Call Number:

UPT 50 G651

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center

Extent:

0.25 cubic feet

Language:

English

Date:

1845-1897 (inclusive)

Creator:

Goodfellow, Edward

Form:

Photographs and Lecture notes

Abstract:

Edward Goodfellow graduated from the University of Pennsylvania from with an A.B. in 1848 and an A.M. in 1851, after which he began his career with the U. S. Coast and Geoditc Survey. The Edward Goodfellow Papers are a small collection of items related to his association with the University and work with the Coast Survey.

Edward Goodfellow was born in Philadelphia on February 23, 1828. He attended the University of Pennsylvania from which he graduated with an A.B. in 1848 and an A.M. in 1851. After graduation Goodfellow began his career with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as a clerk. He would eventually move into fieldwork - including two expeditions to test cable longitude work, and the total solar eclipse in 1869. Goodfellow was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Washington. He died in Washington, DC on May 7, 1899.

The Edward Goodfellow Papers are a small collection of items related to his associtaion with the University and work with the Coast Survey. The Alumni material contains a list of University of Pennsylvania Alum living in Washington, D.C. in 1893. The collection does not contain any correspondence.

Additional Edward Goodfellow Papers are held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The collection is arranged alphabetically.