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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Correspondence, [city from which each letter was sent and
length of letter is noted when possible]:
Genealogy:
Ephemera, printed material and scrapbooks:
Books, articles, and related material:
Photographs:
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A Guide to the George Bruce Halsted Papers,
1722-(1810-1936)-1997
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| Creator: | Halsted, George Bruce,
1853-1922 |
| Title: | George Bruce Halsted
Papers, |
| Dates: | 1722, 1745,
1810-1814, 1827-1936, 1950-1957, 1987-1997 |
| Abstract: | George Bruce Halsted
(1853-1922) was a mathematician who explored foundations of geometry and
introduced Non-Euclidean geometry into the United States through his own work
and his many important translations. This collection consists of
correspondence, ephemera, printed material, photographs, and publications
documenting his life and work. |
| Accession No.: | 94-063; 94-166; 94-205; 94-264; 94-335;
94-336; 95-024; 96-053; 97-089; 97-227; 97-282; 97-322; 98-079; 98-140; 98-287;
99-014; 2001-150; 2002-174; 2002-190; 2003-014; 2005-226 |
| Extent: | 4 ft. |
| Laguage: | Materials are written in
English. |
| Repository: | Archives of American Mathematics, Center for
American History,The University of Texas at
Austin |
George Bruce Halsted (1853-1922) was a member of the University of Texas
at Austin Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics (1884-1903) where he
taught noted mathematician R. L. Moore and L. E. Dickson among other students.
He explored the foundations of geometry and introduced Non-Euclidean geometry
into the United States through his own work and his many important
translations. He was later at St. John's College, Annapolis; Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio (1903-1906); and the Colorado State College of Education, Greeley
(1906-1914).
Halsted was a fourth generation Princeton graduate, earning his
Bachelor's degree in 1875 and his Master's in 1878. He went on to Johns Hopkins
University where he was J. J. Sylvester's first student, receiving his Ph.D. in
1879. After graduation, Halsted served as an instructor in mathematics at
Princeton until beginning his post at the University of Texas at Austin in
1884.
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This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, printed material,
photographs, and publications documenting the life and work of mathematician
George Bruce Halsted. The collection primarily focuses on his family and
genealogy. It also includes volumes from Halsted's personal library. The items
in the collection were primarily donated by Halsted's grandchildren, and not
all items are original to the Halsted family. Items purchased or acquired to
enhance the collection are noted, when possible, in the inventory.
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics
Abbreviations: GBH = George Bruce Halsted ALS = autograph letter, signed
AL = autograph letter, unsigned TLS = typed letter, signed
Note on box numbers: All books are stored off-site at the Collections
Deposit Library, unless noted. All other materials are stored on-site at Sid
Richardson Hall. Items marked PRES are temporarily restricted for preservation
work. See archivist with any questions.
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Organization
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| | Correspondence |
| | Genealogy |
| | Ephemera, printed material, and scrapbooks |
| | Books, articles, and related material |
| | Photographs |
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access
Use Restrictions
Portions of these papers are stored remotely. Contact reference staff
for retrieval from offsite storage.
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| | Halsted, Arthur, 1887- |
| | Halsted, George Bruce,
1853-1922 |
| | Kenyon College |
| | Geometry, Non-Euclidean |
| | Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United
States |
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Related Collections at the Center for American History:
- R. L. Moore Papers
- Prints and Photographs Collection (PPC): UT Faculty,
1884-1885
- Vertical Files - Biographical files: George Bruce Halsted
- Many books by Halsted are held in the Center for American History
library collection, as well as in other libraries on campus; they can be found
in the UTCAT online catalog.
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George Bruce Halsted Papers, 1722, 1745, 1810-1814, 1827-1936,
1950-1957, 1987-1997, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Correspondence, [city from which each letter was sent and
length of letter is noted when possible]:
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| 2.325/F260 | | | Mrs. N[ancy] W[alsh Marsh] Halsted [cousin?] to "My dear
Bruce," ALS, 1p., includes genealogical description of the Halsted family,
1656-1880, Newark, New Jersey, AL, 8 pp.,
April 24, 1888 |
| | | E-mail transcription of letters from GBH to Japanese
mathematician, Yoshio Mikami, [originals at Tokyo University],
1905-1914 |
| | | Helen Macfarlane, Margaret Halsted's sister and wife of
Alexander Macfarlane, a professor of physics at the University of Texas in the
late 1880s and 1890s, to Flora Pierce Halsted, Arthur Halsted's wife, on the
birth of Bruce C. Halsted, [note by Bruce C. Halsted], (photocopy), Ontario,
ALS, 3pp.,
December 15, 1919 |
| | | GBH to his son, Arthur and Arthur to GBH, [all letters
are from GBH to Arthur, except March 1, 1921; notes by Reed
Halsted]: |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 1 p.,
December 14, 1920 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 5 pp.,
January 17, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 4 pp.,
February 14, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, AL, 1 p.,
February 20, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, AL, 3 pp. [incomplete],
February 21, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 6 pp.,
February 26, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 6 pp.,
February 28, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 2 pp.,
February 28, 1921 |
| | | | From Arthur to GBH, [Washington, DC], AL, 1 p.,
March 1, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 1 p.,
March 2, 1921 |
| | | | Including 1 sheet bearing Century Dictionary definition
of "inertia," Greeley, ALS, 4 + 1 pp.,
March 5, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 6 pp.,
March 23, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 6 pp.,
April 10, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 12 pp.,
May 4, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 1 p.,
May 4, 1921 |
| | | | New York City, Roosevelt Hospital, ALS, 2 pp.,
July 28, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown, Long Island, ALS, 3 pp.,
August 17, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown Branch, Long Island, [includes letter from
Margaret Swearingen Halsted], ALS, 4 pp.,
December 1, 1921 |
| | | | Empty envelope, Smithtown Branch, Long Island,
February 18, 1922 |
| | | | 1 page (#5) of a letter, written during the period when
GBH was commenting on Arthur's attempt to get a patent on soaring flight
principles, [Greeley?], ALS, 1 p.,
undated |
| | | Margaret Swearingen Halsted to her son Arthur: |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 2 pp.,
August 6, 1921 |
| | | | Greeley, ALS, 2 pp.,
September 30, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown Branch, Long Island, ALS, 2 pp.,
November 14, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown Branch, Long Island, ALS, 2 pp.,
November 19, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown Branch, Long Island, ALS, 2 pp.,
December 28, 1921 |
| | | | Smithtown Branch, Long Island, ALS, 4 pp.,
January 10, 1922 |
| | | | [Smithtown Branch, Long Island], ALS, 2 pp.,
March 31, 1922 |
| | | | [New York City?], ALS, 1 p.,
April 1, 1922 |
| | | | [Smithtown Branch, Long Island?], ALS, 2 pp.,
April 29, 1922 |
| | | | New York City, 3 pp.,
July 5, 1922 |
| | | Milton W. Humphreys to GBH, postcard, University,
Virginia, ALS,
May 13, 1921 |
| | | GBH to his wife Margaret, New York City, Roosevelt
Hospital, [note by Reed Halsted], ALS, 2 pp.,
July 28, 1921 |
| | | Clara Brooks to her sister, Margaret Swearingen Halsted,
shortly before the death of GBH, (photocopy), San Antonio, ALS, 3 pp., [note by
Bruce C. Halsted],
January 4, 1922 |
| | | Milton W. Humphreys to Margaret Swearingen Halsted,
sympathy and status of work on a mathematical translation, University,
Virginia, ALS, 4 pp., [note by Reed Halsted],
April 23, 1922 |
| | | J. Mark Cattell to Arthur Halsted, Science, Editorial
Department, Garrison-on-Hudson, NY, TLS, 1 p., [note by Reed Halsted],
May 23, 1922 |
| | | Letter to "My dear Art" [Arthur Halsted?] from "Mama"
[Margaret Swearington Halsted?], includes Halsted genealogical information,
ALS, 1p.,
undated |
| | | Photocopies of letters from Arthur Halsted, son of GBH,
to three of his grandchildren, describe childhood events growing up in Austin
and reference GBH,
January 15, 1957 and September 9,
1957 |
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Genealogy:
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| 2.325/F260 | | | Family register of Gerret van Sweringen and
descendents compiled by a member of the family, 2nd ed. Washington:
Printed for the compiler, 39 pp. (photocopy), [note by Bruce C. Halsted],
1894 |
| | | Minnesota Society Sons of the American
Revolution Year Book 1889-1895, pp. 305-307, section concerning Maj.
