Newbold Hough Trottter ethics notebook
Scope and Contents
The collection is one volume of Newbold Hough Trotter's notes on ethics for a class at Haverford College. The notes are from a 1843 course in ethics by Daniel B. Smith. The notebook is labeled as "volume one" and its contents are spereated into different books of ethics. The notes are handwritten, and are detailed with lecture notes and textual notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1843
Creator
- Trotter, Newbold Hough, 1827-1898 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Newbold Hough Trotter was born January 24th, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He entered Haverford College in 1841, and left in 1844. During his life he was a clerk, hardware merchant, and an artist. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Society of Artists. He was also a member of the Germantown Home Guards and fought at Antietam. His artwork was featured in the Centennial Exhibit in 1876, and animals tended to be the subjects of his work. He married Annie M. Dawson on October 10, 1855. He had two children: Joseph Trotter and Ann Hough. He died February 21st, 1898, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Extent
0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
One volume of Newbold Hough Trotter's notes on ethics for a class at Haverford College. The notes are from a course in ethics by Daniel B. Smith, which was conducted in 1843, and detail several ethical discourses prominent at the time.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Acquisition
The Newbold Hough Trottter ethics notebook was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in May, 1936 by Leonora Goodnow.
Processing Information
Processed by Addison Conn; completed February, 2018.
Subject
- Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 (Person)
- Title
- Newbold Hough Trotter ethics notebook, 1843
- Author
- Addison Conn
- Date
- February, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Gift of Leonora Goodnow, May 1936
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