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Guide to the Alden Partridge Records, 1781-2018, Bulk: 1805-1856 Guide to the Alden Partridge Records, 1781-2018, Bulk: 1805-1856 Norwich University Archives Kreitzberg Library Norwich University 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663 Phone: (802) 485-2947 Fax: (802) 485-2173 Email: [email protected] Summary Creator Partridge, Alden, 1785-1854 Title Alden Partridge Records Dates 1781-2018, Bulk: 1805-1856 Extent 19 Boxes and 32 Volumes (24 linear feet) About the Collection The collection contains papers documenting the early years of Norwich University, including financial records, correspondence, newspapers and ledgers. Also included in the collection are writings of Alden Partridge on various subjects. Alden Partridge’s correspondence consists primarily of letters from students and their parents relating to educational matters at the academies with which Partridge was associated. The early records of the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy and Norwich University in bound ledger format, 1820-1954, are also included. The Archives also has photocopies of some of the Sylvanus Thayer (1785-1872) papers held by the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. The copies range in date from 1808- 1872. Some contemporary accessions have been added to the collection. Please note: the Control File of the Alden Partridge papers is located in Box 12. A detailed content listing contains additional information. Digital Content View items from this collection available digitally. Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, financial records before November 1825, some writings, and accounts of several pedestrian excursions are digitized. All other records within the collection are only available by visiting us onsite or contacting archives staff to discuss the possibility of remote access options for specific documents. About Alden Partridge Alden Partridge was born in Norwich, VT, on 12 January 1785, the son of Samuel (1748-1834) and Elizabeth Wright (d. 1826) Partridge. He entered Dartmouth College in 1802 and remained there until appointed to West Point in 1805. His career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ended with his court martial and subsequent resignation in 1817. Alden Partridge established the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Norwich, VT, the first bricks for which were laid on 6 August 1819. The institution began admitting students on 4 September 1820. The school closed in Norwich on 1 April 1825 and reopened in Middletown, CT, on 23 August of the same year. The A.L.S.&M. Academy in Middletown closed its doors on 1 June 1829 and the buildings were sold to what became Wesleyan University. In June of 1831, the Academy reopened in Norwich, VT, where, on 6 November 1834, it was incorporated by the legislature of Vermont as Norwich University. Alden Partridge resigned the presidency on 15 September 1843. He married Ann Elizabeth Swasey (1810-1902) on 20 April 1837 in Claremont, NH, and the couple had two sons, George M. C. Partridge (1838- 1855) and Henry Villiers Partridge (1839-1920). Alden Partridge died on 17 January 1854 after a brief illness. Access Restrictions The collection is open. However, the microfilm copies of original materials held by the Library of Congress and discussed in the related materials section below are for reference purposes only. Permission to publish these materials must be granted by the Library of Congress. Photocopies of of the Sylvanus Thayer papers held by the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, are for reference purposes only. Permission to publish these materials must be granted by the United States Military Academy. Preferred Citation Many items in the University Archives are one-of-a-kind resources that are not likely to be available anywhere but here. For this reason, forming citations for archival sources is a little different than for books and periodicals. If you need to cite anything from this collection, follow the format below: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alden Partridge Records, Box and/or Folder and/or Item Identification; Norwich University Archives, Kreitzberg Library, Northfield, VT. Here’s an example from the collection: Letter from Joseph Edings to Alden Partridge, 13 October 1826, Alden Partridge Records, Correspondence October 1826 file, Norwich University Archives, Kreitzberg Library, Northfield, VT. Additional Information Extent: 19 Boxes and 32 Volumes (24 linear feet) Collection Location: Archives 501 and 504 Language(s) of Material: English Repository: Norwich University Archives, Kreitzberg Library, 158 Harmon Dr., Northfield, VT 05663 USA, Phone: 802.485.2947, Fax: 802.485.2173, [email protected] Content Listing Box 1: Papers Barometrical and thermometrical observations, 1809-1852 (7 