Papers of Virgil Payne, (bulk 1927-1960)

Transylvania College

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Oldest university west of the Appalachians. From the description of Transylvania University : records, 1806-1824. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49341863 ...

Henry, Joseph, 1872-

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Joseph Henry wrote for the Tribune as a Congressional reporter. From the description of ALS, [18]60 January 15 : Washington, D.C. to brother W[illia]m Henry / Jos. Henry. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 51617902 ...

Peter, Robert, 1805-1894

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Chemist, physician, teacher. Robert Peter was born in England but emigrated to America in 1817. He lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After attending the Rensselaer School, in Troy, New York and lecturing on chemistry at Western University of Pennsylvania, Peter moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he became a professor of chemistry at Transylvania University. He also studied medicine at Transylvania, and received his medical degree in 1834. He only practiced m...

Payne, Virgil Francis, 1893-

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Virgil Francis Payne was born in 1893 near Fulton, MO. He served as head of the Chemistry Department at Transylvania College, where he first became acquainted with the letters and papers of Robert Peter, an illustrious forebear at Transylvania. From 1942 to 1957 he was an employee of the U.S. Signal Corps, working out of their Fort Monmouth laboratories in New Jersey. Upon retirement he returned to teaching at Monmouth County Community College and became active in the affairs of the ACS Division...

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

Rumford Chemical Works

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Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893

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Horsford (Harvard, A.B., 1847) taught chemistry at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Eben Norton Horsford, ca. 1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972793 Engineer, college professor and industrial chemist; president of Wellesley. From the description of E. N. Horsford letter to a Miss Reid [manuscript], 1884 February 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 713898870 David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister. ...

Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805.

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Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830

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Filson Club

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Historical society and independent research library in Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1890. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221709 Historical society and independent research library of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Tornado of 1890 accounts, 1890. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221710 Historical society and independent research library. From the des...