Thomas Egleston papers, 1857-1901

Creator:

Egleston, Thomas, 1832-1900

Extent:

4.5 linear feet 2 document boxes and 1 flat box

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

Professional correspondence of Egleston, consisting of incoming letters and technical reports relating to mining engineering and metallurgy; and carbon copies of correspondence between Egleston and Seth Low for the years 1890 to 1900.

1996 Addition: Large drawings and engravings from his student days at the Ecole Impériale des Mines in Paris (both engineering and architecture). Large maps of coal and iron land in Virginia and West Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Egleston was a noted metallurgist and professor of metallurgy and mineralogy at Columbia University's School of Mines, which he helped found along with Charles F. Chandler and Francis Vinton in 1864.

Egleston was born in New York City in 1832 and received his scientific training first at Yale, and then at the Ecole Imperiale des Mines in Paris. He worked for several years at the Smithsonian Institute before returning to New York City to join the faculty of Columbia University.

He was instrumental in founding the Columbia University School of Mines, one of the earliest schools devoted to practical and applied science in the country. He continued to teach at Columbia until his death in 1900.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Egleston, Thomas. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1900. Accession number--M-1900.

Letterbook, 1864-69: Source of acquisition--Lamont-Doherty Geoscience Library. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1977. Accession number--M-1977.

Oversize drawings engravings: Source of acquisition--Columbiana. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--02/--/1997. Accession number--M-97-02.

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn.

Letterbook, 1864-6 Cataloged HR 1977.

Series III: Metric System Materials processed 06/02/2011 by Carrie Hintz. Finding aid written 06/02/2011 by Carrie Hintz.

Oversize drawings & engravings Processed HR 03/26/1997.

Arrangement:

Material is arranged into three series.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

Columbia University School of Mines Records, Rare book & Manuscript Library

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

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Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Thomas Egleston papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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