files) Catalogs, prospectuses and reports of institutions, 1827-1872 (all in Box 12): o Bowdoin College, ME, 1831 and 1852 o Collegiate and Commercial Institute, CT, 1864 o Dartmouth College, NH, 1837 o Delaware Female Institute, 1845 o Geneva College, NY, 1839-1840 o Hopkinton Academy, NH, 1829 o Kimball Union Academy, NH, 1849-1850 o Middlebury College, VT, 1833 o National Military College, Brandywine Springs, DE, 1853 (Alden Partridge school) o New England Seminary, NH, 1842-1843 o Newbury Female Collegiate Institute, VT, 1853 o Newton University, MD, 1846 and 1847-1848 o North Granville Female Seminary, NY, 1855-1856 (Cover and illustration only) o Norwich Academy, VT, prize speaking exercises, 1872 o Norwich Classical and English Boarding School, VT 1868, 1869, 1871-1872 (2) o People’s Literary Institute and Gymnasium, NH, 1840, 1844, 1847 and 1848 (2) o The Polytechny, NY, 1829 o Raleigh Military Academy, NC, 1847 o Rugby Academy, DC, 1852 o Strasburg Academy, PA, 1848-1849 o Troy Female Seminary, NY, 1827-1828 o University of North Carolina, 1829 o University of Virginia, 1832-1833 o Utica Gymnasium, NY, 1831 o Virginia Male and Female Collegiate Institute, 1852, 1855 and 1858 o Washington County Grammar School, VT, 1833 o Western Literary and Scientific Academy at Buffalo, NY, 1829 o Western Literary Institute, OH, 1836 o Williston Seminary, MA, 1841-1842 Clippings, 1818-1854, 1901, 1907 (31 files) Commission as First Lieutenant, 1807 Commission as Captain, 1811 (in Box 13) Correspondence regarding the Alden Partridge papers, 1919-2012 Court martial, 20 October 1817 Court of inquiry, 15 March 1816 Genealogy Legislation pertaining to the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy in Middletown, CT, 1824-1829 Mathematics, student examinations, 1822-1824 Images, non-photographic Memorials and petitions, 1824-1851 (11 files) Northeastern boundary survey, 1819 Orders, 1815-1828, 1845, 1853 Papers, miscellaneous, 1781-1785 and 1805-1823 (15 files) Box 2: Papers Papers, miscellaneous, 1824-1854 (34 files) (also see oversized materials, 1840, in Box 13) Partridge, Ann Elizabeth Swasey (Mrs. Alden Partridge), 1826-1908 Partridge, Henry Villiers (son of Alden Partridge), correspondence, 1893, 1902 Partridge, Henry Villiers, correspondence with N. L. Sheldon, 1899-1904 Partridge, Henry Villiers, genealogy, 1894, 1910 Partridge, Henry Villiers, history of Norwich University/biography of Alden Partridge, unpublished manuscript (3 files) Partridge, Henry Villiers, miscellaneous and Civil War papers, 1861-1868 Partridge family photographs Pedestrian excursions, 1819-1840 and undated (9 files) Ransom, Truman Bishop West Point (U.S. Military Academy), 1812-1830 (also see oversized materials, 1815, in Box 13): includes a copy of The Military Academy, at West Point, unmasked: or, corruption and military despotism exposed, 1830. Box 3: Papers and Financial Records Writings, artillery fire experiments, 1810-1815 Writings, astronomy Writings, banking Writings, bound manuscripts, 1810-1818: o 1810 April-October, meteorological observations, West Point o 1811 April-May, meteorological observations, West Point o 1811 July-1812 May, meteorological observations, Norwich, VT o 1811 August 20, use of the barometer to calculate altitude o 1810 November, experiments with artillery and infantry fire at West Point o 1812 January 19, merits of the “ballistic pendulum” o 1812 May-November, meteorological observations, West Point o 1813 April-December, meteorological observations, West Point o 1814 March-November, meteorological observations, West Point o 1814 November, experiments with artillery and infantry fire at West Point o 1815 April, investigation of Sir Isaac Newton’s binomial theorem o 1815 April, plan of establishing additional military academies o 1816 August 31, use of the barometer to calculate altitude o 1816 October, an Act making further provision for West Point o 1817 August 20, altitudes of mountains calculated with barometer o 1818 June 17, Subscriptions to a course of military instruction by Partridge and undated accounts Writings, bound manuscripts, 1819: o 1819 June 26-August 31, barometrical and thermometrical observations made on the grand portage leading from the St. Lawrence to Temiscouata Lake in southeastern Quebec o 1819 August 31-September 11, barometrical and thermometrical observations made from Quebec to Hallowell, ME o 1819 September 11-14, barometrical and thermometrical observations made from Hallowell, ME, to Hanover, NH o 1819 September 29-October 3, barometrical and thermometrical observations made from Norwich, VT, to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, NY o 1819 July 20-30, survey of the Restook River o Undated, table of altitudes of mountains in Canada, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey Writings, Dartmouth
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