ma150 George D. Olds Papers, ca. 1870-1915 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Doris Chacon, Peter A. Nelson. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview Olds, George Daniel, 1853-1931 George D. Olds Papers ca. 1870-1915 3 records storage boxes, 1 archives box (3.5 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Professor of mathematics and President of Amherst College. Collection includes course notes taken by Olds as a student in Germany, lecture notes for guest lectureships at German universities and for mathematics courses at Amherst College, as well as a photograph album and scrapbook. English and German Biographical Note

George D. Olds was born in Middleport, N.Y., on October 14, 1853. He received his A.B. (1873) and A.M. (1876) from the University of Rochester. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Rochester (1884-1891) and Amherst College (1891-1927). He served as Dean of the College from 1909 to 1922 and President of Amherst College from 1923 to 1927. Olds died on May 10, 1931.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers contain course notes in mathematics, physics, constitutional law and other subjects taken by Olds as a student at the universities of Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany, 1879-1882; notes used for guest lectureships at German universities in 1899 and 1900; and lecture notes in mathematics used by Olds at Amherst College. The collection also includes a photograph album documenting Olds' travels in Europe, 1899-1900, and a scrapbook of political cartoons related to Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, 1912-1915.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into three series:

1. STUDENT COURSE NOTES - GERMAN UNIVERSITIES, 1879-1901 2. AMHERST COLLEGE TEACHING NOTES, ca. 1891-1910 3. ALBUMS, 1899-1915 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

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Preferred Citation

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[Identification of item], in George D. Olds Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection Processed: 1993 Search Terms Olds, George Daniel, 1853-1931. Amherst College--Faculty. Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts --Amherst. Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts --Amherst. Lecture notes--Amherst College. Additional Information SERIES 1: STUDENT COURSE NOTES - GERMAN UNIVERSITIES, 1879-1901

Series 1, STUDENT COURSE NOTES - GERMAN UNIVERSITIES, 1879-1901, consists chiefly of notebooks relating to coursework in mathematics, physics and constitutional law taken at German universities (1879-1882) and notes for guest lectureships at German universities in 1899 and 1900. Most notes are in German.

