Research Catalog

Title

Peter Henri Van Der Weyde papers, ca. 1800-1894, bulk (1844-1894).

Author

Van Der Weyde, Peter Henri, 1813-1895.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Barnard, George.
• Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association.
• Draper, John W.
• Nitschke, Fred.
• Van Der Weyde, Henry.

Description

2 linear feet (6 boxes).

Subjects

• Inventors
• Photographs
• Drawings
• Washington Territory > History
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
• Theology
• Technology
• Religion
• Inventions
• Gases > Purification
• Electricity
• Van Der Weyde family
• Van Der Weyde, Peter Henri, 1813-1895

Genre/Form

• Drawings.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Peter Henri Van Der Weyde (1813-1895) was a Dutch-American industrial scientist and inventor.

Language (note)

• in German.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 3132

Author

Van Der Weyde, Peter Henri, 1813-1895.

Title

Peter Henri Van Der Weyde papers, ca. 1800-1894, bulk (1844-1894).

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materials related to inventions, and miscellaneous family papers. Correspondence includes letters Van Der Weyde received when he was a researcher and teacher of industrial science; family correspondence including letters from his son, an officer in the Union Army, 1861-1864; and correspondence concerning a colony founded in 1880 by the Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association in Washington Territory. Other materials are contracts, patent petitions, and specifications for inventions; manuscripts and notebooks on applied science and theological and religious topics; and autobiography. Also, family records, financial papers, notes, photograph, and pamphlets describing Van Der Weyde's inventions.

Biography

Peter Henri Van Der Weyde (1813-1895) was a Dutch-American industrial scientist and inventor.

Language

Some notebooks in German.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Inventors.

Added Author

Barnard, George.

Draper, John W.

Nitschke, Fred.

Van Der Weyde, Henry.

Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3132