Mathematics

Scope and Contents Fascimile of a high school trigonometry test taken by John F. Nash, Jr., sometime during his time at Beaver High School in Bluefield, West Virginia, circa 1942-1945. These four pages are high-resolution facsimiles of the original material, which include Nash’s work, as well as a note from his teacher, Mr. Durr [possibly Vernon Dunn?], encouraging him that “I think you will really go places,” but that his talent will be wasted if he is not more careful organizing his work. These were donated...

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Diaries, account books, and a surveyor's handbook belonging to John Morton, a farmer of Hollidays Cove, Brooke County, West Virginia. The surveyor's book includes lessons on logarithm, geometry, plane trigonometry, and surveying. The diaries and account books record Morton's life and significant events of the period. There is also an undated land deed, a property list of Morton's father, John Morton, and some genealogical information.

Scope and Contents Papers of Katherine G. Johnson. Includes assorted artifacts, family photographs, awards, honorary degrees, correspondence, and other material regarding the career and life of Katherine G. Johnson. The bulk of the collection is focused on material relating to the release of the 2016 film Hidden Figures while other material details Katherine Johnson's early life and her family history. Such material includes news clippings, magazine...

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A land grant signed by Wyndham Robertson, Esq; Lt. Gov. of Virginia, granting land in Preston County to Abraham Listons, Mar 17, 1835 ; and a bound manuscript workbook containing mathematical exercises in reduction of vulgar (improper) fractions, ca. 1840