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Finding Aid for the R.B. Fulton Tests Collection (MUM00557)

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Finding Aid for the R.B. Fulton Tests Collection



Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00557/
Title: R.B. Fulton Tests Collection
Dates: 1884-1886
Collector: Fulton, Robert Burwell, 1849-1919
Physical Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00557
Location: General Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains tests used in classes taught by R.B. Fulton, professor of astronomy and physics, and later chancellor, at the University of Mississippi.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Processing Information

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

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Fulton, Robert Burwell, 1849-1919
University of Mississippi -- History
Education, Higher -- Mississippi


Formats

examinations (documents)


Biographical Note

R.B. Fulton was a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Mississippi in the 1880s. He was later elected chancellor of the university.


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains tests used in classes taught by R.B. Fulton, professor of astronomy and physics, and later chancellor, at the University of Mississippi.


User Information

Preferred Citation

R.B. Fulton Tests Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The R.B. Fulton Tests Collection is open for research.

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

Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton (MUM00532), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

Chancellors Collection - Fulton-Hume (MUM00533), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library


Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.


Container List

Folder 1.1 Examinations in Astronomy, 29 May 1884
Scope: Includes list of students names, grades, and test questions
Folder 1.2 Examinations in Astronomy, 29 May 1884
Scope: Includes four exams in Mechanics dated 4 January 1885
Folder 1.3 Examinations in Mechanics, 29 January 1885
Folder 1.4 Examinations in Junior Physics and Mechanics, 4 February 1885
Scope: Type 1
Folder 1.5 Examinations in Junior Physics and Mechanics, 4 February 1885
Scope: Type 2
Folder 1.6 Special Examinations in Physics, 24 February 1885
Folder 1.7 Examinations in Senior Physics and Mechanics, 12 February 1886
Folder 1.8 Special Examinations in Physics, 27 February 1886
Folder 1.9 Examinations in Mechanics, undated