surveyor ; [copied by] George Gibbs. [ca. 1845]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 30 x 47 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55032997 View