George Blight Halsted and his ancestry, annotated; with letter (July 4, 1776)
of Abraham Clark, Blight's great-grandfather; Maj. George Blight Halsted was
George Bruce Halsted's uncle, (photocopy),
[1895] |
| | | Halsted family genealogy, from
William Stewart Halsted, Surgeon, by
W. G. MacCallum, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, (photocopy),
1930 |
| | | Halsted Family Journal, Condensed,
compiled by Arthur Halsted, Jr.,
August 2, 1992 |
| | | Genealogical chart of the descendants of Gerret Van
Sweringen, 2 pp., (photocopy),
undated |
| | | Bible record of Oliver Spencer Halsted, Jr. and Martha
Adela Meeker and their children, 1p., (photocopy),
undated |
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Ephemera, printed material and scrapbooks:
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| 2.325/F260 | | | Color photocopies of Princeton Honorary Society Key (Phi
Beta Kappa?) issued to GBH's grandfather, Oliver Spencer Halsted in 1810,
photocopy of GBH's notification of election to Phi Beta Kappa in 1896, first
page in color and entire document in black and white,
1810, 1896 |
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| 4RM55i | | | George Bruce Halsted's Scrapbook, begun 1871, includes
news clippings and documents of interest to GBH. Autographed, with printed
bookmark sticker reading "G. Bruce Halsted" on inside front cover,
1871-1922 |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | "Formulas of Plane Trigonometry," pamphlet, [incomplete,
may be Princeton syllabus],
[ca. 1870s-1880s?] |
| | | Certificate for J.S.K. Fellowship in Mathematics,
Trustees of the College of New Jersey, [mounted on page from book reading, "To
our heroic ancestors, soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution this
volume is reverently dedicated in the hope that for all time their memory may
be to their descendants an ever present inspiration"],
June 30, 1875 |
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| 4RM55a | | | U.S. Department of State document issued to GBH requesting
safe and free passage and aid and protection in need, [passport],
May 26, 1877 |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | "Princeton loses a profound scholar," newspaper clipping,
[ca. 1884] |
| | | Marriage certificate for GBH and Margaret "Maggie"
Swearingen, (photocopy),
1886 |
| | | GBH's Phi Beta Kappa Society election certificate, 1 p.,
(photocopy),
January 20, 1896 |
| | | Speech given to the Texas Academy of Science (photocopy,
1897), correspondence, clipping, and biographical material related to GBH's
time at Kenyon College,
1897-1904 |
| | | Passport issued to George Bruce Halsted, Tokyo, Japan, in
blue U.S. Department of State envelope, [envelope mounted on page from book
reading "Officers of the Minnesota Society, 1895-…"],
August 2, 1898 |
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| 4RM55a | | | U.S. Department of State document issued to GBH requesting
safe and free passage and aid and protection in need [passport], with blue U.S.
Department of State envelope, [envelope mounted on book page reading "Officers
of the National Society, 1895…],"
May 7, 1900 |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | "The Hermit and his Hermitage," clipping with photo of
George Blight Halsted (GBH's uncle) on reverse, three cards of introduction for
GBH, one to the president of the United States (1903) and two to the President
of France (undated), [all mounted on scrapbook page, handwritten label "Page
305 - through 307, Halsted"],
1903 and undated |
| | | Photocopied materials from the Special Collections
Department of Ohio's Kenyon College relating to GBH during his years as Peabody
Professor of Mathematics at Kenyon,
1903-1906 and undated |
| | | "'The Passing of a Summer Sunbeam,' Little Harry born July
31st 1903 died August 31st 1907, by Margaret Swearingen," printed tribute with
pictures by Margaret Swearingen Halsted to her nephew Harry, son of her sister,
Helen Swearingen Macfarlane upon his death, [note by Reed Halsted],
[ca. 1907?] |
| | | "American geometry in France," printed announcement of the
French translation of GBH's Rational Geometry, 1 p.,
[1913?] |
| | | Pamphlet, "Halsted's Saccheri Latin and English," 4 pp.,
[ca. 1919] |
| | | "Love Thoughts and other Poems written to my husband…
published as a monument to his memory," by Margaret Halsted, 61 pp.,
(photocopy),
[ca. 1922?] |
| | | Newspaper clipping, "Halsted, One of the World's Great
Mathematical Geniuses, Was Member of College Faculty for Six Years," [regarding
GBH's time at Colorado State Teachers College (1906-1912)],
October 11, 1930 |
| | | Newspaper clipping, "Mrs. Margaret Halsted succumbs
Thursday noon," (photocopy),
January 16, 1936 |
| | | Biographical sketch of GBH by Katherine S. Eisenhart, 3
pp., typescript, (photocopy),
1950 |
| | | Pages from Mary Todd Lincoln, A Biography, by Jean H.
