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Box 243 1

 Container

Contains 149 Results:

From Francis Dwight, Albany, to SR, July 7, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

A Mr. D. P. Page will be in the area in the middle of September and will be willing to address a Teacher Institute if there is one at that time.

Dates: July 7, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / January 10 - July 18, 1845 (15 items)

From Henry McGonegal of Albany, July 18, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Asking SR for a recommendation. McGonegal is seeking a position in Syracuse as a teacher.

Dates: July 18, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / January 10 - July 18, 1845 (15 items)

From Albert D. Wright, Verona to SR, Ithaca, August 11, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Dwight had promised SR that he would speak at the Tompkins County Teachers' Institute. He is asking to be released from this engagement since he is being asked by his own district (county) to be in charge of an Institute there.

Dates: August 11, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From E. C. Seymour, Albany, to SR, Ithaca, August 11, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Letter informs that Seymour will be leaving the school at the end of the term. Professors Perkins and Page will not be able to attend the Tompkins County Institute. Seymour asks the help of SR in finding a job for the next term.

Dates: August 11, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

Circular giving details of the coming Cayuga County Teachers' Institute, August 13, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Correspondence and other papers of the Robertson family of Washington County, New York, and several other related families, dealing mostly with family matters and the migration westward of family members to Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, and California. The papers of Smith Robertson consist of his letters written while a student at Union College (Schenectady, New York) and as superintendent of Common Schools in Tompkins County; also as a medical student at Geneva Medical College, at Yale...
Dates: August 13, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From Henry Barnard of Providence to SR, Ithaca, September 14, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Barnard will be able to attend the Institute and will deliver an address on "What can be done to improve the schools this winter?"

Dates: September 14, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From Henry Barnard,Providence, to SR, Ithaca, October 5, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

The letter confirms Barnard's appearance at the Teachers' Institute, October 14 and announces his plans for an earlier arrival.

Dates: October 5, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From Edwin Cooper, Syracuse, to SR, Ithaca, October 22, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Cooper will not be able to attend the Teachers' Institute. He also encourages SR to accept a copy of a "current volume of the Advocates'" and to encourage the teachers in his district to become subscribers.

Dates: October 22, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From O. O. Wickham, N.Y.C. to SR, October 27, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Wickham will not be able to attend the Institute and present his "Educational Incentives" to the teachers present. However, he is sending samples and asks that a wall chart called School Chart of Characteristics be placed on the wall of some room at the Institute.

Dates: October 27, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

From Charles R. Coburn, Owego, to SR, October 30, 1845

 Item — Box: 243 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Inviting SR and Mr. Barnard to the Owego Institute and Esq. Gillet, if he can be spared. He invites SR to speak to them about education.

Dates: October 30, 1845
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 852, Robertson family papers / Series I. Correspondence / August 11 - November 13, 1845 (10 items)

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