| | Creator: | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A. D. Bache Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1833-1873 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterparts. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America.
The Alexander Dallas Bache Collection consists of 91 letters written primarily by Bache. In most cases, these are brief notes replying to letters that are not part of the collection. The majority of items relate to Bache's work as superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, including letters of recommendation and introduction, and there is minor correspondence regarding the National Academy of Sciences, scientific matters, his travels in Europe, or personal matters. Of particular interest is the letter from Louis Agassiz in 1856 expressing his view of what the natural history museum of the future should be. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B123 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Antebellum Politics | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton) | Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), 1789-1859 | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 | Cheney, T. Apoleon (Theseus Apoleon), 1830-1878 | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Cooper Union | Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 | Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 | Early National Politics | Education | Fessenden, W. P. (William Pitt), 1806-1869 | General Correspondence | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey | Geology | Girard College | Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 | Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825-1891 | King, Horatio, 1811-1897 | Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897 | Lighthouses | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | National Academy of Sciences | Natural history | Official Government Documents and Records | Paine, [Robert Treat], 1803-1885. | Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865 | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857 | Ruggles, Samuel B. , (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881 | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 | Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780-1850. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Spencer, Charles Achilles, 1813-1881 | Stevenson, Alan, 1807-1865 | Stevenson, David, 1815-1886 | Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850 | Tilghman, Tench, 1810-1874 | Toucey, Isaac, 1792-1869 | United States Coast Survey | Upsher, Able Percey | Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873 | |
| | Creator: | Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton) Gajdusek journals, 1957-1984
| | | | Dates: | 1957-1984 | | | | Abstract: | These journals record his medical and epidemiological research (especially that on Kuru), pediatric studies, human and population genetics work, as he traveled throughout the world. The countries and regions included are Africa, Australia, Colombia, Guam, Indonesia, Libya, Melanesia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Pacific Islands, Paraguay, Soviet Union, and the Western Caroline Islands. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G13j | | | | Extent: | 30.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alpha Helix (Ship) | Central nervous system -- Diseases -- Etiology. | Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation. | Epidemiology -- Research -- Melanesia. | Epidemiology -- Research -- Micronesia. | Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008 | Genetics -- Research. | Human genetics -- Research. | Journals (notebooks). | Kuru -- New Guinea. | Medical scientists -- United States. | Medicine -- Research. | Neurology -- Research. | Pediatrics -- Research. | Population genetics -- Research. | Virology -- Research. | Virus diseases. | |
| | Creator: | Carter, Richard T., (Richard Thomas), 1941- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dakota language, Western dialect
| | | | Dates: | 1970 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of elicited sentences in the Western dialect of Dakota made with the assistance of two consultants, Joseph Marshall, Jr. of Mission, South Dakota and Moses Big Crow of St. Francis, South Dakota. Recorded in multiple work sessions in February and March 1970. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.84A | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Carter, Richard T., (Richard Thomas), 1941- | Dakota language | Lakota dialect | Mission (S.D.) | Sound recordings | St. Francis (S.D.) | |
| | Creator: | Horsmanden, Daniel,1694-1778. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Daniel Horsmanden selected papers, 1714-1747, relating to the Six Nations
| | | | Dates: | 1714-1747 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include 140 pages of letters, council minutes of Indian conferences, petitions, and speeches, concerning the activities of the New York Assembly and the Six Nations, principally for 1745-1747. Also contains a 200-page addendum of papers of the Van Shack family, pertaining to the same subjects. Table of contents included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.640 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Horsmanden, Daniel,1694-1778. | Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789 | Iroquois Indians | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | Petitions. | Speeches. | |
