| Description |
2 linear feet (6 boxes). |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materials related to inventions, and miscellaneous family papers. Correspondence includes letters Van Der Weyde received when he was a researcher and teacher of industrial science; family correspondence including letters from his son, an officer in the Union Army, 1861-1864; and correspondence concerning a colony founded in 1880 by the Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association in Washington Territory. Other materials are contracts, patent petitions, and specifications for inventions; manuscripts and notebooks on applied science and theological and religious topics; and autobiography. Also, family records, financial papers, notes, photograph, and pamphlets describing Van Der Weyde's inventions. |
| Biography |
Peter Henri Van Der Weyde (1813-1895) was a Dutch-American industrial scientist and inventor. |
| Language |
Some notebooks in German. |
| Finding Aids |
Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| Subject |
Van Der Weyde, Peter Henri, 1813-1895.
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Van Der Weyde family.
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Electricity.
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Gases -- Purification.
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Inventions.
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Religion.
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Technology.
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Theology.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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Washington Territory -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Drawings.
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Photographs.
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| Occupation |
Inventors. |
| Added Author |
Barnard, George.
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Draper, John W.
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Nitschke, Fred.
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Van Der Weyde, Henry.
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Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association.
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| Call No. |
MssCol 3132
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 3132
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