Research

Scope and Content Note

The series contains an address given by Bancroft Gherardi to Albany Academy's alumni association. In the address, Gherardi discusses Henry and the scientific experiments he conducted while in Albany. A number of photographs of Henry's inventions, recreated by Gherardi, accompany the address.

In addition to the address are two portraits of Joseph Henry, two copies of a letter written by Henry's daughter Caroline to Albany Academy, a note written by members of a committee at Albany Academy that talks about the Henry statue the institution planned to build, and two copies of Secretary-Treasurer of the State Museum John M. Clarke's letter to Albany Academy alumni, seeking donations for the creation of the statue. A program detailing the unveiling of the memorial statue and nine photographs of the Henry statue are also included.