| | Creator: | Hall, David, 1714-1772 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hall papers, 1745-1822
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1822 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes four letter books (1750-1767), containing principally business correspondence with Benjamin Franklin (42 letters), William Strahan (193 letters), and the stationers Bloss & Johnson, London, Johnson & Unwin, London, and Hamilton & Balfour, Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Franklin and Hall's account for printing done for the province of Pennsylvania, 1756-1767, with an index volume to these accounts; records of bills of exchange remitted to London, 1745-1752 (1 vol.); there are about 90 loose letters (some are photocopies) mainly from William Strahan to Hall, 1745-1775, concerning business matters, as well as English and American politics. Included in this group is correspondence relating to Hall and his publishing partnership, and his son William's partnership with Sellers. One additional volume is a photocopy of Franklin and Hall's "Work Book No. 2," 1759-1766, 1782-1789, from the original at the New York Public Library (B H142.lf). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H142.1-3 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. | Hall, David, 1714-1772 | International Affairs | Letter books. | Papermaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printers -- United States -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printing and Publishing | Printing industry -- Accounting -- United States -- 18th century. | Receipt books. | Sellers, William, 1725?-1804 | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | |
| | Creator: | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hosack correspondence, 1804-1891
| | | | Dates: | 1804-1891 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of autograph letters, principally to Hosack, but also between other correspondents. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.842 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Inauguration. | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Horticulture. | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Medicine. | Microfilm Collection | Statesmen -- United States. | Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 | |
| | Creator: | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hosack letters and papers, 1795-1835
| | | | Dates: | 1795-1835 | | | | Abstract: | These letters and papers include a memorandum book (1795-1827), lectures on botany and medicine, genealogical materials, committee reports from Columbia College, speeches, minutes of the New York Horticultural Society (1822-1828), letters to Sir James Edward Smith (1817-1826), a receipt book of Alexander Hosack (1781-1801), and diaries of Thomas K. Wharton (1830-1862). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.885.1-.7 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Columbia College (New York, N.Y.) | Diaries. | Horticultural Society of New York. | Horticulturists. | Hosack, Alexander, d. 1834 | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Lectures. | Medical Society of the County of New York. | Medicine. | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Natural history. | Receipts. | Rutgers Medical College. | Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 | Speeches. | Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862 | |
| | Creator: | Hume, David,1711-1776. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hume manuscripts, 1740-1775
| | | | Dates: | 1740-1775 | | | | Abstract: | These manuscripts include correspondence to and from Hume, miscellaneous letters neither by or to Hume, cancelled checks, verses, notes, and papers not in Hume's handwriting. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.984 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hume, David,1711-1776. | Microfilm Collection | Philosophers -- Europe. | Religion and science. | Science -- Early works to 1800. | |
| | Creator: | Brown, David J. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David J. Brown papers, 1860-1876
| | | | Dates: | 1860-1876 | | | | Abstract: | This collection centers on Brown's geological investigations in various areas of Scotland and England concerning fossils, geological formations, deposits, etc. His activity in the Edinburgh Geological Society is documented in the letters and in newspaper clippings. Several of the letters contain diagrams, also geological maps (manuscript and printed) of Edinburgh and its environs, drawn by Charles Lapworth. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B813 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Brown, David J. | Brown, John Allen, 1831-1903 | Clippings. | Davidson, Thomas, 1817-1885 | Edinburgh Geological Society. | Fossils -- Collection and preservation. | Geology -- Research -- England. | Geology -- Research -- Scotland. | Hughes, Thomas McKenny, 1832-1917 | Lapworth, Charles, 1842-1920 | Maps. | McChesney, J. H. | Page, David, 1814-1879 | Paleontology -- Scotland -- Pentland Hills -- Silurian. | Thomson, James, 1823-1900 | Woodward, Henry, 1832-1921 | |
| | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Rittenhouse Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1774-1932 | | | | Abstract: | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was one of the most prominent American men of science of the 18th Century. A skilled instrument maker, Rittenhouse was the an astronomer, playing a major role in recording the 1769 Transit of Venus, among many accomplishments. Rittenhouse also conducted important survey work for the state of Pennsylvania, establishing the state’s western border, as well as overseeing the completion of the Mason-Dixon survey. In addition to his scientific endeavors, Rittenhouse’s work for American independence places him among the important founding fathers. Subordinating his scientific interests for the greater good of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution, Rittenhouse served as a member of both the Pennsylvania Assembly and the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, and held powerful positions on the Pennsylvania Council of Safety and the subsequent Committee on Safety. Rittenhouse also served as the first director of the United States’ Mint, at the behest of President George Washington. Rittenhouse was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768 and played a major role in placing the Society on the scientific map. He held many positions in the Society, including serving as its President from 1791 until his death in 1796. The Rittenhouse papers span 1774 to 1932, and consist of 61 items, over 0.25 linear feet. The collection is comprised mainly of correspondence, but also includes receipts, genealogies and broadsides. | | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.11 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abbott, Fanny D. | American Revolution | Barton family. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Broadsides. | Business Records and Accounts | Colonial Politics | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Rittenhouse family. | |
| | Creator: | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Rittenhouse receipt book, 1779-1785
| | | | Dates: | 1779-1785 | | | | Abstract: | This volume records payments principally by John Hart, treasurer of Bucks County, Pa., of taxes, such as militia fines, forfeited debts, supplies, monthly taxes, second-class tax, and excise taxes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51r | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Government Affairs | Hart, John | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Receipts. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. | |
| | Creator: | Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dawson Turner Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1820-1848 | | | | Abstract: | Dawson Turner, banker, botanist, and antiquary, was an avid collector of literary and scientific books and manuscripts as well as an author of many works on antiquities and botany more specifically cryptogamic plants.
This small collection of only 12 items contains letters written primarily to Jacob Henry Burn and relates to the purchase of items for Turner's vast personal library. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.T854 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Acquisitions (Libraries) | Beyond Early America | Book collecting | Burn, Jacob Henry, ca.1793-1869 | General Correspondence | Poetry | Private libraries | Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858 | |
| | Creator: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Deeds, 1703-1798, for land in Pennsylvania
| | | | Dates: | 1703-1798 | | | | Abstract: | This is a miscellaneous collection of deeds, indentures, and land surveys. Many names are represented, including James Claypole, Joseph Harrison, John Penn, Richard Penn, Thomas Penn, Zachariah Poulson, and William Shippen, Jr. | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.D363 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Claypoole, James, 1640-1694 | Deeds -- Pennsylvania. | Deeds. | Harrison, Joseph | Indentures. | Land and Speculation | Legal Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Penn, Richard, 1706-1771 | Penn, Thomas,1702-1775. | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania. | Poulson, Zachariah, 1761-1844 | Shippen, William, 1736?-1808 | Surveys (land). | Various authors | |
| | Creator: | Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) minutes and papers, [ca. 1833]-1873
