Williams, K.P. mss., 1820-1958
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
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Creator
Williams, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Powers),
1887-1958.
TitleWilliams, K.P. mss., 1820-1958
Collection No.
LMC 2312
Extent
3,646 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Williams, K.P. mss., 1820-1958,
consists of letters and papers of Kenneth Powers Williams, 1887-1958, professor of
mathematics at Indiana University and author of
Lincoln Finds
a General.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Career: born, August 25, 1887, Urbana, Ohio; son of John H. and Eva Augusta (Powers)
Williams; A.B., Indiana University, 1908, A.M., 1909; PhD., Princeton University,
1913; married Mrs. Ellen (Laughlin) Scott, August 20, 1920; member of the faculty of
the Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, 1909-1958; first lieutenant,
Indiana National Guard, Mexican border, 1916; captain, Field Artillery, U.S. Army,
with American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919; officer, Field Artillery, Indiana
National Guard, 1921-1931; colonel and chief of staff, 38th division, National
Guard, 1931-1939; Colonel, Quartermaster corps, commanding 113th Quartermaster
Regiment, and Quartermaster, 38th division in national service, 1941; died,
September 25, 1958.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series: Correspondence and Writings.
Scope and Content Note
The Williams, K.P. mss., 1820-1958, consists of letters and papers of Kenneth Powers
Williams, 1887-1958, professor of mathematics at Indiana University and author of
Lincoln Finds a General. This collection consists
of correspondence, 1926-1958, of Kenneth Powers Williams; drafts, illustrations,
maps, notes, galley and page proofs, and a scrapbook of reviews of Williams'
Lincoln Finds A General, volumes I-IV, 1949-1956;
mathematics notes and problems, including worked out problems from courses taken at
Indiana University and Princeton University and notes of early lecture courses given
by him at Indiana University; and reprints of articles, 1910-1954, on mathematical,
military and historical subjects written by Williams and published in
periodicals.
The correspondence is concerned mainly with
Lincoln Finds A
General
. Other subjects dealt with include the relation of Anna Ella
Carroll, 1815-1893, to the Tennessee River Campaign in the Civil war and Williams'
controversy with Sydney Greenbie, 1889-1960, and his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Latta
(Barstow) Greenbie, 1891- , arising from Williams' article
"The Tennessee River Campaign and Anna Ella Carroll,"
which appeared in the
Indiana Magazine of History,
XLVI: 221-248, September 1950; the Ku Klux Klan; the history of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad, the Illinois Central Railroad, and the Virginia Central
Railroad during and after the Civil War; cartridges for loading arms before and
after the Civil War; problems in astronomy and mathematics in colleges; the European
situation in 1938; and the discharge of Jewish professors in Vienna and Prague in
1939.
Correspondence with Edwin W. Atwood, 1879- , mayor of Flint, Michigan, relates to his
collection of Civil War materials and includes copies of letters of Ulysses Simpson
Grant, Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, and others, 1845-1882, which were
sent to Williams by Atwood.
In addition to correspondence and the Lincoln Finds A General materials the
collection contains a survey on the certification of teachers, 1944 papers on the
history and teaching of mathematics at Indiana University, 1938, 1944; a
mathematical manuscript textbook by Milo G. Williams, 1820; and an autographed copy
of the mimeographed "Introduction to Plane Algebraic Geometry" by Václav
Hlavatý.
Williams, Kenneth Powers, 1887-1958, professor. Lincoln Finds A General: A Military
Study of the Civil War, with Maps by Clark Ray. A.&T.D. [9193] p. 13-28cm.
Comprises vol. I-IV of work by same title, published, New York, Macmillan,
1949-1959.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
Williams, K.P. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 3
Writings
Box 3
Mathematics notes: A-R
Box 4
Mathematics notes: S-Z;
Lincoln Finds a
General:
drafts
Box 5
Lincoln Finds a General: drafts
(cont'd) - notes for vol. I-II
Box 6
Lincoln Finds a General: notes for
vol. III. - galleys for vol. I-II
Box 7
Lincoln Finds a General: galleys
for vol. III-V
Box 8
Printed items (9 folders);
Lincoln Finds a
General
, Printer's copy in green slip case: vol. I,
typescript.
Box 9
Lincoln Finds a General, Printer's
copy in green slip cases: vol. I, carbon; vol. II, typescript and
carbon; vol. III, typescript.
Box 10
Lincoln Finds a General, Printer's
copy in green slip cases: vol. III, carbon copy; vol. IV, typescript and
carbon
Box 11
Lincoln Finds a General, Printer's
copy in green slip case: vol. V, typescript
Oversize 1
Maps of Civil War battles used in
Lincoln
Finds a General
