Call Number:

C0602

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ogden N. Rood Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1843-1902 (inclusive)

Creator:

Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902

Form:

Correspondence.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of letters by Ogden N. Rood (Princeton Class of 1852), written from Troy, N. Y.and Munich, Germany.

Ogden N. Rood (Princeton Class of 1852), a physicist by training, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Troy (N.Y.) (1858-1863) before joining the physics faculty at Columbia College. An amateur artist, Rood was also interested in color science and published several books on color and the perception of color.

The collection consists primarily of letters by Rood (Princeton Class of 1852), written from Troy, N.Y., and Munich, Germany, to Mary Ogden (aunt) and Helen (sister) and Margaret Rood (aunt), and letters to him from family and friends, including one each from the artists W. B. Van Ingen and George Smillie. Also present are letters in German (1858-1871) to Rood's wife, Mathilde, from Robert Scott and miscellaneous correspondence of his father, Anson Rood.