William Esty (1889) Papers, 1878-1905
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Esty Papers
Creation of Esty Papers
Time of Creation of Esty Papers
Esty, William, 1868-1928
Biographical History for: Esty Papers
Biographical Note William Esty was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on July 9, 1868, son of William Esty (Class of 1860 and Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy) and Martha A. Cushing Esty. Cole received his B.A. from Amherst in 1889 and his M.A. from Amherst in 1893. He also received a B.S. from M.I.T. in 1893. Esty was a Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1893 to 1901 and Professor of Engineering at Lehigh University from 1901 to 1928. Esty married Julia L. Coy of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1894. He died on July 6, 1928.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The papers contain account books, diaries, essays, exams, and notebooks documenting Esty's academic career at Amherst and M.I.T. Most of the material dates from 1887-1893 and relates to courses offered at these institutions and are useful in the study of curriculum development. There are also several notebooks and scrapbooks in the letters from Esty's childhood and adolescence.
Engineering--United States.
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Engineering--Study and teaching--Massachusetts.
Esty, William, 1868-1928.
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Amherst College--Students.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Students.
Amherst College. Class of 1889. Esty.
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series
Series 1: Account books, correspondence, and diaries
Account Books 1889, 1894, 1905
Correspondence 1881
Diaries 1889, 91, 92, 94
Series 2: Essays and Compositions
English Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89]
Geology Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89]
History Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89]
Series 3: Examinations from M.I.T.
Math and science exams used by Esty to study [c. 1889-1893]
Mechanics 1892
Physics 1892
Series 4: Notebooks, scrapbooks, and thesis
Applied mechanics 1888
Botany 1887
Composition 1880
Drawings for youth [c. 1870's-80's]
Electrical engineering and precision of measurement 1892
Electricity lab of University of Illinois 1893
English literature [c.1880's]
English literature 1888
Greek 1889
Heat 1890
Histological Record [c.1880's]
History (vol. II) 1887
History (vol. II, III parts 1 and 2, and IV) 1887-1889
History (vol. I) 1889
Latin exercises (Vol. II) [c.1880's]
Logic 1889
Machine design [c.1880's]
Mechanics (used while an instructor at the University of Illinois) [c.1893-95]
Mechanism problems [c.1920]
Oratory (Vol. II) 1888
Philology 1886
Physics (used while an instructor at the University of Illinois) [c.1893-5]
Physics problems 1891
Printing (sample book) 1880-81
Religion 1889
Sound 1886
Trigonometry 1889
Scrapbook [c.1875-88]
Loose material from scrapbook [c.1875-81]
Scrapbook [c. 1892-93]
Thesis submitted for M.A. from Amherst 1893