Sub-Series A: Physics (Heidelberg) 1 1 Physics II 1880 Jan 9-Feb 17 1 2 Physics III 1880 Feb 18-Mar 9 1 3 Mathematical Physics 1 [1881] Oct 27- Nov 10 1 4 Mathematical Physics II [1881] Nov 1-24 1 5 Mathematical Physics III [1881] Nov 28- Dec 9 1 6 Mathematical Physics IV [1881] Dec 12-[1882] Jan 1 1 7 Mathematical Physics V [1882] Jan 6-16 1 8 Mathematical Physics VI [1882] Jan 17-22 1 9 Mathematical Physics VII [1882] Jan 27- Feb 6 1 10 Mathematical Physics VIII [1882] Feb 7-16 1 11 Mathematical Physics IX [1882] Feb 21- Mar 3 1 12 Mathematical Physics X [1882] Mar 3-6 1 13 Experimental Physics 1880 Jun 2-30 1 14 Experimental Physics 1880 Jul 6- Aug 3 1 15 Experimental Physics [1881] Dec 12-20 1 16 Experimental Physics II 1882 Jan 25 1 17 Physics [no year] May 3-Jun 1 1 18 Notes on Experimental Physics 1879 Oct 23-1880 Jan 5 1 19 Experimental Physics [no year] Nov 13-24 Sub-Series B: International Law (Heidelberg) 1 20 Auserwählte Völkerrecht Fälle der Gegenwart 1881 May 20-Jun 17 1 21 Auserwählte Völkerrecht Fälle der Gegenwart [1881] Jun 24-Aug 5 1 22 International Law Notes n.d. 1 23 International Law Notes n.d. 1 24 International Law Notes n.d. 1 25 International Law Notes n.d. 1 26 International Law Notes n.d. 1 27 Völkerrecht I [no year] Oct 25 1 28 Beuterecht - page 156 n.d. 1 29 Beuterecht - page 122 n.d. 1 30 Beuterecht - pages 135-149 n.d. 1 31 Auserwählte Völkerrechtliche Fälle [1881] Jul 1-29 1 32 Völkerrecht - printed material n.d. Sub-Series C: Function Theory 1 33 Function Theory n.d. 1 34 Function Theory n.d. 1 35 Function Theory n.d. 1 36 [Zuire?] Rechnen I - [Döep?] n.d. 1 37 Function Theory - printed material - pages 547-562 n.d. 1 38 Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik und Chemie (printed material) 1880 1 39 Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik und Chemie (printed material) 1880 1 40 Function Theory Notes n.d. 1 41 Function Theory Notes n.d. 1 42 Function Theory Notes n.d. 1 43 Math 7.81 n.d. Sub-Series D: Function Theory - Differential Equations (Göttingen lectureship, 1900) 1 44 Theory of Analytical Functions I 1900 Aug 25 1 45 Theory of Analytical Functions II - Winter Semester 1900-1901 1 46 Theory of Functions III - Winter Semester 1900-1901 1 47 Differential Equations I 1900 Aug 27 1 48 Differential Equations II - Winter Semester 1900-1901 1 49 Partial Differential Equations III - Winter Semester 1900-1901 Sub-Series E: Projective Geometry/Differential Equations (Göttingen lectureship, 1900) 1 50 Projective Geometry Notes [no year] Jan 23 1 51 Projective Geometry I 1900 Aug 25 1 52 Projective Geometry II - Winter Term 1900-1901 1 53 Projective Geometry III - Winter Term 1900-1901 1 54 Projectile Geometry, Differential Equations n.d. 1 55 Klein Diff. Rechnung n.d. 1 56 Über die Beziehungen der Neueren Mathematik zu den Anwendungen (printed material) 1895 1 57 Über den Mathematischen Unterricht an der Göttinger Universität (printed material) 1895 Sub-Series F: Math Seminar and Laboratory Journal for Physics and Chemistry 2 1 Laboratory Journal n.d. 2 2 Laboratory Journal n.d. 2 3 Laboratory Notebook II 1879 Dec 5-1880 Jan 26 2 4 Laboratory Journal III 1880 Jan 29- Feb 12 2 5 Math Seminar n.d. 2 6 Math Seminar n.d. 2 7 Math Seminar n.d. 2 8 Math Seminar II 1887 Jun 29 2 9 Math Seminar III n.d. 2 10 Notes 1901 Jan 24- Feb 15 2 11 Notes n.d. Sub-Series G: Electricität und Magnetismus (Berlin) 2 12 Electricity and Magnetism I 1880 Oct 25- Nov 9 2 13 Electricity and Magnetism II 1880 Nov 11-30 2 14 Electricity and Magnetism III 1880 Dec 2-21 2 15 Electricity and Magnetism IV 1881 Jan 7-28 2 16 Electricity and Magnetism V 1881 Jan 31- Feb 14 2 17 Electricity and Magnetism VI 1881 Feb 18- Feb 14 2 18 Electricity and Magnetism VI [1881] 2 19 Theoretical Physics I 1880 Oct 25- Nov 9 2 20 Theoretical Physics II 1880 Nov 10-27 2 21 Theoretical Physics III 1880 Nov 29- Dec 15 2 22 Theoretical Physics IV 1881 Jan 6-12 2 23 Theoretical Physics V 1881 Jan 17-29 2 24 Theoretical Physics VI 1881 Jan 31- Feb 12 2 25 Theoretical Physics VII 1881 Feb 14-28 2 26 Theoretical Physics VIII 1881 Mar 4-7 Sub-Series H: Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (Berlin) 2 27 Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung I 1880 Oct 25- Dec 4 2 28 Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung II 1880 Dec 11-1881 Jan 15 2 29 WahrscheinfichKeitsrechnung III 1881 Feb 4-11 Sub-Series I: Zahlentheorie 2 30 Zahlentheorie I 1880 Oct 25- Nov 19 2 31 Zahlentheorie II 1880 Nov 22- Dec 13 2 32 Zahlentheorie III 1880 Dec 14-1881 Jan 20 2 33 Zahlentheorie IV 1881 Jan 21- Feb 11 2 34 Zahlentheorie V 1881 Feb 14- Mar 3 2 35 Zahlentheorie VI 1881 Mar 4-7 Sub-Series J: Christian Philosophies (Heidelberg) 2 36 Christian Philosophies I 1881 Oct 27- Nov 15 2 37 Christian Philosophies II 1881 Nov 18- Dec 9 2 38 Christian Philosophies III 1881 Dec 13-1882 Jan 17 2 39 Christian Philosophies IV 1882 Jan 19- Feb 2 2 40 Christian Philosophies V 1882 Feb 3-15 2 41 Christian Philosophies VI 1882 Feb 16 2 42 Christian Philosophies VII 1882 Mar 1 Sub-Series K: Mechanik (Heidelberg) 2 43 Mechanik I [1881] Oct 27- Nov 10 2 44 Mechanik II [1881] Nov 11-28 2 45 Mechanik III [1881] Nov 29- Dec 8 2 46 Mechanik IV [1881] Dec 15-[1882] Jan 5 2 47 Mechanik V [1882] Jan 6-17 2 48 Mechanik VI [1882] Jan 20-30 2 49 Mechanik VII [1882] Jan 31- Feb 9 2 50 Mechanik VIII [1882] Feb 10-20 2 51 Mechanik IX [1882] Feb 21-28 2 52 Mechanik X [1882] Mar 2-7 Sub-Series L: Differential- und Integralrechnung (Heidelberg) 2 53 Differential- und Integralrechnung I [1882] May 1-16 2 54 Differential- und Integralrechnung II [1882] May 19- Jun 6 2 55 Differential- und Integralrechnung III [1882] Jun 13-27 2 56 Differential- und Integralrechnung IV [1882] Jul 4-12 2 57 Differential- und Integralrechnung V [1882] Jul 14-25 2 58 Differential- und Integralrechnung VI [1882] Jul 26- Aug 4 2 59 Differential- und Integralrechnung VII [1882] 2 60 Reihen Theorie I [1881] May 1-30 2 61 Reihen Theorie II [1881] Jun 2- Jul 4 2 62 Reihen Theorie III [1881] Jul 7-28 2 63 Analytic Geometry I 1880 Apr 30- Jun 1 2 64 Analytic Geometry II 1880 Jun 3-23 2 65 Analytic Geometry III 1880 Jun 24- Jul 9 2 66 Analytic Geometry IV 1880 Jun 12- Jul 23 2 67 Analytic Geometry V 1880 Jul 26- Aug 4 2 68 Elliptische Functionen I [1882] Oct 30 2 69 Mathematical Notes [1881] Aug 1-2 Sub-Series M: Algebräische Gleichungen (Heidelberg) 2 70 Algebräische Gleichungen I 1881 Oct 27- Nov 11 2 71 Algebräische Gleichungen II [1881] Nov 14-28 2 72 Algebräische Gleichungen III [1881] Dec 4-12 2 73 Algebräische Gleichungen IV [1881] Dec 13-[1882] Jan 9 2 74 Algebräische Gleichungen V [1882] Jan 10-16 2 75 Algebräische Gleichungen VI [1882] Jan 20-27 2 76 Algebraische Gleichungen VII [1882] Jan 31-Feb 9 2 77 Algebräische Gleichungen VIII [1882] Feb 9-16 2 78 Algebräische Gleichungen IX [1882] Feb 20-24 2 79 Algebräische Gleichungen X [1882] Feb 28- 2 80 Notes for Analytic Geometry n.d. 2 81 Geometry Synthesis [no year] Nov 21- Dec 8 2 82 Geometry Synthesis II [no year] Dec 11- Jan 22 2 83 Geometry Synthesis III [no year] Jan 23- Feb 12 2 84 Geometry Synthesis IV n.d. 2 85 Notes 1879 Oct 28- Nov 12 SERIES 2: AMHERST COLLEGE TEACHING NOTES, ca. 1891-1910

