Abram S. Hewitt papers, 1839-1852
Abram S. Hewitt papers, 1839-1852
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0586
- Bib ID:
- 4078891 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Hewitt, Abram S (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 0.83 linear feet (2 document boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Scope and Contents
The material is an elaborately calligraphic 19th century script and extends to one file box and 14 bound volumes. Professor Allan Nevins used this material for his work on Abram S. Hewitt.
This is a collection of the surviving undergraduate papers, notebooks, and memorabilia of Hewitt, including a group of college themes and exercises, the manuscript of Hewitt's Greek Salutatory Address (4 October 1842), three volumes of lecture notes, eight volumes of translations from Greek authors, and three volumes of lecture notes made by Hewitt's brother-in-law and business partner, Edward Cooper (1824-1905).
Arrangement
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abram S.Hewitt papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Materials
A number of medals awarded to Hewitt and Cooper were donated with this collection. These are now part of the Columbia Medals collection (UA#0121).
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Nevins, Allan. Method of acquisition--Gift to the Columbiana Collection; Date of acquisition--1936. Accession number--M-36. A gift to Allan Nevins from Erskine Hewitt, son of Abram Stevens Hewitt.
Publications About Described Materials
Nevins, Allan. Abram S. Hewitt : with Some Account of Peter Cooper. New York, 1935.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2021-06-01 Box content description added (JR).
Biographical / Historical
Hewitt graduated from Columbia in the class of 1842 and became, in turn, an attorney in New York City, a manufacturer of iron and steel, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1875-1879, 1881-1886, and Mayor of New York, 1887-1888.
Subject Headings
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| Name |
|---|
| Columbia University -- Students |
| Cooper, Edward, 1824-1905 |
| Subject |
| Greek language -- Study and teaching |
| Greek literature -- Study and teaching |
Abram Stevens Hewitt Papers
Box 1
Various student papers, some addressed to "Mr. President" (William Alexander Duer, Columbia College President 1929-1942). There are outlines, drafts and final papers. There are also 3 letters, including a certificate of character (or reference letter) from Professor Charles Anthon; copies of the 1852 Commencement program; and a math exam.
Composition titles include: Ought immigration to be encouraged?; On the fall of Constantinople; On the study of history; The connection between Platonism and Christianity; On the Platonic Tradition; On the influence of Christianity on the temporal condition of man; On the acquisition of fame; On friendship; On the troubadours; Socrates and his Philosophy; The mission of the Roman Empire; England's three revolutions; On the execution of the Charles I; On the character of Cicero; On the rise and fall of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies; On taste and criticism; On rivalry; Is capitalism justifiable?; The Turkish Empire: its prospects.
Box 2
Three volumes of lecture notes, eight volumes of translations from Greek and Latin authors (e.g., Terence's Andria, Herodotus, Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles's Ajax), and three volumes of lecture notes made by Hewitt's brother-in-law and business partner, Edward Cooper (1824-1905).
Lecture notes include "Notes on the Historical Lectures of Prof. McVickar, Columbia College 1839-1840" and "Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion by Prof. McVickar, Columbia College 1841."