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1833-1873 | | | | Abstract: | This includes communications or correspondence from such figures as A.D. Bache, Amos Bonsall, John F. Frazer, and M. F. Maury. There are reports by committees, such as those on agriculture, botany, horticulture, and meteorology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.28 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bonsall, Amos, 1830-1915 | Botany. | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 | Horticulture. | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Meteorology. | Microfilm Collection | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| | Creator: | Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Delaware Indian material
| | | | Dates: | 1928 | | | | Abstract: | Songs performed by Chief James Webber (Witapano'xwe,) May 10, 1928. Originally recorded on wax cylinders, dubbed to sound tape reels in 1950. Included are dance songs, peyote songs, women's social dance songs (with Shawnee and Iroquois versions), a speech, portions of a big house ceremony, and songs for First Day. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.4 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Tape(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite) | Delaware Indians--History | Delaware Indians--Music | Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies | Delaware dance | Indians of North America | Iroquois dance | Peyote songs | Philadelphia (Pa.) | Seneca Indians--Music | Shawnee Indians--Music | Shawnee dance | Sound recordings | Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 | Speeches, addresses, etc., Delaware | Stomp dance | Webber, James C. | |
| | Creator: | Hymes, Dell H. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dell H. Hymes Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1947-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Dell Hymes' doctoral research on Kathlamet Chinook (Indiana University, 1955) grew into a lifelong interest in the relationship between ethnography and linguistics. Following academic appointments at Harvard University (1955-1960) and the University of California, Berkley (1960-1965), Hymes joined the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. During twenty-two years tenure at Penn he was a professor of folklore, linguistics, sociology and education. In 1975, he was promoted to Dean of the Graduate School of Education (1975-1987). A principal proponent of the emergent field of sociolinguistics, his most influential works include
Reinventing Anthropology and
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The Hymes papers cover all aspects of Dell Hymes' professional life, though concentrated on his years at the University of Pennsylvania, his presidencies of the American Association of Anthropology and the Linguistic Society of America, and his editorship of the journal
Language in Society. Of particular interest is his rich correspondence with colleagues and students on linguistic issues. The papers reflect Hymes' interests in the history of linguistics and anthropology, Native American languages, and his comparative ethnographies of communication. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.55 | | | | Extent: | 70.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aberle, David F., 1918- | American Academy of Arts and Sciences. | American Anthropological Association. | American Association of Applied Linguistics | American Folklore Society. | Anthropologists -- United States. | Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork | Austerlitz, Robert, 1923-1994 | Basso, Keith, 1940- | Bauman, Richard | Ben-Amos, Dan | Bennett, Ruth S. | Bernstein, Basil | Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Burke, Kenneth,1897-1993 | Cambridge University Press | Cathlamet dialect | Cazden, Courtney, 1925- | Chinookan languages | Chomsky, Noam | Cowgill, George L. | Creole dialects | Douglas, Mary, 1921- | Dozier, Edward, 1916-1971 | Driver, Harold | Duranti, Alessandro, 1950- | Durbin, Marshall | Dyk, Walter, 1899-1972 | Embree, Lester | Frake, Charles O. | French, David H. | Fromm, Erich,1900-1980 | Goffman, Erving | Goodenough, Ward H., 1919- | Gregorian, Vartan, 1934- | Gumperz, John,1922- | Haas, Mary R. , (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Harris , Zellig S., (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909- | Harris, Marvin, 1927-2001 | Hiz, Henry T. | Hockett, Charles, 1916- | Hoenigswald, Henry M., 1915-2003 | Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976 | Hymes, Dell H. | Indians of North America--Ethnology | Indians of North America--Languages | Indians of North America--Northwest Coast | Indians of North America--Oregon | Koerner, E.F. Konrad, | Kroeber, A. L., (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 | Kroeber, Theodora | Labov, William, 1927- | Language in Society | Language, linguistics | Languages, Mixed | Lévi-Strauss, Claude | Linguistic Society of America. | Linguistics | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Martin, Paul S., 1899-1974 | McDermott, Ray | Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 | Mouton Publishers | Nader, Laura, 1930- | Neustupny, Jiri | Nida, Eugene A. | Pidgin languages | Race, race relations, racism | Rigsby, Bruce Joseph, 1937- | Sankoff, Gillian | Sapir, J. David | Sapir, Philip | Schneider, David M., 1918-1995 | Scholte, Bob, 1902-1983 | Sebeok, Thomas A., 1920-2001 | Shahaptian languages | Shuy, Roger W. | Snyder, Gary, 1930- | Social Science Research Council. Institute in Law and Social Relations . | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Szwed, John F. | Tax, Sol, 1907-1995 | Tedlock, Dennis, 1939- | Toelken, Barre, 1935- | University of Pennsylvania Press | University of Pennsylvania-Annenberg School of Communication | University of Pennsylvania-Department of Anthropology | University of Pennsylvania-Department of Folklore & Folklife | University of Pennsylvania-Department of Linguistics | University of Pennsylvania-Department of Sociology | University of Pennsylvania-Graduate School of Education | University of Pennsylvania. | Voegelin, C.F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923- | Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. | Worth, Sol, 1922-1977 | |
