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Charles H. Preston
RG02.09.07
Collection Dates: 1867-1868
0.25 ft.

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Acquisition and Processing Information: These materials were donated to the University Archives by Frank Hanlin in August 1978.  Finding aid created by Denise Anderson, October 2007.

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Charles H. Preston, 1872

Charles Hicklen Preston, 1872


Scope and Contents

The Charles H. Preston papers include two class notebooks of lectures by Professor Gustavus Hinrichs in 1867 and 1868 on qualitative analysis and mineralogy.


Biographical Note

Charles Hicklen Preston, from Oskaloosa, Iowa, enrolled in the State University of Iowa Collegiate Department (later called the College of Liberal Arts) in 1866 and received his B.S. degree in 1869, the B.Ph. in 1870, the M.D. in 1873, and the M.A. in 1887.

[D. Anderson; 10/2007]


Related Materials

Papers of Gustavus Hinrichs (RG99.0039)



Box Contents List

Box 1

"Qualitative Analysis," 1867

"Mineralogy," 1868