Elbridge T. Gerry papers, 1856-1912

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Series III: Columbia College notebooks



Box 4 Columbia College notebooks

Notebooks include translations of Caesar, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero's "De Officiis", Juvenal, Homer's Odyssey, Demosthenes, Aristophanes, Tacitus, Lucan's Pharsalia, Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, Ancient Geography Questions by Prof. Drysler, Vergil's Eclogues, Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, Horace, Euripides, Terence, Cicero's De Natura Deorum, and Plato. There is also a bound copy of the Philolexian Society's Constitution and By-laws and the Columbia College's Catalogues, 1853-1857, with memorabilia attached (programs, tickets, Class of 1857 ribbon, and photographs of Prof. Anthon and Prof. McVickar.



Box 5 Columbia College notebooks

Notebooks on Xenophon's Memorabilia (translated from Prof. Anthon's edition, corrected by Prof. Drisler, 1853); Roman Antiquities; Ancient Geography; Vergil's Eclogues; Homer's Odyssey Book XVII, translated by Prof. Drisler, 1854; German Cotillion; Horace; Logic and English Literature; History of Philosophy; History with Prof. McVickar; Chemistry.