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Records, 1867-

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Collection consists of the records of the Thayer School of Engineering. Includes correspondence, dated 1867-1871, among Sylvanus Thayer, Asa Dodge Smith, D. H. Mahan, Robert Fletcher, Elihu Thayer Quimby, and others regarding the inception and organization of the school. Includes correspondence, reports, and other papers regarding many of the school's concerns, such as Thayer's original intentions and expectations for the school; the inadequacy of its funds, facilities, and equipment during its early years; the role of Dartmouth College in its finances and administration; the undergraduate engineering sciences department at Dartmouth College; the Tuck-Thayer program; and the induction of students into the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy and other branches of the service during World War II. Some of the material was generated by the Thayer School of Engineering Board of Overseers and directed to the president and the trustees of Dartmouth College. Also includes papers of Robert Fletcher and William Phelps Kimball, volumes 1-11 of the West Point-Thayer Papers, 1808-1872 (West Point, N.Y. : Association of Graduates, 1965), faculty meeting reports, curriculum studies reports, student records, and general correspondence.

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Thayer School of Engineering

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The Thayer School of Engineering, founded in 1867, was known as the Thayer School of Civil Engineering from 1869 to 1941. The Dartmouth Society of Engineers was known as the Thayer Society of Engineers until 1945. From the description of Records, 1867- (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352125 ...

Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872

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Sylvanus Thayer was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who was appointed the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy from July 27,1817-July 1, 1833. After that he was assigned engineer duties in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of The Sylvanus Thayer papers, 1808-1862. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47646716 Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Militar...

Thayer School of Engineering. Board of Overseers.

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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 ...

Thayer School of Civil Engineering

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Dartmouth College. Dept. of Graphics and Engineering.

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Quimby, Elihu T. 1826-1890.

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Dartmouth College. Trustees

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Garran, Frank Warren, 1894-

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Austin, F. E. 1873-

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Dartmouth College. Trustees Planning Committee.

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Hovey, Otis Ellis, 1864-1941.

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Kimball, William Phelps, 1905-

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Dartmouth Society of Engineers.

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United States. Navy. Civil Engineer Corps

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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...

Mahan, D. H. 1802-1871.

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Amos Tuck School of Business Administration

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The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration was established in 1900 by Edward Tuck who named it in honor of his father. The school was known as the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance until ca. 1941. From the description of Records, 1900- (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296668 ...

Fletcher, Robert, 1847-1936

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Tuck-Thayer Program.

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