Framed Letter Of Introduction for Herman Hollerith, 1880
date: label: date made
content: 1880
notes: label: Description
content: This handwritten letter of Francis A. Walker, superintendent of the Census, introduces Herman Hollerith, E.M., as a special agent of the Census Office for collecting statistics on power and machinery used in manufacture. The letter is dated March 18, 1880. The chief special agent was William P. Trowbridge, head of the Engineering Department at Columbia University, where Hollerith had studied.
label: Description
content: This letter marks the beginning of Hollerith’s association with the Bureau of the Census.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: web subject
content: Mathematics
label: web subject
content: Census
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Tabulating Equipment
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia Hollerith and Lucia Hollerith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.317982.07
label: accession number
content: 317982
label: catalog number
content: 317982.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 39.7 cm x 46 cm; 25/32 in x 15 5/8 in x 18 1/8 in