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Louis C. Karpinski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.29

Scope and Contents

This collection contains articles, reprints of articles, correspondence, and other records and items pertaining to the scholarly work of Louis C. Karpinski.

Dates

  • created: c. 1906-1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Louis Charles Karpinski (1878 –1956) was an American mathematician born in Rochester, New York.  Karpinski received a Teacher’s Diploma from Oswego State Normal School in 1897.  In 1898, he went to Kentucky to teach at the normal department of Berea College.  He would leave Berea in 1899 to enter Cornell University and would go on to receive his Dr. Phil. Nat. from the American College of the Kaiser Wilhelms-Universitat zu Strassburg in 1903.   He also studied (1909–1910) at Columbia, where he was a fellow and a university extension lecturer. In 1919, he accepted a position at the University of Michigan and became full professor of mathematics. Dr. Karpinski devoted his attention chiefly to the history and pedagogy of mathematics and was also an authority on the history of both science and cartography.  He served as the president of the History of Science Society from 1943-44.

Arrangement Note

The collection consists of seven folders of records—primarily reprints of published pieces.

Processing Information

The collection was arranged and a finding aid created by Lori A. Myers-Steele, Project Archivist, in February 2014.

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Lori Myers-Steele
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262