John Griscom correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1251", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1251", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Griscom correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1804-1851", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1804/1851"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1804

date_inclusive_end

1851

origination

{"value"=>"Griscom, John, 1774-1852", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Griscom (1774-1852) was the first American educator to teach chemistry in 1803. He taught at Queens College (now Rutgers University) from 1812 to 1828 and at Columbia College; organized the New York High School for Boys in 1825; was principal of the Friend's School in Providence, R.I.; and founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, and the House of Refuge which was the first reformatory in the United States.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letters to Griscom, with a few by him, concerning education, chemistry, pauperism, juvenile delinquency, and the medical properties of cod-liver oil and iodine. Some letters relate to personal and family matters.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS"}

{"source"=>"Ford collection", "method"=>"Transfer", "value"=>"Transfer, Ford collection"}

langmaterial_code

eng

fre

keydate

1804

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English, with some letters in French"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Griscom correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"John Griscom (1774-1852) was the first American educator to teach chemistry in 1803. He taught at Queens College (now Rutgers University) from 1812 to 1828 and at Columbia College; organized the New York High School for Boys in 1825; was principal of the Friend's School in Providence, R.I.; and founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, and the House of Refuge which was the first reformatory in the United States. Collection consists of letters to Griscom, with a few by him, concerning education, chemistry, pauperism, juvenile delinquency, and the medical properties of cod-liver oil and iodine. Some letters relate to personal and family matters.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1804

date_end

1851

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