Students Notebooks & Drawings,, 1824-1830 and undated

Summary: Six school notebooks which John A. Roebling kept while attending the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Berlin and several drawings dated about 1824 which are signed by Roebling. Subjects of the notebooks include general geography, mathematical analysis and bridge construction. Drawings are of various pieces of Greek/neoclassical pottery and also of decorative motifs.

All of the notebooks are written in German.

Among the notebooks are two from Prof. Dietleyn's class "Bruckenbau I" (Bridge Construction I) and "Bruckenbau II" (Bridge Construction II), one from Prof. Rabe's "Stadtbaukunst" (Municipal Architecture) and one for "Allegemeine Erdkund" (General Geography).