Elizabeth Cary Agassiz letter to Dr. Thomas Hill and photograph, 1886
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Summary
- Creator:
- Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907
- Abstract:
- Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. Collection comprises an autograph, signed letter Elizabeth Cary Agassiz wrote to Dr. Thomas Hill on January 20 [1886] regarding his article on her husband published in the Unitarian Review in December 1885. Also includes a printed photograph of her.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11623
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises an autograph, signed letter Elizabeth Cary Agassiz wrote to Dr. Thomas Hill on January 20 [1886] regarding his article on her husband published in the Unitarian Review in December 1885. She notes that she was unable to follow his entire argument, "for the kingdoms of geometry are closed to me. But in reading it I am nonetheless conscious of a law which binds all things together...." Also includes a printed photograph of her.
- Biographical / historical:
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Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an author and illustrator of natural history texts as well as a co-author of natural history texts with her husband, Louis Agassiz, and her stepson Alexander Agassiz.
- Acquisition information:
- The Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Letter to Dr. Thomas Hill and Photograph were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2015.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Alice Poffinberger, June, 2018
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0050-LUBMSS091
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Letter to Dr. Thomas Hill and Photograph, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.