Arithmetic--Study and teaching
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Arithmetic Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm3
Scope and Contents
Arithmetic book of an unidentified student.
John L. Babb's Notebook of Pike's Arithmetic and Smith's Arithmetic
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm17
Scope and Contents
Pike's Arithmetic and Smith's Arithmetic copied by John L. Babb, probably in Hardy County, WV. Also contains exercises in punctuation, valedictory address of Jennie Cross at Morgantown Female Seminiary and a dialogue read by Julia F. Ackon and Annie C. Ballon June 27, 1856 at the annual examination of the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia.
William J. Babb Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm16
Scope and Contents
Pike's Arithmetic, 1856-1858, [either Nicholas Pike's A New and Complete System of Arithmetic or Stephen Pike's The Teacher's Assistant] copied by William J. Babb, Hardy County, Va. [W. Va.]. The volume also includes verse.
Sarah A. Ballard Journal
Collection
Identifier: SC 01603
Scope and Contents
This journal begins in Hartford, CT when Sarah Ballard begins her training to become a teacher. She writes almost exclusively about visiting local schools and of lectures she hears related to the teaching profession. Much of the first portion of her journal is dedicated to understanding different teaching philosophies. She details her approaches to teaching arithmetic, spelling, singing, and grammar. She also addressing religion and attending church services. Ballard gives some description of...
Charles Wingfield Hamner Arithmetic Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm5
Scope and Contents
Arithmetic book, 1798-1805, of Charles Wingfield Hamner [Campbell County, Va.] . Contains loose fragments which say "John Hamner and ? married 7th, 1811, Harriett Mills Hamner...Mary Ann Hamner...Lucy Jane Hamner, Elizabeth Joyner Hamner..." Loose receipts from 1824, 1825 and 1841.
Samuel Atwell Danner Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm15
Scope and Contents
Textbook, 1843-1844, of Samuel Atwell Danner, Middleton, [Frederick County, Va.] concerning geometry, trigonometry, surveying, and arithmetic.
James F. Flournoy Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm11
Scope and Contents
Arithmetic book, 1826, of James F. Flournoy, [Chesterfield County, Va.], a student at Oakland Seminary.
Warren Harris Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm4
Scope and Contents
Arithmetic book, 1795, of Warren Harris which includes several pages of verse and genealogical data, circa 1795-1868, concerning the Harris and Weaver families.
Arithmetic Notebook, II
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm13
Scope and Contents
Notes, 1833, on arithmetic. The volume also includes religious writings.
Arithmetic Notebook, I
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nm10
Scope and Contents
Arithmetic book, circa 1780-1820, of an unidentified person.