A. Correspondence:

Summary: The Personal Papers of Austin Scott include correspondence, subject files, and graduate school materials. The correspondence files are arranged chronologically and include incoming letters to Scott which either precede or follow his presidency of Rutgers College (Box 1, Folder 12).

The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically by title. These files include biographical material on Dr. Scott and his wife's family, certificates of membership, the New Jersey entry for the Encyclopaedia Britannicawritten by Scott, a petition of the citizens of New Brunswick requesting Scott to run for commissioner, memorial tributes on Scott, research notes on various aspects of New Jersey history, and notes on the state's requirements for suffrage and the holding of public offices (Box 1, Folders 13-17; Box 2, Folders 1-2).

The Graduate School records are arranged alphabetically, with the bulk of the material consisting of notes recorded by Austin Scott in German while attending Frederich Wilhelm University in Berlin. Also included is an unidentified manuscript (written in German) which may possibly be a graduate essay, a listing of Scott's course of study in Berlin, and certificates of attendance, as well as an index to lectures and instructors at Frederich Wilhelm University, 1871-1872, and the summer of 1876 (Box 2, Folders 3-11).