Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1840-07-02 - 1897-01-05
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Davis R. Dewey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0070
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Davis R. Dewey papers document Dewey's personal and professional life. The papers date from 1883 to 1913, the period of his early career as an academic economist. Most of the collection consists of correspondence with Dewey's family; with members of the St. Botolph Club; and with the Alumni Association of the University of Vermont. Of most interest is Dewey's voluminous professional correspondence concerning the affairs of the economics profession, correspondence and clippings documenting...
Dates:
1874 - 1913
Francis Amasa Walker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0298
Abstract
Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897) was the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881-1897. This collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and writings by Walker, most of which he wrote while president of MIT. His speeches and writings focus on labor and capital, especially the silver standard, technical education, the student workload at MIT, and accounts of the Civil War. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about Walker, several published letters he wrote,...
Dates:
1862 - 1897
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis A. Walker Memorial Service Committee records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: AC-0344
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of letters accepting and declining invitations to attend a memorial service for MIT President Francis Amasa Walker held in October 1897. Also included is a record book “report” created by the committee to document the planning of the memorial service.
Dates:
1897 - 1897
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0013
Abstract
The collection documents the administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the responsibilities and activities of the Institute's presidents between 1897 and 1930. This was a period of enormous growth and development of the Institute, which was chartered in 1861 and graduated it's first class of undergraduates in 1868. There is correspondence about the proposed merger with Harvard University in 1904 and a proposed alliance in 1911. The purchase of land, the planning and...
Dates:
1883 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1931
William R. Ware papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-0014
Abstract
William Robert Ware is best known as an educator and the founder of the schools of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Columbia University. Also a practicing architect, he and his partner, Henry Van Brunt, designed and built a number of buildings in the Boston and Cambridge areas, including First Church (Unitarian), Boston; First Congregational Church, Boston; Episcopal Seminary, Harvard University; and Memorial Hall, Harvard University. This collection...
Dates:
1826 - 1914