Baker, referencing Oliver "Pet" Spencer Halsted, Jr., GBH's father,
(photocopy),
[1987] |
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| 2.325/B133b | | | Items downloaded from the internet by Bruce C. Halsted
regarding GBH, including biographical sketches of GBH and his contemporaries,
list of archival collections, descriptions of books translated by GBH, and
articles referring to GBH's works, downloaded in
1997 |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | "Grand Papa's Visiting Card" [listing George Bruce
Halsted's organizational affiliations],
undated |
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Books, articles, and related material:
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | Books: |
| | | | Allman, George Johnston.
Greek geometry from Thales to
Euclid. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1889. 237 pp. Printed label
on inside front cover: "With the Author's Compliments"; "George Bruce Halsted"
written on flyleaf. |
| | | | Arithmetica Universallis Sive De
Compositione et Resolutione Arithmetia Liber. London: Benji & Sam
Tooke, 1722. Second edition. Contains a list of books printed by Tooke in back
of volume. |
| | | | Ball, W.W. Rouse.
A primer of the history of
mathematics. London: Macmillan, 1895. 158 pp. |
| | | | Bland, Miles,
Geometrical Problems Deducible from the
first Six Books of Euclid…. Cambridge: J. Smith, 1827. Third edition.
Inscribed by GBH |
| | | | Bledsoe, Albert Taylor.
The philosophy of mathematics, with
special reference to the elements of geometry and the infinitesimal
method. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1874. 248 pp. With obituary of
Bledsoe pasted in among the advertisements at the back, and signature of George
Bruce Halsted; annotated |
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| 4RM55f | | | | [Bolyai, Farkas].
Tentamen Juventutem Studiosam in Elementa
Matheseos Purae, Elementaris ac Sublimioris, Methodo Intuitiva, Evidentiaque
huic Propria, Introducendi. Maros Vasarhelyini, 1832. Typis Collegii
Reformatorum per Josephum, et Simeonem Kali de felso Vist. Volume 1 only of 2
volumes. [Original blue paper boards with original [?] white paper label. With
Bruce C. Halsted's address label on front pastedown and stamps from Maros
Vasarhelyi Konyvtara on front free flyleaf. This volume is completely unopened
[i.e. the tops of pages of each signature have not been trimmed by the
binder] |
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | | Bonola, Roberto.
Non-Euclidean Geometry: A Critical and
Historical Study of its Development. New York: Dover Publications,
Inc., 1955. Reprint of book originally published in 1912. This book contains
two essays translated by GBH: "The Science of Absolute Space" by John Bolyai,
and "The Theory of Parallels" by Nicholas Lobachevski. [Note: This volume was
not part of GBH's library. It was purchased by GBH's grandson, Bruce C. Halsted
and donated to the collection.] |
| | | | Boole, George.
An investigation of the laws of thought,
on which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and
probabilities. London: Macmillan, 1854. 424 pp. Annotated throughout;
signature of George Bruce Halsted on dedication page. |
| | | | Boole, George.
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic: Being
an Essay Towards a Calculus of Deductive Reasoning. Cambridge:
Macmillan, Barclay and Macmillan;, 1847. Annotated copy, with printed sticker
reading "G. Bruce Halsted" on inside cover |
| | | | Cajori, Florian.
A History of Mathematics. New
York: Macmillan & Co., 1895. Signature of GBH inside front cover; annotated
throughout by GBH. |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | | The Century Dictionary, photocopy
of title page and other pages documenting GBH's involvement as mathematics
collaborator, writer, and authority. Copies are from GBH's copy of the book,
1914 |
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | | Chamberlain, Basil Hall and W. B. Mason.
A Handbook for Travellers in
Japan. London: John Murray,
1894 |
| | | | Clifford, William Kingdon.
The common sense of the exact
sciences. NY: D. Appleton, 1885. 271 pp. Includes printed bookseller's
label with "Halsted" written on it |
| | | | Coolidge, Julian Lowell.
The Elements of Non-Euclidean
Geometry. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. With reference to GBH in the
index and with handwritten correction by GBH on page 89. |
| | | | Davis, John Woodbridge.
Formulae for the Calculation of Railroad
Excavation and Embankment and for Finding Average Haul. New York:
Gillid Brotheres, 1877. Sticker reading "G. Bruce Halsted" on
frontispiece |
| | | | Dedekind, Richard.
Essays on the theory of numbers. I.
Continuity and irrational numbers. II. The nature and meaning of
numbers. Chicago: Open Court, 1901. 115 pp. |
| | | | Dickson, Leonard Eugene.
Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic
Equations. First edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
1903 |
| | | | Dolp, H.
Die Determinanten nebst anwendung auf die
loesung algerbraischer und analytishch-geometrischer aufgaben.
Darmstadt,
1877 |
| | | | Fine, Henry Burchard.
A College Algebra. Boston: Ginn
& Co., 1904. "Rev. R. F. S. Schwenker, Ph.D., Norwood, Ohio" written on
inside front cover |
| | | | Frankland, William Barrett.
Theories of parallelism: an historical
critique. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1910. 70 pp. Tipped in inscription by
the author "To Professor G.B. Halsted..." |
| | | | Franklin, William S., Barry MacNutt, and Rollin L.
Charles.
An Elementary Treatise on Calculus: A Text
Book for Colleges and Technical Schools. South Bethlehem, PA: By the
Authors, 1913. Inscribed by the authors and containing a separately printed
prospectus Outline for Brief Examination of Franklin, MacNutt, and Charles
Calculus. |
| | | | Hageman, S. Miller.
The Princeton Poets. Princeton,
NJ: University Press by William S. Shar, 1879, 293 pp. Errata slip tipped in at
back. |
| | | | Halsted, George Bruce.
Synthetic Projective Geometry, New
York: John Wiley and Sons, 1906 [Note: This book was
not in GBH's library, it was purchased by BCH and donated to his grandfather's
collection.] |
| | | | Halsted, George Bruce.
La contribution non Euclidienne àla
philosophie. Translated by P. Barbarin. Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, 1909,
39 pp. (Extrait des Mémoires de la Société des Sciences physiques et naturelles
de Bordeaux, T. V, 6e ser.) |
| | | | Hilbert, David.
The foundations of geometry.
Chicago: Open Court, 1902, 132 pp. Annotated |
| | | | Hoefer, Ferdinand.
Histoire des Mathematiques depuis leurs
origines jusqu'au commencement du dix-neuvieme siecle. Paris: Librarie
Hachette et Cie., 1874 |
| | | | Johnson, William Woolsey.
Curve tracing in Cartesian
coordinates. NY: John Wiley, 1884, 86 pp. "George Bruce Halsted"
written on flyleaf. |
| | | | Klein, Felix.
On Riemann's theory of algebraic functions
and their integrals: a supplement to the usual treatises. Cambridge:
Macmillan and Bowes, 1893, 76 pp. Annotated. |
| | | | Lempriere, John.
A Classical Dictionary Containing a
Copious Account of All the Proper Names Mentioned in Science Authors, in with
the Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used Among the Greeks and Romans;
and a Chronological Table. Sixth American edition. New York: E.
Duychinck, Collins & Co., 1827. Inscriptions: inside front cover verso, in
pencil: Geo B. Halsted, Jr. from GBH Sep 1, 1870; inside front cover recto, in
pencil: inscription and autograph G. B. Halsted; title page, two autographs in
pencil and ink: George B. Halsted. 1120 Broad St. Newark, N. J.; page iii,
pencil inscription: George B. Halsted 1120 Broad St. Newark, N. J.; inside back
cover, verso, pencil inscription; page iii, ink inscription: Nassau Hall
Princeton New Jersey, AD 1839. |
| | | | Lodge, Oliver.
