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![]() ![]() Each item is posted in this article at the standard web resolution of 72dpi. The next page ( ) contains an index to the collection (alphabetical by author). Michael Ryan, Director of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Jennifer Lee, Librarian for Public Service and Programs, for their assistance in making this display possible. The editors of Convergence would like to particularly thank Dr. The Mathematical Association of America, in cooperation with the Columbia University Libraries, is pleased to display a selection of items, Mathematical Treasures, from these two separate collections. These archives are available to researchers through the Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at Columbia University. Today, these two collections exist as rich resources for understanding the development of mathematics and the lives and work of many of the persons responsible for its advance. Similarly, beginning in 1931, David Eugene Smith began donating his extensive collection of mathematical memorabilia: historical texts correspondence portraits of famous mathematicians signatures and concrete artifacts to the Columbia University Library. When Plimpton died in 1936, he bequeathed his collection to Columbia University. While Plimpton was an avid collector of materials from the liberal arts that comprised “the tools of learning” for western civilization, under Smith’s influence Plimpton greatly enriched his collection with mathematical manuscripts and many early Renaissance texts on arithmetic. Smith befriended the wealthy New York book publisher and bibliophile, George Arthur Plimpton (1855-1936). As an historian of mathematics, he wrote and lectured widely on the subject and also collected historical mathematical materials: texts, documents and artifacts. He firmly believed that the teaching of mathematics should be closely associated with the history of the subject. As the chairman of the mathematics education department at Columbia University’s Teachers College, Smith led the way in teaching reforms attuned to the Progressive Education Movement. Index to the Collection of Mathematical Treasures from the David Eugene Smith and George Arthur Plimpton collections (alphabetical by author)ĭuring the first half of the twentieth century, David Eugene Smith (1860-1944) was a moving force in the world of mathematics education. Index to the Convergence Collection of Mathematical Treasures
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