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David Eugene Smith Collection Ms Coll\Smith,D.E.\Historical Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, collector. Historical papers, [ca. 1400-1899] 17.5 linear ft.(ca. 10,100 items in 31 boxes) Biography: Mathematician. Professor of mathematics at the State Normal School, Cortland, N.Y., 1884-1891; at Michigan State Normal College, 1891-1898; at New York State Normal School, Brockport, N.Y., 1898-1901; and at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1901-1944. He was the editor of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, the American Mathematical Monthly, and Scripta Mathematica, a member of the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics, 1908-1944; and librarian of Teachers College, 1902-1920. He was the author of Rara Mathemativca (1907), The History of Mathematics (1924), and many other works on the history of mathematics as well as over forty mathematical textbooks and numerous journal articles. He also collected manuscript materials relating to the history of mathematics. Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of mathematicians and other scientists, often dealing with politics and fields other than mathematics. Many of these concern the French Revolution. Organization: Cataloged. * Alembert letters are available on microfilm (MN#2000-1207). Lalande letters are available on microfilm (MN#3605-4). Guillaume Libri letters are available in photocopy form. William John Clarke Miller are available on microfilm (MN#95-7023 to 95-2027). Gaspard Monge letters are available on microfilm (MN#80-1582). Selected Isaac Newton letters are available on microfilm (MN#3617-5). Selected Quetelet letters are available on microfilm (MN#3623-7). Finding aids: Contents list, 19p. Donor: Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931. Restricrions on use: Shelved in the Vault on Stack 13. Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects. Readers must use microfilm of Monge, Lalande, Alembert, and selected Newton, and Quetelet items. Readers must use photocopies of the Guillaume Libri letters. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts. Collections related by provenance: Columbia University has: The professional papers of David Eugene Smith, 1860-1945; 139 boxes & 4 folders. Smith documents, 1050-1883 (Primarily French and English financial documents, deeds, indentures, and the like); 32 boxes & 19 drawers (vault & map cases). Smith western manuscripts, 12th cent-1910; ca. 350 volumes (vault). Smith Oriental manuscripts, 8th century-early 20th century; ca. 670 volumes (vault). Smith portraits of mathematicians; ca. 3,000 items (Stack 15). Smith collection of books on the history of mathematics, 15th-20th centuries; ca, 12,000 volumes (Stack 13). Smith mathematical instruments, 1st century-20th century; (Stack 13). 1. Alembert, Jean Le Rond d1, 1717-1783. 2. Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. 3. Berkeley, George, 1685-1753. 4. Bourlet, C. (Carlo), 1866-1913. 5. Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. 6. Brocard, Pierre Rene Jean Baptiste Henri, 1845-1922. 7. Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823. 8. Carvallo, E. (Emmanuel), 1856- 9. Casey, John, 1820-1891. 10. Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857. 11. Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de, 1743-1794. 12. De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871. 13. Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650. 14. Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. 15. Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783. 16. Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867. 17. Flamsteed, John, 1646- 1719. 18. Gladstone, W. E.(William Ewart), 1809-1898. 19. Gohierre de Longchamps, Gaston Albert, 1842- 20. Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963. 21. Herschel, John F. W.(John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. 22. Klein, Felix, 1849-1925. 23. Laisant, C..-A. (Charles-Ange), 1841-1920. 24. Lalande, Joseph Jerome Le Francais de, 1732-1807. 25. Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de, 1749-1827. 26. Laurent, H. (Hermann), 1841- 1908. 27. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. 28. Libri, Gaillaume, 1803-1869. 29. Mackay, Ms Coll\Smith,D.E.\Historical J. S. (John Sturgeon), 1843-1914. 30. Mannheim, Victor Mayer Amedee, 1831-1906. 31. Marre, Aristide, 1823- 1918. 32. Maurepas, Jean-Frederic Phelypeaux, Comte de, 1701-1781. 33. Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879. 34. Milhaud, Gaston, 1858-1918. 35. Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818. 36. Neuberg, Joseph, 1840-1926. 37. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. 38. Ocagne, Maurice d\ 1862-1938. 39. Ohm, Martin, 1792-1872. 40. Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898. 41. Poincare, Henri, 1854-1912. 42. Pycroft, George, 1819- 1894. 43. Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874. 44. Root. Elihu, 1845-1937. 45. Rosse, William Parsons, Earl of, 1800-1867. 46. Savage, Minot Judson, 1841-1918.47. Schoute, P. H. (Pieter Hendrik), 1846-1913. 48. Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855. 49. Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Benevent, 1754-1838. 50. Trevelyan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1807-1886. 51. Voltaire, 1694-1778. 52. Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723. 53. Geometry. 54. Mathematicians. 55. Mathematics-History. 56. Political science. 57. Scientists. 58. France—History—Revolution, 1789. 59. College teachers. ID: NYCR89-A822 HR - 6/79 HR - 7/97 HR - 11/02 David Eugene SMITH Papers of Historical Mathematicians Catalogued Correspondents Abauzit, Firmin Ahrens, Johann Thomas Airy, (Sir) George Biddell Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' f^ROfflU Mtf#2C0O*V2e>7 "3 Allen, J.R. Allman, George James Alsop, John Ampere, Andre Marie Ampere, Jean Jacques Anderson, D.M. Anderton, Thomas Andre, Desire Andre, Noel Andrews, Henry Appell, Paul Appleton, Robert Arago, Dominique Frangois Jean Arago, Emmanuel Arago, Stienne Vincent Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor Arbogast, Louis-Frangois Antoine Argenson, Maro Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' Artot Ashwell, Arthur Rawson August, Ernst Ferdinand Axeric, Jules Babbage, Charles Babinet, Jacques Bailly, Jean Sylvain Baker, John Gilbert Balfour, Edward Green Ball, (Sir) Robert Stawell Balitrand, J. Bancroft, George 3anks, Sir Joseph Barlow, Peter Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter Battaglini, Giuseppe Bev#ichamp, Joseph de • 3eecrc?ft, George Skirrow Beighton, Henry Benoit, Philippe Martin Narcisse Bergery, Claude Lucien Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli, Jean Berriman, John 3. Bert, Gil 3erthier, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Neuchatel & Wagram Berthollet, Claude-Louis (Comte) Bertrand, Joseph Louis Frangois Besant, William Henry Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm Bezout, Etienne Biddle, D. Biddle, F.E. Lydia Bills, Samuel Billy, Alexandre Louis Binet, Jacques Philippe Marie Biot, Jean Baptiste Bird, Henry Edward Bissell, John N. Blaikie, John Blake, (Sir). Francis Blake, James D. Blissard, J. Blomfield, Charles James Blum, Isaac Auguste Bode, Johann Elert Boehm,. August Gottlob BoguslawsRi, Palon Heinrich Ludwig von Boncompagni, Baldassare (Prince) Bonnet, Pierre-Ossian Boole, George Booth-, James Booth, R.R. Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm Borda, Jean Charles Bordoni, Antonio Maria Bosanquet, Robert Holford Macdowall Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe Bossut, Charles Boucharlat, Joseph Louis Bouche, A. Bouguer, Pierre Boulliau, Ismaelv Bourdon, Pierre Louis Marie » Bouvard, Alexis Bourlet, Carlo Bowditch, Nathaniel Bradford, Edward Branquartz, Paul Bresse, Jacques Antoine Charles Brevedent, M.C.G.A., marquise de Morsan Brewer, E.G. Brewer, John Sherren Brewster, (Sir) David . , . _ TT TJ ,. L. ^ D . n -i-i • Brocard, Pierre Rene Jean Baptiste Henri Brodie, (Sir) Benjamin Collins * v Bromfield, Samuel Worthington Brooke, Edith Brougham, Eleanor Syme Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Brunacci, Vincenzo Brunet, Jean Bryant, Sophie Buee, Adrien-Quentin Buller, Alexander Burckhardt, Johann Karl Burdekin Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burke, John Benjamin Butler Burnside, William Snow Burrell, Agatha Burt, Charles Burton, Caleb Busse, Friedrich Gottlieb Cagnoli, Antonio Caldani, Petronius Maria Campagne Camus, Charles Etienne Louis Canard, Nicholas Francois Caraccioli, Domenico, Marquis de Cardot Cardwell, Edward, Viscount Cardwell Carnot, Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carpenter, William Benjamin Carr, George S. Casey, John Carvallo, Emmanuel Cassini (brother of Cesar Francois) Cassini, Agathe (Comtesse Jacques Dominique de) Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel Cassini, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Jacques Cassini, Jacques Dominique, Comte de Cassini de Riencourt Cassini de Thury, Cesar Francois Catalan, Eugene Cauchy, Augustin Louis Cauchy, Louis Francois Cavins Cavoy, M. de Cayley, Arthur Chambers, William and Robert Champre, Nicolas Maurj.ce Chappie, William Chartres, R. Chasles, Michel Clairaut, Alexis Claude Clairaut, Jean Baptiste Clarke, Alexander Ross Claxton, J. Claveau, A. Clifford, William Kindon Cockle, Sir James Coeuret (Prof. Math. Ecole de l'artillerie) Cohen, Arthur Coke, William I. Cole, (Sir) Henry College Rolin Collins, Matthew Combe, George Comte, Auguste Condorcet, Jean Antoine de Cartiat, Marquis de Copley, Sir Godfrey Corancez, Louis-Alexandre Olivier de Coriolis, Gaspard Gustave de Cor Kale, Ate : Corrigan, (Sir), Dominic John Costaz, Louis, Baron Coste, Pierre Cotterill, Thomas Cournot, Antoine Augustin Cousin, Jacques Antoine Joseph Cousin, Victor Cowley, Henry Richard Wellesley Creak, Henry B. Crelle, August Leopold Cremona, Luigi Crochard Crofton, Morgan W. Crousaz, Jean Pierre de Curtis, George William Dale, James Dalham, Floriano Darboux, Jean Gaston Darcet, Jean Davies, Thomas Davis, R.E. Davis, William Barrett Davy, Marie Day, Jeremiah ; de Gelder, Jacob Delahaye Delamber, Alexandre (?) Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph de
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