Series 2, AMHERST COLLEGE TEACHING NOTES, ca. 1891-1910, contains Olds' teaching notes, which were edited and annotated by Amherst College professor of Mathematics Atherton Sprague (AC 1920).

3 1 Math Notes n.d. 3 2 Course in Definite Integrals n.d. 3 3 Analytic Geometry Notes n.d. 3 4 Definition of Integral Notes n.d. 3 5 Walker Prize Exam n.d. 3 6 Student Notes (Exams) n.d. 3 7 Student Papers n.d. 3 8 Math Notes (index cards) n.d. 3 9 Math Notes n.d. 3 10 Math Notes n.d. 3 11 Math Notes n.d. 3 12 Math Notes n.d. 3 13 Math Notes n.d. 3 14 Math Notes n.d. 3 15 Math Notes n.d. 3 16 Math Notes n.d. 3 17 Math Notes n.d. 3 18 Analytic Equation: Second Degree Equations n.d. 3 19 Analytic Geometry: Second Degree Equations n.d. 3 20 Analytic Geometry n.d. SERIES 3: ALBUMS, 1899-1915

Series 3, ALBUMS, 1899-1915, consist of 2 items: a photograph album documenting Olds' visit to Europe in 1899-1900, and a scrapbook of political cartoons related to Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, 1912-1915.

4 1 Photograph album: "Göttingen 1899/1900, Switzerland" (Gift of Margaret Olds Strahl, 1982) 1899-1900 4 2 Scrapbook, chiefly political cartoons concerning U.S. Secretary of state William Jennings Bryan. (Inside front cover is written the name "John H. James") 1912-1915