| | Creator: | Anguiano, Ramón de | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Descripcion del reyno de Guatemala, 1818
| | | | Dates: | 1818 | | | | Abstract: | A report on the geography, resources, and population of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Chiapas, with the number of Indian pueblos included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.281.An4 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anguiano, Ramón de | Beyond Early America | Chiapas (Mexico)--Description and travel. | Costa Rica -- Description and travel. | El Salvador -- Description and travel. | Guatemala -- Description and travel. | Honduras -- Description and travel. | Indians of Central America--Population | Nicaragua -- Description and travel. | |
| | Creator: | Catholic Church | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Detmar Basse Müller Book of Hours
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1475 | | | | Abstract: | Books of hours were among the most common devotional texts of the Middle Ages. Produced throughout western Europe until the early 16th century, books of hours were important status items, often elaborately illuminated, that might be tailored to the specific tastes of well-heeled clients to reflect interests in particular saints or to incorporate other elements of their personal lives and religious, political, or social commitments.
Although the specifics of its origin remain uncertain, the APS Book of Hours is organized in a fairly typical fashion. Beginning with a calendar specifying feast days and other holy days, the book includes readings from the gospels, prayers (Obsecro te, O Intemerata), the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross, the seven penitential psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129), the litanies and prayers, the office for the dead, and additional prayers devoted to Saints Barbara, Anthony, Margaret, and Sebastian. Each of the 22 sections begins with a full-page illustration, many with additional vignettes. An additional vignette of a figure of death is included in the office of the dead. The volume was donated to the APS by Detmar Basse-Müller in 1806. | | | | Call #: | Mss.264.02.R66 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Basse Müller, Detmar, 1764-1836 | Beyond Early America | Books of Hours--France | Illuminated manuscripts | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Printed Material | Religion | |
| | Creator: | Langdon, Margaret, 1926-2005 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Diegueño texts
| | | | Dates: | 1963-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Field recordings made with Kumiai (Diegueño) speakers from numerous communities in San Diego County, California, and Sonora, Mexico. Primarily consists of traditional stories, including Coyote stories. Also includes word lists, conversations, description of the preparation of acorns for food, identification of museum artifacts, and an extended account of the Mission Indian Federation. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.76 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Acorns as food | Campo Indian Reservation (Calif.) | Childhood | Coyote (Legendary character)--Legends | Donkeys--Folklore | Escondido (Calif.) | Foxes--Folklore | Hinton, Leanne | Indians of North America--California | Kamia Indians--Folklore | Kamia Indians--Food | Kamia Indians--Social life and customs | Kamia Indians--Songs and music | Kumiai language | La Huerta (Sonora, Mexico) | Langdon, Margaret, 1926-2005 | Lord's Prayer | Mission Indian Federation | Mountains--Folklore | Puma--Folklore | Rabbits--Folklore | San Diego (Calif.) | San Diego County (Calif.) | Serenity prayer | Sisters--Folklore | Sonora (Mexico : State) | Sound recordings | Stars--Folklore | |
| | Creator: | Mulhern, Edward, d.1833? | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dissertation on the doctrine and principles of magnetism
| | | | Dates: | 1829 | | | | Abstract: | During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the American Philosophical Society regularly received letters, and occasionally full blown manuscripts, from members of the public regarding their ideas on science or technology. In 1829, Edward Mulhern of Philadelphia submitted a manuscript on terrestrial magnetism that he felt had implications for navigation. Little is known about Mulhern other than that he died before 1833.
