Why slow & solemn on yon plain
Poetry
Bereavement
Religion
Christianity
A fragment of a poem by Edward Hitchcock discussing death, the grief of a widow, and the comfort to be found in religion. The sheet also has calculations and a list of towns written on it in pencil, as well as a list of several items including "shoe blacking."
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems
Spring
Poetry
Relations with women
Spring
A poem by Edward Hitchcock on spring and Orra White Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1809-1864
Poems
Orra White Hitchcock drawing of cedar sprig
Cedar – Pictorial works
A watercolor drawing of a cedar sprig with cones by Orra White Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1812-1854
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 12 x 21 cm, Item is matted; full mat not digitized or measured.
English
Botanical illustrations
Orra White Hitchcock plate, "Fossil vegetables from Wrentham," 1841
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts – Illustrations
Plants, Fossils – Massachusetts – Wrentham – Pictorial works
A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting five different fossils of vegetation fround in Wrentham, Massachusetts. This is plate 27 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1841
Merulius cornucopioides
Fungi – Pictorial works
A pen and ink and watercolor drawing of a mushroom by Orra White Hitchcock, which she has identified as "merulius cornucopioides".
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1812-1854
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
1 drawing : pen and ink and watercolor ; sheet 11 x 7 cm, Item is matted; full mat not digitized or measured.
English
Botanical illustrations
Orra White Hitchcock drawing of strata across England
Geology, Stratigraphic – Charts, diagrams, etc.
One of 61 drawings done by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history.
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1828-1840
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1 drawing; 13 x 160 cm., Pen and ink on linen
English
Orra White Hitchcock drawing of strata, Tyrolese Alps
Geology, Stratigraphic – Charts, diagrams, etc.
One of 61 drawings done by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history.
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1828-1840
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
1 drawing; 48 x 103 cm., Pen and ink on linen
English
Orra White Hitchcock drawing of stratified deposits
Geology, Stratigraphic – Charts, diagrams, etc.
One of 61 drawings done by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history.
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1828-1840
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
1 drawing; 69 x 97 cm., Pen and ink on linen
English
Edward Hitchcock draft, "The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences Illustrated," lectures 1-5
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864. The religion of geology and its connected sciences
Religion and science
A manuscript draft by Edward Hitchcock of the first five lectures included in his work "The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences." Hitchcock attempts to demonstrate the relationships between religion and geology while also discussing the relationship between religion and science in general. Hitchcock examines the relationship between science and what he calls "revealed religion" and also between science and "natural religion." These lectures focus on revelation, the creation of earth, death, deluges, and the world's supposed eternity. Throughout the work Hitchcock has crossed out sections, added pages, and pasted new writing over old.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Amherst College Archives & Special Collection
1841-1851-05-01
2 items (approximately 245 pages) ; 25 cm, Bound volume with an additional sewn signature not attached and multiple pages tipped and laid-in.
Orra White Hitchcock painting of two unidentified sprigs
Trees – Pictorial works
A color painting of two sprigs of leaves by Orra White Hitchcock, executed in pastels. One of the sprigs may be sumac.
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
1812-1854
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
1 painting ; sheet 24 x 9 cm
English
Botanical illustrations
Paintings