Charles E. Garman (AC 1872) and Eliza Miner Garman Family Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a large Section 1, Correspondence, includes many letters to Garman from former students and a substantial amount of personal correspondence in the Miner family (Mrs. Garman's family). Section 2, Papers Pertaining to Garman, Sub-section A, Writings of Garman, contains original papers and essays written by Garman. Section 3, Pamphlets Used in Garman's Classes contains the written material which Garman had printed himself and distributed to his students. He was very careful with them and did not allow anyone outside his courses to look at them. They serve as a partial record of what he taught. Section 4, Lecture Notes Taken in Garman's Classes, contains transcripts belonging to William J. Newlin, Garman's successor, and notes taken by various students. They are particularly important as a record of what Garman taught because he left no lecture notes of his own. Section 5, Notebooks, includes notes Garman took at Yale as a Divinity student, as well as miscellaneous diaries of Eliza Miner.
Dates
- Creation: 1732-1932
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1862-1907
Creator
- Garman, Charles Edward, 1850-1907 (AC 1872) (Creator, Person)
- Garman, Eliza Miner (Creator, Person)
- Tuttle, Affa Miner (Person)
- Miner, Julius F. (Person)
- Hyde, Henry D. (Henry Dwight), 1838-1897 (AC 1861) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There is no restriction on access to the Charles E. Garman and Eliza Miner Garman Family Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Edward Garman, Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy at Amherst College, was born on December 18, 1850 in Limington, Maine. He prepared for college at the high school in Athol, Massachusetts. After graduating from Amherst in 1872, as an outstanding student, he was principal of the Ware, Massachusetts high school from 1872 to 1876. After this period he studied theology at Yale Divinity school, graduating from there in 1879. The next year he was appointed to the Hooker fellowship at Yale for two years. After only one year, however, President Seelye of Amherst College called him to a teaching position at Amherst. Returning in 1880, Garman served as Walker Instructor in Mathematics, 1880-1881; instructor in Philosophy 1881-1882; associate professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics, 1882-1889; professor of Mental Philosophy, 1889-1892; and professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics from 1892 until his death. He married Eliza Miner on August 24, 1882. He died on February 9, 1907 at Amherst.
Extent
35.5 Linear feet (65 archives boxes, 1 flat package)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, papers, essays, pamphlets, notes, notebooks and diaries relating to the personal and professional life of Charles Edward Garman, Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy at Amherst College. His teaching career is represented by the printed pamphlets he distributed in his classes and by lecture notes taken by his students.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into eleven series:
- Series 1: Correspondence
- Series 2: Papers Pertaining to Garman
- Series 3: Pamphlets Used in Garman's Classes
- Series 4: Lecture Notes Taken in Garman's Classes
- Series 5: Notebooks
- Series 6: Items in Garman's Business File
- Series 7: Non-Amherst Things that Interested Garman for His Work
- Series 8: Garman's Postcard Collection
- Series 9: Newspaper Clippings
- Series 10: Photographs, Diplomas and Sound Recordings
- Series 11: Student Papers
Custodial History
The papers of Charles E. Garman (AC 1872) were arranged and inventoried circa 1974. The finding aid was reexamined in 1996. At that time it became clear that a large part of the collection consisted of papers of Garman's wife, Eliza Miner Garman, and her family. No rearrangement was made at that time. Especially since the original inventory is an exhaustive one. However, the following notes were prepared to reflect in more accessible form the broad range of this collection of papers of two families.
Processing Information
The papers of Charles E. Garman (AC 1872) were arranged and inventoried circa 1974. The finding aid was reexamined in 1996. At that time it became clear that a large part of the collection consisted of papers of Garman's wife, Eliza Miner Garman, and her family. No rearrangement was made at that time. Especially since the original inventory is an exhaustive one. However, the following notes were prepared to reflect in more accessible form the broad range of this collection of papers of two families.
Box numbers were added for clarification, and to direct researchers to sections of the finding aid which list box contents.
- Processed:
- c. 1974
- Finding Aid Revision:
- 1996-1999
- Prepared by:
- Elaine Trehub, Archives Consultant
- Edited by:
- Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College
- Format:
- Jasmine Lee '02, Student Assistant
John Lancaster, Curator of Special Collections
Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elaine Trehub, Daria D'Arienzo
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst MA 01002-5000
(413) 542-2299
archives@amherst.edu