Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1790 - 1849
Biographical Note
Civil engineer, architect of Green-Wood Cemetary in Brooklyn, professor at West Point and Hobart College. Honorary degree recipient in 1841. Father of Malcolm Douglass.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David Bates Douglass papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-009
Abstract
This collection consists of the professional papers of David Bates Douglass. These papers encompass many of Douglass's professional activities, including professions as a soldier, engineer, professor, college president, and architect of cemeteries.
Dates:
1809-1912, 1999-2001
Little, Hale, and Douglass families papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-010
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the papers of David Bates Douglass, Malcolm Douglass, Sarah Hale Douglass, the Josiah Little family, the Heywood family, the Hale family, and Benjamin Hale. Correspondence comprises the major portion of the collection. There are also journals, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and one music book. The earliest date, 1788, is found in the Little family portion of the collection while the latest date, 1911, occurs in the scrapbook in the last box and refers to Andrew Douglass,...
Dates:
1788-1911
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- Account books 1
- Business records 1
- Canals 1
- Court records 1
- Deeds 1
- Diaries 1
- Inheritance and succession 1
- Lectures and lecturing 1
- Maps 1
- Newbury (Mass.) 1
- Newburyport (Mass.) 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Stocks 1 + ∧ less
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