Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Greene, Benjamin Franklin, 1817-1895
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, a diploma, one small scrapbook, and a few publications by Benjamin Franklin Greene.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Benjamin Franklin Greene Papers, #AC 6. Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The papers of B.F. Greene (AC 6) contain his diploma from the Rensselaer Institute, 1842; miscellaneous correspondence, 1843-1859; a small scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by Greene, 1847-1850; and three of his many publications, "Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce," The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute," and "Glenmore School for Engineers."
The correspondence includes a letterpress copybook dating from Greene's directorship of the Rensselaer Institute, including reports to students' parents, letters discussing a new location for the Institute, a list of the number of U.S. and foreign students at RPI in 1854, and a table showing the number of graduates from 1826 to 1854; there are also typed transcripts of the more legible items in the volume.
- Arrangement:
Arranged by form of material.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
Benjamin Franklin Greene Papers, #AC 6. Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
-
Folsom LibraryRensselaer Polytechnic Institute110 Eighth StTroy, NY 12180, United States
- CONTACT:
-
518-276-8340