| | Creator: | Gauld, George. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A general description of the sea-coasts, harbours, lakes, rivers, etc. of the province of West Florida, 1769
| | | | Dates: | 1769 | | | | Abstract: | Between 1764 and 1781, the Scots surveyor George Gauld was assigned by the British Admirality to chart the waters of the Gulf Coast off British West Florida, an area that extended from New Orleans to the modern-day Florida. In 1773, Gauld submitted some of his findings to the APS, probably in hopes of having them published in the Transactionsm, and although these were not published, they became one of the first mansucripts entered into the Society's collections. The Gauld manuscript also includes an extract of a letter from John Lorimer to Gauld, 1772, and a sketch of the Middle and Yellow Rivers of West Florida by Thomas Hutchins. When it was received at the APS, it was endorsed: "This long uninteresting Paper can hardly obtain a Place in the Transactions of a Philosophical Society. It should however be preserved in the Files for the Use of Historians or map makers." | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.59.G23 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colonial Politics | Exploration. | Florida -- Surveys. | Gauld, George. | Government Affairs | Hydrographic surveying -- Florida. | Lorimer, John, 1732-1795 | Maps and Surveys | Middle River (Fla.) | Official Government Documents and Records | Rivers -- Florida. | Science and Technology | Sketches. | Surveying and Maps | Yellow River (Fla.) | |
| | Creator: | United States.Army.District of North Carolina. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | General orders, 1863, pertaining to the defense of New Bern, North Carolina
| | | | Dates: | 1863 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains orders, with some leaves being printed, from the commanding generals during the period, Brigadier General C.A. Heckman and Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer. | | | | Call #: | Mss.355.Un5ncng | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Heckman, C. A. | North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Palmer, Innis N. | United States. -- Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States. -- Army -- Regulations. | |
| | Creator: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Genetics Collection, 1884-1971
| | | | Dates: | 1884-1971 | | | | Abstract: | This miscellaneous collection relates to numerous topics in genetics: cattle breeding (especially the American Jersey Cattle Club), longevity, radiation, International Congress of Genetics (the 10th, 11th, and 13th), Gregor Mendel, aid for refugee scientists, and the records of the Genetics Society of America (1947-1974). | | | | Call #: | Mss.575.109.C67 | | | | Extent: | 1.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Jersey Cattle Club. | Bacterial genetics | Bacteriophage and viral genetics | Bateson, William, 1861-1926 | Biographical and personal data | Biology--Research | Breeding. | Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938 | Buzzati-Traverso, Adriano A. | Cattle -- Breeding. | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Conferences and symposia | Cytogenetics | Demerec, M., (Milislav), 1895-1966 | Dempster, Everett R., (Everett Ross), 1903- | Displaced German scholars | Drosophila genetics | Genetics | Genetics -- Cattle | Genetics -- Mutation rates | Genetics -- Research. | Genetics Society of America | Genetics Society of America -- Committee on Aid to Geneticists Abroad | Genetics Society of America. | Genetics of plants | Gowen, John Whittemore, 1893-1967 | History of biology, especially genetics -- Mendel, Gregor | Hollaender, Alexander, 1898-1986 | Human genetics | International Congress of Genetics -- Sixth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Tenth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Thirteenth Congress | Lederberg, Joshua | Longevity -- Genetic aspects. | Mendel, Gregor | Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884 | Molecular genetics | Muller, H. J., (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967 | Photographs | Political issues | Political refugees. | Publication | Publication -- International Congress of Genetics Proceedings | Radiation -- Physiological effects. | Radiation genetics | Requests for aid in finding positions | Russian politics and science | Russian politics and science -- Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich | Savicki, Wieczeslav | Schindler, Alois | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Scientific refugees | Solicitations for support or contribution | Stadler, Janice B., 1912- | Umaersus, Magnhild | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Various authors | Virtanen, A. I., (Artturi Ilmari), 1895-1973 | |
| | Creator: | Genetics Society of America. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Genetics Society of America Records
| | | | Dates: | 1921-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America works to facilitate communication among scientists with an interest in research and education in genetics and cognate fields.
