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Finding Aid for the F.A.P. Barnard Collection (MUM00519)

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Finding Aid for the F.A.P. Barnard Collection



Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00519/
Title: F.A.P. Barnard Collection
Dates: 1831-1889
Collector: Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889
Physical Extent: 2 boxes (0.83 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00519
Location: General Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains letters, articles, and military memorabilia related to F.A.P. Barnard, former president of the University of Mississippi and former president of Columbia University.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Original deposit received in 1977. Second accretion received in 1995.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, July 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Alternative Formats

Box 1 contains photocopies of original materials that are owned by Columbia University.


Subject Terms

Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889
University of Mississippi -- History
University of Mississippi -- Administration


Formats

correspondence
military records
articles


Biographical Note

Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard joined the faculty of the University of Alabama in 1838 in the Departments of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He remained in Alabama until 1854, when he accepted a position as a Professor of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Civil Engineering at the University of Mississippi. Two years later, he became President of the University of Mississippi. Shortly after the Civil War erupted, Barnard (and others) resigned their positions and the university closed for four years. Barnard assumed the presidency of Columbia University in New York in 1864 and remained there until his death in 1889.


Scope and Content Note

This collection consists largely of correspondence between F.A.P. Barnard and his brother, John Gross Barnard, and between F.A.P. Barnard and E.W. Hilgard during the years 1834-1886. Hilgard was a chemist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and was appointed state geologist of Mississippi in 1855. His office was located on the University of Mississippi campus. In 1868, Hilgard was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University. The collection also includes letters from Jacob Thompson, an original member of the Board of Trustees of The University of Mississippi, and others.


User Information

Preferred Citation

F.A.P. Barnard Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The F.A.P. Barnard Collection is open for research.

Box 1 contains photocopies of original materials owned by Columbia University. These materials may not be photocopied.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

For more resources related to the University of Mississippi, please see the Archives' University of Mississippi Subject Guide.

Resources at Other Repositories

Frederick A.P. Barnard Papers, Columbia University


Separated Material

The following items have been removed from this collection for cataloging:

"Gratitude Due for National Blessings a Discourse, Delivered at Oxford, Mississippi on Thanksgiving Day, F.A.P. Barnard," 20 November 1856. Call number: BV4305.B3 1857

Two papers on Academic Degrees I. on the regulation and control of the degree-conferring power II. On the origin and significancy of academic degrees, F.A.P. Barnard, 1880. Call number: LB2381 B27 1880


Arrangement

This collection consists of two boxes, each of which contains a separate accretion.

Original Deposit, 1977
Accretion, 1995

Container List

Original Deposit, 1977
Scope: This box contains photocopies of original documents owned by Columbia University. Items in Box 1 may not be photocopied.
1.1 Letter, San Francisco, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 29 July 1834
1.2 Letter, San Francisco, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 30 October 1834
1.3 Letter, West Point, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 11 March 1836
1.4 Letter, New Orleans, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 15 June 1850
1.5 Letter, New York, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 16 July 1851
1.6 Letter, West Point, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 13 December 1855
1.7 Letter, New York, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 18 May 1857
1.8 Letter, New York, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 3 August 1857
1.9 Letter, Washington, D.C., John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 5 August 1857
1.10 Letter, Montgomery, A.H. Cobb to F.A.P. Barnard, 18 August 1857
1.11 Letter, Edgefield, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 11 November 1857
1.12 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 3 January 1858
1.13 Letter, New Orleans, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 18 January 1858
1.14 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 21 January 1858
1.15 Letter, New Orleans, Leonidas Lafayette Polk to F.A.P. Barnard, 4 March 1858
1.16 Letter, New Orleans, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 18 June 1858
1.17 Letter, New York, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 9 August 1858
1.18 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 6 May 1859
1.19 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 29 May 1859
1.20 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 8 June 1859
1.21 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 28 January 1860
1.22 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 28 January 1860
1.23 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 6 February 1860
1.24 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 10 June 1860
1.25 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 11 June 1860
1.26 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 20 June 1860
1.27 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 21 June 1860
1.28 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 22 June 1860
1.29 Letter, University of Alabama, Leonidas Lafayette Polk to F.A.P. Barnard, 27 September 1860
1.30 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to Rebecca Gillis, 19 February 1861
1.31 Letter, Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry to F.A.P. Barnard, 23 February 1861
1.32 Letter, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 5 April 1861
1.33 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 5 April 1861
1.34 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to Rebecca Gillis, 6 April 1861
1.35 Letter, Oxford, Mississippi, Jacob Thompson to F.A.P. Barnard, 9 September 1861
1.36 Letter, Jackson, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 19 November 1861
1.37 Letter, Jackson, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 19 November 1861
1.38 Letter, Jackson, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 20 November 1861
1.39 Letter, Jackson, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 20 November 1861
1.40 Letter, Richmond, S.J. Bledsoe Chief Bureau of War Confederate States of America to F.A.P. Barnard, 27 January 1862
1.41 Military passes, F.A.P. Barnard, 12 February-15 May 1862
1.42 Telegraph, Richmond, A.J. Bledsoe to Reverend F.A.P. Barnard, 18 February 1862
1.43 Military passes, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, 2 March-17 May 1862
1.44 Letter, Richmond, F.A.P. Barnard to Mrs. Barnard, 2 March 1862
1.45 Military pass, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, 2 March 1862
1.46 Military pass, Norfolk, F.A.P. Barnard, 11 March 1862
1.47 Military passes, Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, 12-17 May 1862
1.48 Letter, Washington, D.C., Edwin M. Stanton to F.A.P. Barnard, 4 June 1862
1.49 Letter, Washington, D.C., F.A.P. Barnard to Henry Barnard, 15 February 1864
1.50 Letter, Lenox, G.M. Odgen to Governor Hamilton Fish, 30 August 1864
1.51 Letter, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 31 August 1864
1.52 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to Henry Barnard, 1 September 1864
1.53 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to Henry Barnard, 10 September 1864
1.54 Letter, New York, to Governor Hamilton Fish, 20 September 1864
1.55 Letter, New York, F.A.P. Barnard to Henry Barnard, 6 April 1865
1.56 Letter, New York, F.A.P. Barnard to Henry Barnard, 10 June 1865
1.57 Letter, Oxford, Mississippi, Alex Pegues to [?], 26 June 1865
1.58 Letter, Sheffield, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 6 September 1865
1.59 Letter, Waverly, George H. Young to F.A.P. Barnard, 29 September 1865
1.60 Letter, New York, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 5 October 1865
1.61 Letter, Waverly, George H. Young to Doctor Barnard, 2 January 1866
1.62 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 12 December 1868
1.63 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 5 February 1869
1.64 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 29 September 1870
1.65 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 14 March 1872
1.66 Letter, John Gross Barnard to F.A.P. Barnard, 4 March 1873
1.67 Letter, Waverly, George H. Young to Doctor Barnard, 16 December 1873
1.68 Letter, Columbia College, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, 13 January 1886
1.69 Obituary testimony, F.A.P. Barnard, 11 June 1889
1.70 Letter, University of Mississippi, F.A.P. Barnard to E.W. Hilgard, November [?]
1.71 Letter, Litchfield, F.A.P. Barnard to [?], 30 June [?]
1.72 Letter, John Gross Barnard to [?], 24 October [?]
1.73 Copies of card catalogue from Columbia University
Accretion, 1995
2.1 Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, August 1868
Scope: Address by Frederick A.P. Barnard
2.2 Article, New York Times, 30 August 1864
2.3 Excerpt from "Biographical Sketches of…Dr. F.A.P. Barnard"
Scope: Mississippi Historical Society
2.4 "Of Two Minds" by John Crews
2.5 Response to Editors of National Intelligencer
2.6 "The Metric System of Weights and Measures," F.A.P. Barnard, 1872
2.7 Abstract from Reconstruction of Sewanee
2.8 Regarding E.W. Hilgard
2.9 Article, New York Times, September 1864
2.10 Florida Department of State materials, 1848
2.11 Historical Address, F.A.P. Barnard
2.12 "Biographical Memoir of John Gross Barnard," Brig. General Henry L. Abbot
2.13 United States Military Academy materials, John Gross Barnard
2.14 Letter to the President of the United States by a Refugee, 1863
2.15 "On Early Metal Training and the Studies Best Fitted for It," 1867
2.16 "President Barnard’s Paper on the Paschal Cycle," 1871
2.17 "The University of Mississippi, A Review of the Action of the Trustees in the Trial of Chancellor F.A.P. Barnard, and a Defense of the Prosecution," H.R. Branham, 1860
2.18 "Professor Barnard’s Report on Collegiate Education, Made to the Faculty at the University of Alabama," 1854
2.19 Letter to the Editor, 19 November 1915
2.20 "F.A.P. Barnard and Columbia College: Prologue to a University," Marvin Lazerson, 1966
Scope: In History of Education Quarterly, Volume 6
2.21 Barnard at Columbia
2.22 Articles on Barnard in Alabama Heritage, Spring 2000