College of William and Mary. Dept. of Mathematics
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ferdinand Stewart Campbell Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.094
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a letter, fragments, and a printed law defense pertaining to a legal case involving Stewart.The letter, written by Stewart to John Tyler of William & Mary's Board of Visitors, is dated July 6, 1825. In it, he states to Tyler that there are a couple of evils affecting William & Mary. One is the lack of preparation of the students, specifically in regards to their knowledge of the Classics. He suggests requiring students have a previous knowledge of...
Dates:
1825, 1830, 1834
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Thomas P. Watkins Notebook
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.163
Scope and Contents
Mathematics notebook, circa 1820-1822, of Thomas P. Watkins, a student at the College of William and Mary. Includes Watkins' notes on plane trigonometry, likely taught by Ferdinand Stewart Campbell. Includes theorems, proofs, and corollaries, as well as drawings which illustrate each of them.
Dates:
circa 1820-1822
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William David Yancey Mathematics Certificate
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.105
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a certificate of William David Yancey reading that he has "passed Examinations in the Introductory Class of Mathematics." The certificate was signed on June 24, 1896 by Professor Thomas Jefferson Stubbs, Secretary of the Faculty at the College of William and Mary.
Dates:
1896 June 24
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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