Mulhern's "Dissertation on the doctrine and principles of magnetism &" is an attempt to work through some fundamental issues in terrestrial magnetism, including the relative orientation and positions of the geographic and magnetic poles, with an eye toward their impact on navigation. The APS Minutes for April 15, 1833, read: "An application from Alex Mulhern to have returned to him a paper on the 'doctrine of Magnetism' laid before the society by his deceased father, was received and the Librarian was directed to return the same.'" | | | | Call #: | Mss.538.M91 | | | | Extent: | 0.1 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Dissertations | Educational Material | Geodesy | Geomagnetism | Manuscript Essays | Mulhern, Edward, d.1833? | Science and Technology | Sketches. | |
| | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution
| | | | Dates: | 1728-1816 | | | | Abstract: | This volume includes messages and proclamations of governors of the province, a petition to the King from the province of Georgia [n.d.], the draft of an address of the University of the State of Pennsylvania to George Washington (1781), a letter from Arthur Lee to Alexander Wedderburn (1774), letters of Timothy Matlack to Abiel Holmes (1819), and George Wythe's draft resolutions (1775). | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.D65 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 volume, 50 p. | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Georgia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Government Affairs | Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | Pennsylvania History | Petitions. | Proclamations. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | Various authors | Wedderburn, Alexander | Wythe, George, 1726-1806 | |
| | Creator: | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Documents concerning the William Clark Papers, 1953-1956
| | | | Dates: | 1953-1956 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence of William E. Lingelbach, briefs, news accounts, etc., concerning the Clark documents that had belonged to General John Hammond and which were turned over to the Minnesota Historical Society in 1953, resulting in litigation concerning ownership. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.3.L58x | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Archives -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Briefs. | Clark, William, 1770-1838 | Clippings. | Hammond, John Henry, d. 1890 | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Manuscripts. | Minnesota Historical Society. | |
| | Creator: | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Documents on his botanizing in the United States, 1785-1807
| | | | Dates: | 1785-1807 | | | | Abstract: | These documents include letters, reports, lists of plants and trees, and official documents, many that are addressed to the Comte dAngiviller, concerning Michaux' visit to America to collect specimens for a nursery. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.330 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Billardrie DAngiviller, Flahault de la, -- Comte de. | Botany -- United States. | Lists. | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Microfilm Collection | Nurseries (Horticulture) -- United States. | |
| | Creator: | Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823
| | | | Dates: | 1751-1823 | | | | Abstract: | Partly copied by Redmond Conyngham from the state records and part from and with the reports of Judge Gibson and Judge Thomas Cooper. Relates to dispute over Wyoming valley lands between Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence of Lord Amherst, John Armstrong, Jr., Charles Biddle, John Boyd, Zebulon Butler, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Fitch, John Franklin, James Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton, William Montgomery, John Penn, Richard Rush, Jonathan Trumbull, and Roger Wolcott. | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.83.D65 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 | Armstrong, John, Jr. | Biddle, Charles | Boyd, John | Colonial Politics | Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846 | Cooper, Thomas | Fitch, Thomas, 1700-1774 | Franklin, John | Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 | Hamilton, Joseph | Land settlement -- Pennsylvania. | Legal Records | Maps. | Official Government Documents and Records | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865. | Pennsylvania History | Rush, Richard | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 | Wolcott, Roger, 1679-1767 | Wyoming Valley (Pa.) | |
| | Creator: | Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-1976 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Donald Howard Menzel autobiography, September 1974
| | | | Dates: | 1974 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M522 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aller, L.H. (Lawrence Hugh), 1913-2003 | Astronomy. | Astrophysicists. | Astrophysics. | Autobiographies. | Boy Scouts of America. | Harvard University. | Lick Observatory. | Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-1976 | Ohio State University. | Princeton University. | Radar. | Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 | Solar eclipses. | Submarines (Ships) | Unidentified flying objects. | University of Denver. | Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979 | Waves. | |
| | Creator: | Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Drafts of chapters for "Freedom of inquiry and expression," 1936-1938