Easy mathematics, chiefly
arithmetic. London: Macmillan, 1906, 436 pp. With signature: G. B.
Halsted |
| | | | Love, A.E.H.
Theoretical mechanics: an introductory
treatise on the principles of dynamics. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1897,
379 pp. Printed label on inside front cover: "With the Author's
Compliments" |
| | | | Mach, Dr. Ernst.
Contributions to the Analysis of the
Sensations. Translated by C. M. Williams. Chicago: The Open Court
Publishing Company, 1897. Signed by GBH on frontispiece |
| | | | Mach, Ernst.
The science of mechanics. Chicago:
Open Court, 1902, 605 pp. |
| | | | Manning, Henry Parker.
Non-Euclidean Geometry. Boston:
Ginn & Co., 1901. With a reference to GBH in the preface and on pages 92
and 94 |
| | | | Mathematical Papers Read at the
International Mathematical Congress held in Connection with the Worlds
Columbian Exposition. Chicago: Macmillan & Co. for the American
Mathematical Society, 1896. Contains GBH's "Some Salient Points in the History
of Non-Euclidean and Hyper-Spaces." Signature of GBH inside front
cover. |
| | | | Morris, Isabel.
A Summer in Kieff. London: Ward
& Downey, [1891] |
| | | | Pierpont, James.
Lectures on the theory of functions of
real variables. Vol. 1. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1905, 560
pp. |
| | | | Poincaré, H.
The Foundations of Science.
Authorized translation by GBH. With a special preface by Poincare and an
introduction by Josiah Royce. First edition. New York: The Science Press,
1913 |
| | | | Poincaré, H. 1905.
Science and hypothesis. Authorized
translation by GBH. With a special preface by M. Poincare and an introduction
by Professor Josiah Royce. First edition. New York: The Science Press,
1905 |
| | | | Poincaré, H.
Science and Hypothesis. Authorized
translation by GBH. With a special preface by M. Poincare and an introduction
by Professor Josiah Royce. First edition. New York: The Science Press,
1905 |
| | | | Poincaré, H.
The Value of Science. Authorized
translation with an introduction b GBH, and with a special prefatory essay. New
York: The Science Press, 1907 |
| | | | Russell, Bertrand A.W.
An essay on the foundations of
geometry. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1897, 201 pp. |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | | Front of the wrapper of
Saccheri's Euclides Vindicatus,
translated by GBH, Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 1920 |
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | | By a Society.
The Mathematician. Number 1. Containing a
Dissertation on the Rise, Progress, and Improvement of Geometry: Also, the
chief Properties of the Parabola, demonstrated after an easy, short, and
elegant Manner…. London: M. Cooper, 1745. Printed sticker reading
"George Bruce Halsted" on the top of the second page, handwritten GBH initials
on inside back cover |
| | | | Spence, William.
Outlines of a Theory of Algebraical
Equations Deduced from the Principles of Harriott…. London: Davis and
Dickson, 1814. Limited edition; handwritten note on inside reads "only 80
copies of this work were printed" |
| | | | Sylvester, J.J.
Outline of first - sixth lecture on the
partitions of numbers. Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1859.
Printed sticker of George Bruce Halsted on inside front cover |
| | | | Vahlen, Karl Theodor.
Abstrakte Geometrie. Untersuchungen über
die Grundlagen der Euklidischen und Nicht-Euklidischen Geometrie.
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1905, 302 pp. With an inscription from the author to
George Bruce Halsted on the flyleaf. |
| | | | Vahlen, Theodor.
Kronstruktionen und
approximationen. Leipzig: Druck und Verlag B. G. Teubner, 1911 |
| | | | Van Vleck, E.B., H.S. White, and F.S. Woods.
The Boston colloquium. Lectures on
mathematics. Delivered from September 2 to 5, 1903, before members of
the American Mathematical Society in connection with the summer meeting held at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. NY: for the American
Mathematical Society by Macmillan, 1905, 187 pp. |
| | | | Veblen, Oswald and N. J. Lennes.
