Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryRose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist
This collection is open for research.
MSS 16707, Thomas Kern mathematics exercise book, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
This collection was a gift from Leora Sheridan Vincenti to the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on October 14, 2018.
This collection contains a mathematics exercise book from the mid-1800s belonging to Thomas Kern. The notebooks contains exercises and solutions for simple mathematics concepts, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Towards the end of the notebook, two pages contain longer writings of a religious nature written by Kern. The headings of each page contain many calligraphic flourishes and ornate touches. It is unclear if Kern was enrolled in a school or if this was his own independent learning.