Research Catalog

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Description

1. .3 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Griscom, John, 1774-1852
2. Griscom family
3. Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Higher)
4. Education -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Quakers -- Rhode Island -- Providence
6. Juvenile delinquency -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Reformatories -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Poor -- New York (State) -- New York
9. Cod-liver oil -- Therapeutic use
10. Iodine -- Therapeutic use
11. New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions

Call number

1. MssCol 1251

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Ford collection

Biography (note)

1. John Griscom (1774-1852) was the first American educator to teach chemistry in 1803.

Language (note)

1. Materials in English, with some letters in French.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Griscom, John, 1774-1852.

Title

1. John Griscom correspondence, 1804-1851.

Restricted access

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

Biography

1. 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.

Occupation

1. Chemists.
2. Educators.

Research call number

1. MssCol 1251