Records, 1851-1940 (bulk 1870-1895).

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Records, 1851-1940 (bulk 1870-1895).

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Collection consists of the records of the Chandler Scientific Department at Dartmouth College and the personal and professional papers of Abiel Chandler. The records include student theses and sketchbooks for mechanical drawing and free drawing classes, treasurer's reports, accounts, some correspondence of the Chandler Scientific Department Board of Visitors, the trustees and the president of Dartmouth College. There are also merit rolls, grade books for the classes of 1862-1896 (with gaps), records of faculty meetings for 1865-1868 and 1877-1893, and reports and correspondence regarding the dissolution of the Chandler School.

12.5 ft. (22 boxes)

Dartmouth College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7118713

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Dartmouth College. Chandler Scientific Dept.

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In 1851 Abiel Chandler, a Harvard graduate and businessman of Walpole, N.H., bequeathed $50,000 to the Trustees of Dartmouth College for the establishment and support of a school or department "in the practical or useful arts of life", such as civil engineering, architecture and drawing, and modern languages, and stipulated that a board of visitors be entrusted with the interpretation of the provisions of his will. John James Dixwell and Francis Brown Hayes were appointed to the Board of Visitor...

Lord, Nathan, 1793-1870

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Nathan Lord was the sixth president of Dartmouth College; he was in office from 1828 to 1863. He was born in Berwick, Maine in 1792, and was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809. In 1815 he was graduated from Andover Theological Seminary. He received his DD from Bowdoin in 1828 and his LL. D. from Bowdoin in 1864. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1821 to 1863. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1870. From the description of Papers, 1830-1965. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldC...

Hall, Lycortas Brewer, 1839-1916.

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Andrews, David Herbert, 1844-1921.

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Patterson, James W. (James Willis), 1823-1893

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Bartlett, Samuel Colcord, 1817-1898

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Minister, educator. President, Dartmouth College, 1877-1892. From the description of Letter, 1887 June 20, to the Vermont Secretary of State. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 239650358 ...

Smith, Asa D. (Asa Dodge), 1804-1877

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Asa D. Smith was the seventh president of Dartmouth College; he was in office from 1863 to 1877. He was born in Amherst, N.H. in 1804. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830 and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1834. In 1849 he received his DD from Williams College, and in 1864 he received his LL D from the University of New York. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1877. From the description of Papers, 1865-1876. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296549 ...

Day, P. B. 1806-1869.

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Woodman, John Smith, 1819-1871

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Sanborn, Edwin D. 1819-1871.

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Young, Ira, 1801-1858

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Chandler Fund.

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Peaslee, E. R. 1814-1878.

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Dixwell, John James, 1806-1876.

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Hubbard, Oliver P. (Oliver Payson), 1809-1900

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Physician, educator. Professor, Dartmouth College, 1836-1900. From the description of Letter, 1839 Mar. 28, to Parker Cleaveland. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122524867 ...

Dartmouth College. Trustees

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Brown, Samuel Gilman, 1813-1885

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Hayes, Francis B. (Francis Brown), 1819-1884

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Tucker, William Jewett, 1839-1926

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William Jewett Tucker was the ninth president of Dartmouth College; he served in that capacity from 1893 to 1909. He was born in Griswold, Conn. in 1839. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1861 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1866. In 1875 he received his DD. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1878 to 1909. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1926. From the description of Papers, 1893-1909. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122590411 Ministe...

Kimball, Benjamin Ames, 1833-1920.

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Chandler School of Science and the Arts

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Ruggles, David Blaisdell, 1870-

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Chandler, Abiel, 1777-1851

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Abiel Chandler was born in Concord, New Hampshire, and educated at Fryeburg Academy, Phillips Academy, and Harvard College. After a decade of teaching, he became a commission merchant in Boston as a partner in the firm of Chandler, Howard & Company. He retired to Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1845 and died in 1851. By bequest, he founded the Chandler Scientific Department at Dartmouth College and provided a substantial endowment to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. He also provided for h...

Noyes, Daniel J. 1812-1885.

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Dartmouth College. Chandler Scientific Dept. Board of Visitors.

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Pike, Robert Gordon, 1851-1917.

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