Introduction to Infinitesimal Analysis,
Functions of One Real Variable. First edition. New York: John Wiley
& Sons, 1907 |
| | | | Wentworth, G. A.
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and
Tables.Boston: Ginn and Company, 1896. Inscribed by A. [F.?] Chew,
March 8, 1898 inside front cover, annotated throughout [by GBH?] |
| | | | Young, W.H. and Grace Chisholm Young.
The theory of sets of points.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906, 316 pp. |
| | | Journals and articles: |
| | | | American Mathematical Monthly.
Volume 1. Edited by B. F. Finkel and J. M. Colaw. Kidder, Missouri,
[1894] |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | | Educational Review, Volume
VI, No.2, featuring article by GBH entitled "The old and new geometry," [from
the collection of J. I. Buck, purchased by Bruce C. Halsted for the
collection],
September 1893 |
| | | | The Monist, A Quarterly Magazine Devoted
to Science [Note: These journals were not
part of GBH's original library. They were purchased and donated by Bruce C.
Halsted to enhance his grandfather's collection.]: |
| | | | | Vol. XX, no. 3, July 1910, includes GBH's translation
of Henri Poincare, "Mathematical Creation," from the original French, pp.
321-335 |
| | | | | Vol. XXIII, no. 3, July 1913, includes GBH's
translation of Henri Poincare, "The New Mechanics," from the original French,
pp. 385-395 |
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | | Scientiae Baccalaureus. Volume 1,
Numbers 1-4. [June 1890-June 1891]. With annotations in the hand of GBH. Volume
1/Number 3 contains GBH's translation into English of Nicolaus Lobatschewsky's
Geometrical Researches on the Theory of Parallels, and Volume 1/Number 4
contains GBH's translation into English of John Bolyai's The Science Absolute
of Space. |
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| 2.325/F260 | | | | Offprints: |
| | | | | Halsted, G. B., "Biology and Mathematics,"
Proceedings, Ohio Academy of Science, Volume IV, Part 5, p. 61 [stamped "From
library of D. I. MacDougal" with imprint of "Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Department of Plant Biology"], [1904] |
| | | | | Halsted, G. B., "Biology and Mathematics," Science, N.
S. Vol. XXII, No. 554, pp. 161-167, August 11, 1905 |
| | | | Photocopies of articles by GBH. Copied from reprints
held by the Princeton University Library: |
| | | | | "Algorithmic Division in Logic," from
Popular Science Monthly, [1879?] |
| | | | | "Number, Discrete and Continuous," from
Scientiae Baccalaureus,
June 1891 |
| | | | | "How the New Mathematics Interprets the Old," from The
Transactions of the Texas Academy of Science, 1893 |
| | | | | "Algebras, Spaces, Logics: An Untechnical Illustration
of Development in Pure Science," from
Popular Science Monthly,
undated |
| | | | | "Mechanical Conversion of Motion," from
Von Nostrand's Magazine,
undated |
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| CDL/3.2/Shelf | | | Multi-title volumes: |
| | | | Volume with the following items bound together:
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| | | | | Lobachevskii, Nicholas.
Geometrische Untersuchungen zur Theorie
der parallellinien. Berlin: G. Fincke, 1840, pp. 1-61 [with annotations
in margins]; |
| | | | | Klein, Felix.
Zur Theorie der Kummer'schen Fläche und
der zugehörigen Linien-Complexe zweiten Grades. pp. [1]-6; |
| | | | | Lie, Sophus. 1871. U
eber diejenige Theorie eines Raumes mit
beliebig vielen Dimensionen, die der Krümmungs-Theorie des gewöhnlichen Raumes
entspricht, pp. [191]-209; |
| | | | | Clausius, R. 1871.
Ueber die Anwendung einer von mir
aufgestellten mechanischen Gleichung auf die Bewegung eines materiellen Punctes
um ein festes Anziehungscentrum und zweier materieller Puncte um
einander. pp. 245-266; |
| | | | | Klein, Felix. 1871.
Ueber die sogenannte Nicht-Euklidische
Geometrie. pp. 419-433; |
| | | | | Lie, Sophus. 1871.
