ma14 William Esty (1889) Papers, 1878-1905 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Daria D'Arienzo, Karen Bollwerk . Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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 Collection Overview Esty, William, 1868-1928 Esty Papers 1878-1905 5 archives boxes (2.5 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections The papers contain account books, diaries, essays, exams, and notebooks documenting Esty's academic career at Amherst and M.I.T. Most of the material dates from 1887-1893 and relates to courses offered at these institutions and are useful in the study of curriculum development. There are also several notebooks and scrapbooks in the letters from Esty's childhood and adolescence. English. Biographical Note

William Esty was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on July 9, 1868, son of William Esty (Class of 1860 and Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy) and Martha A. Cushing Esty. Cole received his B.A. from Amherst in 1889 and his M.A. from Amherst in 1893. He also received a B.S. from M.I.T. in 1893. Esty was a Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1893 to 1901 and Professor of Engineering at Lehigh University from 1901 to 1928. Esty married Julia L. Coy of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1894. He died on July 6, 1928.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers contain account books, diaries, essays, exams, and notebooks documenting Esty's academic career at Amherst and M.I.T. Most of the material dates from 1887-1893 and relates to courses offered at these institutions and are useful in the study of curriculum development. There are also several notebooks and scrapbooks in the letters from Esty's childhood and adolescence.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into four series:

1. Account books, correspondence, and diaries 2. Essays and Compositions 3. Examinations from M.I.T. 4. Notebooks, scrapbooks, and thesis Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the William Esty Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in William Esty (1889) Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

 History of the Collection 1984 Daria D'Arienzo Karen Bollwerk Search Terms Esty, William, 1868-1928. Amherst College--Students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Students. Engineering--United States. Engineering--Study and teaching--Massachusetts. Account books. Diaries--Amherst College. Letters--Amherst College. Amherst College. Class of 1889. Esty. Additional Information Related Material

See also the Amherst College Biographical Record and the Esty (1889) biographical file in the Archives.

 Series 1: Account books, correspondence, and diaries 1 1 Account Books 1889, 1894, 1905 1 2 Correspondence 1881 1 3 Diaries 1889, 91, 92, 94 Series 2: Essays and Compositions 1 4 English Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89] 1 5 Geology Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89] 1 6 History Essays and Compositions [c. 1885-89] Series 3: Examinations from M.I.T. 1 7 Math and science exams used by Esty to study [c. 1889-1893] 1 8 Mechanics 1892 1 9 Physics 1892 Series 4: Notebooks, scrapbooks, and thesis 2 10 Applied mechanics 1888 2 11 Botany 1887 2 12 Composition 1880 2 13 Drawings for youth [c. 1870's-80's] 2 14 Electrical engineering and precision of measurement 1892 2 15 Electricity lab of University of Illinois 1893 2 16 English literature [c.1880's] 2 17 English literature 1888 2 18 Greek 1889 2 19 Heat 1890 3 20 Histological Record [c.1880's] 3 21 History (vol. II) 1887 3 22-3 History (vol. II, III parts 1 and 2, and IV) 1887-1889 3 24 History (vol. I) 1889 3 25 Latin exercises (Vol. II) [c.1880's] 3 26 Logic 1889 3 27 Machine design [c.1880's] 3 28 Mechanics (used while an instructor at the University of Illinois) [c.1893-95] 4 29 Mechanism problems [c.1920] 4 30 Oratory (Vol. II) 1888 4 31 Philology 1886 4 32 Physics (used while an instructor at the University of Illinois) [c.1893-5] 4 33 Physics problems 1891 4 34 Printing (sample book) 1880-81 4 35 Religion 1889 4 36 Sound 1886 4 37 Trigonometry 1889 4 38 Scrapbook [c.1875-88] 4 39 Loose material from scrapbook [c.1875-81] 4 40 Scrapbook [c. 1892-93] 4 41 Thesis submitted for M.A. from Amherst 1893