The GSA Records provide information on the history of the Genetics Society of America from the time of its founding in 1931. Included is correspondence between various officers, members, and outside individuals and organizations, files on standing and ad hoc committees, Records concerning accounts and finances, membership data, files relating to annual meetings, local meetings, and international meetings, and information on special commissions or ad hoc groups of the Society. Among the more noteworthy files are those for the Committee on Genetics, Race, and Intelligence, 1974-1975. | | | | Call #: | Mss.575.06.G28p | | | | Extent: | 24.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Institute of Biological Sciences | American Institute of Biological Sciences. | American Philosophical Society | American Society of Zoologists. | Atomic Energy Commission | Behavioral genetics, IQ | Biology | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Botanical Society of America | Botany and plant genetics | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Displaced German scholars | Dunn, L. C. , (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1974 | Dunn, Leslie Clarence | Genetics | Genetics Society of America | Genetics Society of America -- Committee activities | Genetics Society of America -- Committee on Aid to Geneticists Abroad | Genetics Society of America -- Golden Jubilee | Genetics Society of America. Committee on Genetics, Race, and Intelligence. | Genetics--Societies, etc. | Glass, Bentley, 1906-2005 | History of biology, especially genetics | Human genetics | Human genetics -- Race | International Congress of Genetics | International Congress of Genetics -- Eighth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Eleven Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Ninth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Seventh Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Tenth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Thirteenth Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Twelfth Congress | Jensen, Arthur Robert | Jensen, Arthur Robert | National Academy of Sciences | National Institutes of Health | National Research Council | National Science Foundation | Preservation of historical materials | Publication | Race | Race, race relations, racism | Russian politics and science | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Scientific refugees | Shockley, William | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | World War II -- Impact on science | |
| | Creator: | Leake, Chauncey Depew,1896- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A gentleman physician of New York, Dr. David Hosack, the great American practitioner of the early 19th century
| | | | Dates: | 1920 | | | | Abstract: | This paper, concerning David Hosack, and including illustrations, was presented at Princeton's Medical History Seminar in 1920. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.885.8 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Illustrations. | Leake, Chauncey Depew,1896- | Medicine. | |
| | Creator: | Lebour, George Alexander Louis, 1847-1918 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Alexander Louis Lebour Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1852-1914 | | | | Abstract: | Geologist George Alexander Louis Lebour was a minor figure in nineteenth century England. Educated at the Royal School of Mines, Lebour served as Professor of Geology at Durham College of Science and then Vice-Principal of Armstrong College, formerly Durham College of Science and presently University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was most associated with his publication on the geology of Durham and Northumberland and he wrote more then 100 papers mainly on carboniferous geology, heat-conductivity of rocks, and the transfer of heat through the earth's crust.
The Lebour Papers are comprised of 0.25 linear feet of correspondence relating to Lebour's interest in the analysis and sharing of geological specimens, geological surveying, and underground temperatures. There are a few letters with the Geological Society of London and with Richard Howse, the curator of the Natural History museum of Newcastle-upon-Tyne regarding the loaning of specimens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L491 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Cole,William Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, 1807-1886 | Geological Society of London | Geology | Howse, Richard | Lebour, George Alexander Louis, 1847-1918 | Natural History Museum (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) | Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916 | Specimens. | |
| | Creator: | Fenton, William N., (William Nelson), 1908-2005 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Chalmers papers relating to Indian affairs, 1750-1775
| | | | Dates: | 1750-1775 | | | | Abstract: | Fenton compiled this reel from several collections for his research on American Indians. From the George Chalmers Collection (1750-1775) are correspondence, intelligence reports, and records of treaties concerning the Indians of the Ohio Valley. The writers include Thomas Cresap, Thomas Hutchins, and Sir William Johnson. There are also papers from the Philip John Schuyler papers (1710-1797) and one item from the Withrop, Wait, and Leverett Memorial (1709). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.637 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Chalmers, George | Cresap, Thomas, 1694?-1790? | Fenton, William N., (William Nelson), 1908-2005 | Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 | Indians of North America--Government relations | Indians of North America--Ohio River Valley--Treaties | Johnson, William, Sir | Microfilm Collection | Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 | |
| | Creator: | Clymer, George, 1739-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Clymer Papers, 1745-1848
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1848 | | | | Abstract: | George Clymer was a successful merchant, well-known politician, and a generous philanthropist, but is today most famous for being a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a proponent of independence, he joined various local political committees including six of the seven Philadelphia resistance committees. From there, he entered the national political arena and in 1776 was elected to the Second Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence.