| | | | Dates: | 1936-1938 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains essays edited by Cheyney and published in "Annals" of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 200(1938). Included are 13 letters, 1936-1938, about the manuscript to and from Edwin G. Conklin, Walter B. Cannon, and Roy F. Nichols. Concerning freedom of expression in various fields: inventions, social sciences, science, religion, working men, universities in various countries. | | | | Call #: | Mss.378.121.C42 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Academic freedom | American Academy of Political and Social Science. | Ascoli, Max, 1898-1978 | Bowden, Witt, 1886- | Cannon, Walter B., (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945 | Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947 | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Drafts (preliminary versions). | Freedom of speech. | Freedom of the press. | Hartshorne, Edward Yarnall, 1912- | Liberty. | Mecklin, John Moffatt, 1871-1956 | Mosley, Philip | Nichols, Roy F., (Roy Franklin), 1896-1973 | Shils, Edward, 1910-1995 | Stern, Bernhard Joseph, 1894-1956 | Teaching, Freedom of. | |
| | Creator: | Driesch, Hans, 1867-1941 | Requires cookie* | | | | Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 | | | | Title: | Driesch-Morgan Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1893-1933 | | | | Abstract: | An innovative embryologist and confirmed vitalist, Hans Driesch worked successively at the International Zoological Station in Naples, Italy, and at the Universities of Heidelberg, Cologne, and Leipzig, before being forcibly retired by the Nazis in 1933.
The Driesch-Morgan Collection consists of letters written by Thomas Hunt Morgan to Driesch between 1893 and 1915, with one letter from 1933, relating to their work on the embryology of sea urchins and theories of development. The microfilm is based on originals held at the Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1550 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Driesch, Hans, 1867-1941 | Embryology--Germany | Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 | |
| | Creator: | Du Pont de Nemours family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Du Pont de Nemours family. Papers relating to the American Philosophical Society, 1800-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1800-1894 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D938f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Pont, H. A., (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 | Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 | Harmand, Philippe Nicolas, 1759-1838 | Institutional Records | James, Thomas C., (Thomas Chalkley), 1766-1835 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | Phillips, Henry, 1775-1838 | Science -- Societies, etc. | Science and Technology | |
| | Creator: | Duane family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Duane Family Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1764-1933 | | | | Abstract: | A leading national opinion maker and influential regional politician, tied by marriage to the families of Benjamin Franklin and cognate families, William Duane (1760-1835) played key roles in the field of political journalism, as well as national, Pennsylvania and local Philadelphia politics. Editor of the
Aurora, William Duane (1760-1835) assured himself gratitude from Jefferson and the Republicans and enmity from President Adams and the Federalists for his open and effective attacks on Federalist policies. His son William John Duane (1780-1865), was a prominent member of the Pennsylvania legislature, a legal advisor to Stephen Girard, Solicitor for many of Philadelphia's premier institutions, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (June-September 1833).
The Duane Family Collection contains a diverse assemblage of personal and professional correspondence relating to family members, with interesting material relating to William Duane (1760-1835), his son, William John Duane (1780-1865), grandson William Duane (1808-1882), great-grandson Charles Williams Duane (1837-1915), and other relations. The collection includes unique correspondence from and relating to Benjamin Franklin's family, as well as correspondence with Thomas Jefferson and other leading figures from the early nineteenth century. The collection also includes prints, photographs of family members, as well as some maps. | | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.2 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aurora (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Bache family | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Beyond Early America | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Franklin family | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Ireland - Politics and government - 19th century | Jackson, Andrew--1767-1845--Correspondence. | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--1783-1815 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--19th century. | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs | Political Correspondence | Presidents--United States--Correspondence. | Printing and Publishing | Social Life and Custom | United States - History - 1815-1861 | United States--Politics and government--1783-1815 | United States--Politics and government--1816-1861 | United States--President (1829-1837 : Jackson) | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
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