Joel Ryder Cyphering Books
odd: label: General Note
content: First page of one book spells the name "Rider".
name: label: Author
content: Ryder, Joel
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
place: label: Place
content: New York (State)
label: Place
content: New Jersey
topic: label: Topic
content: Arithmetic -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Hair art
label: Topic
content: Mathematics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by John Ryder, and Mrs. C.L. DiMarco, 1973, Febuary 13.
creator: label: Author
content: Ryder, Joel
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1792-1793.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Domestic Life (now the Division of Cultural and Community Life) 02/1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0089
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Craig A. Orr, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- 18th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two cyphering books belonging to and/or compiled by Joel Ryder (or Rider) of either New York or New Jersey, containing mathematical tables, square roots, computations, etc. One book bears the date 1792, the other 1793. Both soft-bound in cloth. One contains a number of locks of hair.