The George Clymer Collection is a small one and not reflective of his varied pursuits. There are twenty-seven documents, most of which are not signed by Clymer; those that are signed by Clymer are dated between May 3, 1800 and January 22, 1813. The items represent not Clymer's political activities but his ordinary legal and real estate transactions. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C625 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | Business and Skilled Trades | Cadwalader, Lambert | Clymer, George, 1739-1813 | Education | Educational Material | Estate--Valuation | Finance,Personal | Francis, Tench, 1730-1800 | General Correspondence | Heysham, John, 1753-1834 | Knox, William, 1732-1810 | Land and Speculation | Legal Records | Maps | Marriage and Family Life | Patents--Pennsylvania | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Boundaries | Power of Attorney--Pennsylvania | Trust indentures-United States | Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833 | |
| | Creator: | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Combe Papers, [ca. 1822-1836]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1822-1836 | | | | Abstract: | This microfilm contains letterbooks of correspondence from Combe to other phrenologists and theorists of the day. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1351 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Hamilton, William, Sir | McKenzie, George Steuart, Sir, 1780-1848 | Microfilm Collection | Phrenological Society. | Phrenology. | Spurzheim, J. G., (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832 | Welsh, David, 1793-1845 | |
| | Creator: | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Fox letterbook, 1786-1797
| | | | Dates: | 1786-1797 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are mainly business correspondence with his friend William Temple Franklin or are about Franklin's lands and investments in the United States. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F832 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barclay, Robert | Business Records and Accounts | Constable, William, 1721-1791 | Cooper, William, 1776-1848 | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Hand, Edward, 1744-1802 | Hartley, Thomas, 1708-1784 | Higgins, Jesse. | Jones, N. Cantwell | Kelly, John, 1763-1848 | Land and Speculation | Legal Records | Letterbooks. | Millegan, Robert | Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 | Pearce, Matthew | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. | Read, George, 1733-1798 | Real property -- Pennsylvania. | Schenk, Cornelius | Williamson, John, 1751?-1801 | |
| | Creator: | Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Gaylord Simpson Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1918-1984 | | | | Abstract: | One of the seminal figures in the emergence of the Modern or Neo-Darwinian Synthesis during the mid-twentieth century, George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984) helped define the unique contribution made by vertebrate paleontology to the life sciences. A specialist in Mesozoic and early Cenozoic mammals, Simpson's contributions to the fusion of Darwinian natural selection and Mendelian genetics were both empirical and theoretical, culminating in his major works
Tempo and Mode in Evolution and
The Meaning of Evolution. From his posts at the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1959), Columbia University (1945-1959), Harvard (1959-1967), and the University of Arizona (1967-1984), Simpson became one of the most influential paleontologists of the century, helped in part by his ability to write successfully for both a technical, professional audience and a popular audience.
