Professor J. E. Dotterer's bound volume of class lecture notes (circa 1926 to 1930) for four classes.  J. E. Dotterer is embossed in gold leaf on the front cover along with three of the four course titles:

Differential Equations

Introduction to Celestial Mechanics

Introduction to Higher Algebra

The last 30 pages are devoted to a course called General Analysis but this title is not embossed on the cover.

This following description was written 26 March 2014 by Timothy Brauch, Assistant Professor Mathematics at Manchester University.

J. E. Dotterer's bound lecture notes for Differential Equations, Introduction to Celestial Mechanics, and Introduction to Higher Algebra (and General Analysis, although this is not embossed on the cover ofthe book).

[Some background: In the fall of 1919, Prof. Dotterer came to Manchester as the head of the departments of Mathematics and Physics.  He oversaw the expansion of the department of Physics. In 1926, Charles Morris was hired to teach physics, which freed up Dotterer to focus on mathematics.  In1930-1931, Prof. Dotterer took a leave of absence to study at the University of Chicago.]

These bound notes are Prof. Dotterer's hand-written lecture notes from the time when he focused on mathematics (1926) until his leave to study at the University of Chicago (1930).  In 1920, Prof. Dotterer had transformed the mathematics program into a course of study with ten specific courses.  These notes are the lecture notes for four of those original courses.  They are based on classes he took at the University of Chicago prior to coming to Manchester as well as during summers while he was a professor at Manchester.  The lecture notes correspond to textbooks,but it is unclear what textbooks they go with.

Archivist's Notes: 

Celestial Mechanics refers to describing the orbits of the planets.

John E. Dotterer taught Mathematics and Physics at Manchester College from 1919-1959.