Found 2 collections related to Geography -- Study and teaching

Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the first geography publication in the U.S. Morse established the Andover Theological Seminary (1808), the New England Tract Society (1814), and the American Bible Society (1816). He started several periodicals and devoted the latter part of his life to working in behalf of American Indians and the poor. Collection consists of correspondence, sermon and journal. Correspondence, 1779-1850, is from authors, booksellers, clergy, mapmakers, and Morse family members, and concerns religious matters and geography. Journal, 1805, details his visit to the Isles of Shoals in Maine and New Hampshire. less

Adolph F. Erdman was a student in Brooklyn, N.Y. Collection contains exercise books kept by Erdman as a student in public schools of Brooklyn for courses in penmanship, art, mechanical drawing, bookkeeping, astronomy, government, geography, mathematics, grammar, composition, and etymology. Also, merit reports, certificates and other materials. less