| Correspondence, 1795-1888,
n.d.
2.0
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Catalog Number: M34.1
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Series Description:
Letters primarily concerned with the collection of specimens and data,
Bowdoin College, and financial and professional matters. Frequent
correspondents include Benjamin Vaughan, President Woods, John Abbott,
Joseph McKeen, and French mineralogist Professor Hailly.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically with undated material and
letter fragments at end of series.
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| Mineralogy Draft & Notes
2.0
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Catalog Number: M34.2
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Series Description:
Includes printed volumes of An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and
Geology, 2nd edition, interleaved with manuscript notes for the third
edition (never completed), and a complete printed copy of the second
edition in two volumes, loosely threaded along the spine. Also included is
a complete listing of references, miscellaneous notes, a systematic chart,
and reviews of the second edition.
Arrangement:Arranged by edition and by page number within edition
run. Reviews and secondary material arranged
alphabetically at end of series.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records
2.45
linear feet + 3 folio volumes
Catalog Number: M34.3
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Series Description:
Please see sub-series records for series descriptions.
Arrangement:Arranged into sub-series: Specimen Catalogues;
Meteorological Observations; Lecture Notes; Other Notes
and Observations; Scientific Illustrations; and Printed
Material.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Specimen catalogues
1.0
linear foot
Catalog Number: M34.3.1
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Series Description:
Includes complete listings of the minerals and shells belonging to Bowdoin
College, those belonging to and presented to Parker Cleaveland, and a
record of where each specimen was found. Also included are the
mineralogical and geological specimen lists belonging to Cleaveland but
compiled by colleagues and students who collected the specimens and
performed field work for Cleaveland.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Meterological observations
.75
linear feet + 3 folio volumes
Catalog Number: M34.3.2
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Series Description:
Three bound folio volumes, several journals, field notes and loose leaves
ranging from 1807-1853 containing Cleaveland's diligent observation of
weather in and around Brunswick, Maine. Cleaveland's students transcribed
some of the bound volumes from field journals.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Lecture notes
.10
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.3.3
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Series Description:
Lectures on mineralogy, natural philosophy and chemistry, as well as notes
on class behavior and several course syllabi.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Other notes and observations
.40
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.3.4
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Series Description:
Notes on conchology, mineralogy, physics, chemistry, mathematics,
astronomy, biology, metals and combustibles, and electricity. Some of
these materials are preparatory work for class lectures; most are bound
with twine and are written in Cleaveland's hand.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Scientific illustrations
.10
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.3.5
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Series Description:
Includes manuscript maps of the Great Lakes region, printed illustrations
of fossil specimens, diagrams of mechanics for natural philosophy, as well
as hand-painted representations of unidentified flora and visual aids to
geometry.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Scientific Lectures, Notes,
& Records: Printed materials
.10
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.3.6
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Series Description:
Articles and pamphlets on mineralogy, conchology, astronomy, agriculture,
alcohol, the lottery, and a printed lecture series delivered in Latin
entitled "Catalogus Praelectionum Publice et Privatum in Academia Georgia
Augusta per Semestre Aestivum" (full English translation provided with
item).
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Personal & Financial Records
.90
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.4
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Series Description:
Comprises bank account transaction books, post office receipts, receipts
for specimen shipments, invoices from Bowdoin College Board of Trustees, receipts for magazine and newspaper subscriptions,
receipts of all purchases both personal and academic, and miscellaneous
invoices and receipts. Invoices and receipts from Jackson & May in Brunswick,
which was succeeded by Jacob and E.M. Johnson's, account for many domestic items.
Also includes an inventory of the Cleaveland estate
while Cleaveland was still alive, most notably his book and
self-commissioned furniture collections, and invoices concerning the
construction and maintenance of the Cleaveland House, many for services rendered by
Anthony C. Raymond.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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| Biographical Information
.15
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Catalog Number: M34.5
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Series Description:
Eulogies, funeral information, post-mortem estate inventory documenting
the complete property and assets of the Cleaveland estate, correspondence
with the donor of the two silhouettes of Parker and Mrs. Cleaveland, and
biographical notes by Nehemiah Cleaveland. Clippings include obituaries,
information regarding the Cleaveland estate auction in 1954 and the
purchase and renovation of the Cleaveland House. Printed materials include
honorary diplomas, membership certificates and citations from various
German institutions, and Cleaveland's teacher certification card from
Bowdoin College.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Images
.10
linear feet
Catalog Number: M34.6
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Series Description:
Includes original photographs of Parker Cleaveland, photographic
reproductions of originals, reproduction of an engraving for a Bowdoin
Memorial, and original photographs of unidentified people. Also includes
several artistic interpretations (pencil drawings) of Cleaveland by
Benjamin Burbank rendered in 1975.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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