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Archives - Armsby
The Papers of James H. Armsby Restrictions: None. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws, and laws pertaining to libel. Content Note The papers of Dr. James H. Armsby contain incoming correspondence, newspapers and a few pamphlets that were included in five letterbooks. Dr. Armsby was Secretary of the Dudley Observatory Board of Trustees and kept incoming correspondence addressed to other members of the Board, including Thomas Olcott and Robert H. Pruyn. The contents of the letterbooks were removed from the acidic and deteriorating bindings and placed in acid-free folders. Before removal, each item was numbered in pencil on the verso. These numbers appear in the notes field of the container listing. The first book (Box # 1 Folders #1-20) held incoming correspondence regarding a bazaar that was held in Albany in 1865 to raise money to support the United States Sanitary Fund which provided aid for sick and wounded Union soldiers. Various photographs, autographs and works of art were sold or raffled off. One item included in the sale was a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting. Most of the correspondence is comprised of simple requests for raffle tickets. There is a small number of requests for donations and replies from donors. The second letterbook (Box # 1 Folders # 21-30) was labeled "University Letters" and contained incoming correspondence (1850 -1856) from Ormsby M. Mitchell about the directorship of Dudley Observatory. Other correspondence in this letterbook concerns the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the establishment of a National University in Albany. The selection of foreign guests and the solicitation of free transportation for them filled one section of the letterbook. The third letterbook (Box # 1 Folders #31-48) contained correspondence addressed to several members of the Dudley Observatory Board of Trustees in 1856 and 1857. The fourth letterbook (Box #1 Folders #49-66) contained correspondence about the establishment in Albany, NY of a National University, 1851-1853. The last letterbook (Box # 2) contained correspondence from Benjamin Apthrop Gould, Jr. to Dr. Armsby and Thomas Olcott about the Dudley Observatory, 1855 to 1858; from Benjamin Pierce, 1858; from A.D. Bache, 1856 to 1857; and from Joseph Henry, 1857. |
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