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1	Author:	Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Adam Sedgwick Collection
	Dates:	1825-1870
	Abstract:	The Adam Sedgwick Collection consists primarily of correspondence among English scientists in the middle of the nineteenth century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Se25L
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Geology--Great Britain \| Geology--Study and teaching (Higher) \| Religion

2	Author:	Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sir George Biddell Airy Papers
	Dates:	1840-1890
	Abstract:	This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Ai7p
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Science and Technology
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Artifacts \| Astronomy - Research - England \| Electricity - Experiments \| Geology - Research - England \| Geology, Structural \| Magnetism - Experiments \| Magnets \| Observatoire de Paris \| Pendulum \| Stars -- Magnitudes. \| Telescopes

3	Author:	De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866
	Dates:	1841-1866
	Abstract:	The contents of the Augustus De Morgan Collection are almost entirely beyond the scope of this guide. One letter dates to 1841; most date to after the Civil War. The correspondence is almost is from De Morgan to William Hepworth Dixon, the editor of the Athenaeum. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.D396
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Printing and Publishing
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Publishers and publishing. \| Science publishing.

4	Author:	Rawlins, Ray,1917-,collector.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973
	Dates:	1772-1973
	Abstract:	Compiled by collector Ray Rawlins, The Autograph Collection of Scientists contains approximately two boxes of letters from prominent scientists, mostly dating to the mid- nineteenth century. Nearly all of the letters are to and from British scientists. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.R199
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Science and Technology
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Scientists -- Great Britain.

5	Author:	Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni papers, ca. 1770s-1875
	Dates:	Circa 1770-1875
	Abstract:	This Collection of Giovanni Fabbroni letters contain a range of correspondence that Fabbroni carried on with fellow scientists throughout Europe. Although much of Fabbroni’s travel and correspondence focused on Continental Europe, his wide-ranging correspondence can offer insight into the British Atlantic World and the flow of ideas and information within it. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F113
	Extent:	8.0 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Science and Technology
	Genre:	Foreign Language \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Agriculture \| Botany. \| Bridges. \| Coinage. \| Geology. \| Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Middle Atlantic states -- History. \| Machinery -- Drawings. \| Manufacturing processes. \| Museums -- History. \| Natural history. \| Tools -- Drawings. \| Weights and measures.

6	Author:	Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Giambatista Beccaria Papers
	Dates:	1766-1780
	Abstract:	The Beccaria Collection consists of a folio size volume of collected letters and essays. Giovanni Battista Beccaria was a leading scientist in eighteenth century Italy. The collection includes letters Beccaria wrote to Franklin as well as drafts of essays he prepared for publication. The topics of the letters include discussions of electricity, meteorology, and astronomy. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B385
	Extent:	0.75 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Science and Technology
	Genre:	Foreign Language \| Manuscript Essays \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Auroras. \| Earthquakes--Early works to 1800 \| Electricity--Early works to 1800 \| Electricity--Experiments \| Lightning \| Lightning rods \| Meteorology--Italy--Observations \| Phosphorescence \| Physics--Early works to 1800 \| Scientific apparatus and instruments--18th century \| Sunspots

7	Author:	Various authors	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
	Dates:	Bulk, 1750-1850
	Abstract:	J. Stephen Catlett wrote of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection that “there is no other way to describe these manuscript letters, essays, and other papers that are contained presently in 49 boxes.” Catlett then listed a random assortment of names of authors found in the collection. Each individual item was catalogued in the card catalogue, but his data has now been put online. Rather than try to replicate that data, this entry will focus on some of the main themes of the collection and some of the most notable documents. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.200
	Extent:	25.0 Linear feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Colonial Politics \| Early National Politics \| Natural History
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Miscellaneous \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Arctic Indians \| Cayuga Indians \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| History of science and technology. \| Inuit--Canada \| Iroquois Indians \| Isleta Indians \| Mohawk Indians \| Ojibwa Indians \| Oneida Indians \| Onondaga Indians \| Penobscot Indians \| Physics -- History. \| Seneca Indians \| Southwest Indians \| Tuscarora Indians \| United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783