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Yell, Archibald (1797-1847)
Soldier, congressman.
Correspondence, 1836-1847. 10 pp. Carbon.

This correspondence is between Yell, William Moore, and James Knox Polk. The contents (1836-1839) relate to politics in Arkansas and the U.S. There are letters (1847) from Yell while serving in the Mexican War and some accounts of his death there.

Presented by Mrs. Sioussat, 1961
(Misc.Ms.Coll.)

Yerkes, Robert Mearns (1876-1956)
Animal psychologist. APS 1936.
Testament: the scientific way, n.d. Film. 1 reel.

An annotated typescript of his autobiography. The original is in the Yale University Library.

Accessioned, 1984
(Film 1454)

Young, Aaron, Jr. (1819-1898)
Botanist, physician, diplomat.
Papers, ca. 1839-1894. ca. 350 items.

Primarily a collection of letters, with some additional documents concerning Young's interest in botany, geology, mineralogy, and natural history. There is information about Bowdoin College, where he studied under Parker Cleaveland. There is also much on the natural history of Maine, where he was State Botanist in 1847-1849, and also on the Bangor Natural History Society. There are data on Brazil, in relation to his service there as the U.S. consul to Rio Grande do Sul, 1863-1873. There are also letters from his brother and sister, John C. Young, and Sarah Augusta Young. Correspondents include:

George N. Adams
Louis Agassiz
Spencer F. Baird
John Bartlett
Charles M. Blake
Henry I. Bowditch
Ariel P. Chute
Parker Cleaveland
John Emerson
Asa Gray
Joseph Henry
Ezekiel Holmes
S. B. Mead
George Thurber
John Torrey
John Warren

Table of contents (1 p.).

Accessioned, 1972
(B Y81)

Young, Arthur (1741-1820)
Agriculturist.
Correspondence. Film. 13 reels.

This material was collected by John G. Gazley for his biography, The Life of Arthur Young, 1741-1820 (APS Memoirs 97; Philadelphia, 1973).

Presented by John Gazley, 1976
(Film 1356)

Young, Hugh (d. 1822)
Army officer
A topographic memoir on East and West Florida, with itineraries, 1818. Film. 1 reel.

From manuscript in possession of Francis W. Rawle, Albany, N.Y.

Accessioned, 1954
(Film 692b)

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