Found 2 collections related to Education -- Massachusetts

Joseph Green Cogswell (1786-1871) was an educator and librarian. He was appointed librarian and professor of mineralogy and geology at Harvard University in 1820, founded the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass. with George Bancroft in 1823, owned the New York Review from 1839 to 1842, and worked with John Jacob Astor on the establishment of a large public library in New York City. In 1848 he was appointed the first superintendent of the Astor Library. Collection consists of ten original documents and photostats of Cogswell's papers from other repositories. Original documents are chiefly letters, 1817-1861, to and from Cogswell and discuss such topics as his schooling in Germany and the Astor Library. Photostats are of original documents, mostly correspondence, pertaining to Harvard, Round Hill School, and other matters concerning Cogswell. less

Eliab Parker Mackintire (1797-1864) was a Massachusetts state legislator. Collection consists of Mackintire's letters, mostly from Boston and Charlestown, Mass., to his son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. William Salter, of Burlington, Iowa. Topics include church affairs, business and economic conditions, the Mexican War, education, politics, travel on the Great Lakes, railroad building in the West, discovery of gold in California, and Mackintire's career as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. less