Michelle, Asa Fitch's lifetime diaries are in the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale and available on microfilm. I have viewed the sections referring to the canal expedition. Fascinating material. BTW, a good resource for locating archives and their contents is the Union Catalogue section at the Library of Congress web page - www.loc.gov I believe). You can search the catalogue by subject's name. Thanks for the suggestion, David >If I remember correctly, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute has a small Amos >Eaton collection that might be helpful. Also, I think that his student's >name is Asa Fitch. Someone at the RPI Archives and Special Collections >might be able to point you in the right direction. > > > >>>> David Minor <[log in to unmask]> 06/05 8:27 PM >>> >Greetings, > >I'm doing research for a documentary script including Professor Amos >Eaton's 1826 field trip across the state on the Erie Canal. One of his >students, Asa Firch, later state entomologist, kept a journal of the >expedition, and mentions stopping on May 9th to visit the Chittenengo >Polytechnic school (apparently a grade school) run by a Mr. Yates. Can >anyone provide any details on either Yates or the school? > David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 450,000,000 BC to 1990 AD.