Charles Greene Rockwood Collection

on

Earthquakes

(C0802)
 
 

Box/Folder Listing
 
 

Manuscripts Division
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
2001



Box/Folder Listing

 

 
Box Folder Date(s)
1 1 "Notices of Earthquakes," scrapbook, vol. 1, letters and clippings about earthquakes, worldwide, ca. 100 pp. 1872-1879
2 "Notices of Earthquakes," scrapbook, vol. 2, letters and clippings, about earthquakes, worldwide, ca. 150 pp. 1880-1883
1 "Notices of Earthquakes," scrapbook, vol. 3, letters and clippings about earthquakes, worldwide, ca. 175 pp. 1884-1885
2 "Notices of Earthquakes," scrapbook, vol. 4, letters and clippings about earthquakes, worldwide, ca. 190 pp. 1886-1907
3 Material removed from scrapbook, vol. 5:
1-2 Davis, William Morris (1850-1935) - letters and postcards to Davis about the Philadelphia earthquake of Aug. 10, 1884 1884
3 Davis, William Morris (1850-1935) - clippings collected by Davis about the Philadelphia earthquake 1884
4 Hill, E. A. - letters to Hill from various agents of the New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R. Co. about the Philadelphia earthquake 1884
5 Rockwood, Charles Greene - "American Earthquakes," AMs, 1 p., and misc. notes  1884
6 Rockwood, Charles Greene - "Krakatoa," "paper read before the Science Club, May 8, 1890," AMs, 22 pp. 1890
7 Rockwood, Charles Greene - "List of Earthquakes, 1872-1882," compiled from the publications of Charles Greene Rockwood by Cleveland Abbe, AMs, 10 pp. 1872-1882
8 Rockwood, Charles Greene - letters to Rockwood 1872-1905
9 Miscellaneous correspondence 1872-1879
10 Miscellaneous correspondence 1884
4 1 Scrapbook, vol. 6 - clippings on earthquakes 1872
2 Scrapbook, vol. 7 - clippings on astronomy, the solar eclipse, Denver, Col., July 29, 1878; Halstead Observatory; the transit of Venus, Dec. 1882, etc. 1878-1882
3 Scrapbook, vol. 8 - clippings on astronomy and science, the transit of Venus, 1874  1874-1882
4 Scrapbook, vol. 9 - loose clippings on the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and the eruption of Vesuvius, 1906 1906
5 Printed matter - misc. pamphlets & offprints 1884-1887
6 Printed matter - misc. newspaper clippings 1879-1889
5 Papers collected by John M. Batchelder (1811-1892) and given to Rockwood:
1 Scrapbook, vol. I - clippings and notes on earthquakes, tidal waves and volcanos, includes records copied from a catalog by [John William & Robert] Mallet 1870s-1880s
2 Scrapbook, vol. II - clippings and notes on earthquakes 1880s
3 Scrapbook, vol. III - letters, clippings, and printed matter on earthquakes and volcanos in Japan, Java, United States, & Krakatoa 1873-1892
4 Printed matter - includes an offprint of a memorial to Batchelder from the "Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XXVIII" 1890-1892
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