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Collection Overview

Creator:
Craig, Thomas, 1855-1900
Title:
Thomas Craig Correspondence
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xs55mc06x
Dates:
1882-1899
Size:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 97 letters addressed to Craig about various mathematical subjects, including elliptical functions and applications theories, and the theory of differential equations. Correspondents include Paul Appell, Georg Cantor, Andrew Russell Forsyth, Edouard Goursat, Charles Hermite, Leo Koenigsberger, Percy Alexander McMahon, Paul Painlevé, Magnus Gustaf Mittag-Leffler, Karl Pearson, Emile Picard, and James Joseph Sylvester. The letters are in English, French, and German, and some contain diagrams and drawings.

Arrangement

Arranged by accession number.

Collection Creator Biography:

Craig, Thomas, 1855-1900

Mathematician Thomas Craig was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College with the degree of civil engineer in 1875. He studied under James Joseph Sylvester at Johns Hopkins University, and later became a professor of mathematics there. He was chief editor of the American Journal of Mathematics (1894-1899), and contributed to the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. His published works include A Treatise on Projections, Elements of the Mathematical Theory of Fluid Motion, and A Treatise on Linear Differential Equations.

Collection History

Acquisition:

The letters were a gift of Luther Pfahler Eisenhart on February 21, 1958 (AM16032).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Finding aid written by James Flannery on February 6, 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Thomas Craig Correspondence; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xs55mc06x
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1