Zur Theorie eines Raumes von n
Dimensionen. pp. 535-566; |
| | | | | Lie Sophus. 1874.
Ueber Gruppen van
Transformationen. pp. 529-541; |
| | | | | Nöther, M. 1869.
Zur Theorie der algebraischen Functionen
meherer complexer Variabeln. pp. [1]-8; |
| | | | | Clausius, R.
Ueber die Beziehungenb zwischen den bei
Centralbewegungen vorkommenden characteristischen Grössen. pp. 1-47;
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| | | | | Critick of the Pure Reason.
Chapter II. Transcentental Aesthetic: The Doctrine of Space and Time, and the
Explanation of Pure Mathematics. pp. 34-48; |
| | | | | The Companion to the Almanac, or
Year-book of General Information for 1839. 61 pp. [Front cover bears
GBH's name sticker, and there are 6 pp. of writing in GBH's hand on blank pages
at the beginning and end of the volume] |
| | | | One bound volume with signature and annotations of GBH
containing several works. Title "Cajori, 'Mathematics in the U.S.'" on
spine: |
| | | | | Cajori, F.
The Teaching and History of Mathematics
in the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890.
Bureau of Education Circular of Information Number 3. |
| | | | | Zeitschrift fur Philosophie und
Philosphische Kritik, Neu Folge, 1878 |
| | | | | Judson, C. H.
Text-books on Geometry, An
Essay. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1872 |
| | | | | Richards, E. L.
The Study of Elementary
Geometry. From the
New Englander for July 1883 |
| | | | | Eddy, Henry T.
An Address on College
Mathematics, [from Proceedings of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Volume XXXIII]. Salem, 1884 |
| | | | Volume with spine labeled "Linkage," containing papers
by several authors bound together, including J. J. Sylvester, H. Hart, A. B.
Kempe, M. V. Liguine, W. Spottiswoode, E. J. Nanson, T. R. Robinson, Dr.
Andrews, J. A. Broun, W. G. Adams, and others. With GBH's name sticker and some
handwritten references. |
| | | | Bound together in one volume with sticker on
frontispiece reading "Halsted, George B….A. B., Princeton, 1875; Fellow in
Mathematics, Princeton": |
| | | | | Clebsch, A.
Theorie des Binären, Algebraischen
Formen. Leipsig: Von B. G. Teubner, 1872 |
| | | | | Verzeichnis der Verlags.
Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1871 |
| | | | | Story, William E.
On the Algebraic Relations Exisiting
Between the Polars of a binary Quantic. Leipzig: Metzger & Wittig,
1875 |
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Photographs:
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| 3Y90 | | | Margaret Swearingen Halsted with her children Harbeck,
Arthur, and Halcyon,
1899 |
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| 4RM51 | | | Arthur Halsted in front of the Greeley Electrical Supply
Company in Greeley, Colorado,
1912 |
| | | George Bruce Halsted holding his grandson, Bruce Cushman
Halsted, Greeley,
1920 |
| | | Unidentified neighbor, Margaret Swearingen Halsted, Bruce
Cushman Halsted, and Flora Pierce Halsted, Greeley,
1920 |
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| 3Y90 | | | GBH seated in a rocking chair,
ca. 1921 |
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| 4RM51 | | | Photograph with note on reverse side in handwriting of
Margaret Swearingen Halsted: "Grandmama, Gyp [a dog], and Walter in front of
Grandmama's house, Greeley, Col.,
June 1, 1926" |
| | | Photograph of Arthur and Harbeck Halsted, sons of George
Bruce Halsted, taken in Austin, Texas,
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| | | Photograph (copy) Frank William Halsted, with an
inscription (photocopy) "To the boys Arthur, Harbeck, Halcyon, and Maggie from
Uncle George,
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| | | Two photographs of George Bruce Halsted's father Oliver
Halsted,
undated |
| | | Photograph (copy) of Maj. George Blight Halsted with text
on the reverse photocopied "The Hermit and his Hermitage,"
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| 3Y90 | | | GBH's father, Oliver Spencer Halsted, Jr. [OSH lived in
Washington, DC, during the Civil War and served as Mary Todd Lincoln's personal
attorney, according to donor],
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| | | Margaret Swearingen Halsted, wife of GBH,
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