Louis C. Karpinski Collection
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
- Karpinski, Louis Charles -- 1878-1956 (Person)
- Hutchins Library (Organization)
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.
Subject
- Karpinski, Louis Charles -- 1878-1956. (Person)
- Berea College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Normal School (Organization)
- 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
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu