Mercer University. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Osgood Peirce Papers
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0104
Scope and Contents
The collection contains mostly letters between Peirce, his wife, and his parents (1812-83) while he was at Penfield. The letters discuss personal, family, and school matters. Most of these items are photocopies.
Dates:
1838-1914; Majority of material found within 1838-1849
William Singleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0120
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a book that was given to William Singleton from Thomas Stocks. Singleton wrote that the book was given to him at Penfield in 1863, and a good third of the volume includes mathematical problems from 1864. Lists of Mercer matriculates from the administration of Pres. H. H. Tucker, dating from the Spring 1867 term through the Fall 1870 term, follow the mathematical problems. The next section of the volume is mainly blank pages with a few loose items interfiled followed...
Dates:
1864-1870