The Simpson Papers include a comprehensive assemblage of professional and personal correspondence, reflecting nealy all phases of Simpson's career. Written with charm, wit, and a sense of literary style, the correspondence touches on all aspects of modern paleontology, providing an important perspective on the emergence of contemporary evolutionary theory, biogeography, systematic theory and methodology, the relationship of science and religion, and creationism, as well as more general issues in scientific epistemology and social and political issues. The collection also includes autobiographical data and writings, lectures, class notes and papers, research data, material on his scientific expeditions (diaries in carbon form, photos, notes, etc.), publication material (he was author of some 800 publications), extensive photographic material, diplomas, and medals. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.31 | | | | Extent: | 74.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Humanist Association. | American Museum of Natural History | American Museum of Natural History -- Darwin exhibit | American Philosophical Society | American Society of Mammalogists. | American Society of Zoologists. | Anthropology | Arambourg, C. (Camille), b. 1885 | Ayala, Francisco J. | Ayala, Fransisco José, 1934- | Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946 | Bebe, William | Beck, William Samson, 1923- | Behavior evolution | Behavioral genetics, IQ | Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953 | Bibliographical matters | Bibliographical matters -- Greenwood, Peter Humphrey | Bibliographical matters -- Jenkins, Farish A. | Bibliographical matters -- Levi, Herbert Walter | Bibliographical matters -- Williams, Ernest Edward | Biogeography. | Biographical and personal data | Biographical and personal data -- Greenwood, Peter Humphrey | Biographical and personal data -- Jenkins, Farish A. | Biographical and personal data -- Levi, Herbert Walter | Biographical and personal data -- Williams, Ernest Edward | Biology--Classification | Bohr, Niels | Bordas, Alejandro F. | Boucot, A. J., (Arthur James), 1924- | British Museum | Business | Cabrera, Angel, 1879-1960 | Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros, (Wilfrid Edward Le Gros), 1895-1971 | Cloud, Preston, 1912- | Cockerell, Theodore D. A. , (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 | Colbert, Edwin A. | Colbert, Edwin Harris, 1905- | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Columbia University | Columbia University -- Faculty. | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Conferences and symposia -- Darwin Centennial | Conferences and symposia -- History of Evolutionary Synthesis | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Dobzhansky, Theodosius. 70th birthday | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- National Academy of Sciences | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- National Medal of Science | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Presidential Science Award | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Royal Society (Great Britain) | Coon, Carleton S. | Couturier, Marcel A. J., 1897- | Cracraft, Joel | Creationism. | Crompton, Alfred W., 1927- | Darwin, Charles | De Beer, Gavin Rylands, 1899- | De Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague), 1907- | Diplomas. | Displaced German scholars | Dobzhansky, Theodosius | Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975 | Drosophila genetics | Dunbar, Carl O., (Carl Owen), 1891-1979 | Dunn, Leslie Clarence | Edinger, Tilly, 1897- | Editorial matters | Educational matters | Educational matters -- Biology textbooks | Educational matters -- Netherlands | Elias, Maxim K. (Maxim Konradovich), 1889- | Epling, Carl, 1894- | Evolution | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution -- Horses | Evolution -- Plants | Evolution -- Reptiles | Evolution -- Teeth | Evolution--Religious aspects | Evolutionary synthesis. | Extinction (Biology) | Fellowships, assistantships | Field Museum of Natural History | Field notes. | Ford, E. B. (Edmund Briscoe), 1901- | Freeman, Derek | Gazin, Charles Lewis, 1904- | Genetics | Genetics -- Horses | Genetics Society of America -- Golden Jubilee | Genetics of plants | Geological Society of America. | Gidley, James W. | Gingerich, Philip D. | Gould, Stephen Jay | Gould, Stephen Jay | Graduate study | Graduate study -- Yale University | Grant, Verne | Gregory, Joseph Tracy, 1914- | Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876- | Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond), 1902- | Harvard University | Harvard University -- Museum of Comparative Zoology | Harvard University--Faculty | Heberer, Gerhardt, 1901-1973 | Hibbard, Claude William, 1905-1973 | History of biology, especially genetics | Hoffstetter, Robert | Honors | Honors -- Darwin medal | Honors -- Elliot Medal | Hooijer, Dirk Albert | Hooijer, Dirk Albert | Hopwood, Arthur Tindell, 1897- | Horses--Evolution | Human evolution, physical anthropology | Human genetics | Human genetics -- Race | Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 | International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature | International Congress of Zoology -- Seventeenth Congress | International Congress of Zoology -- Thirteenth Congress | Invitations | Jenkins, Farish A., 1940- | Jepsen, Glenn Lowell, 1904- | Kellogg, Remington, 1893- | Kermack, K. A. (Kenneth A.) | Kuhn-Schnyder, Emil | Kurtén, BjC6rn | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Laporte, Léo F. | Lattimore, Owen, 1900- | Lavocat, René | Leakey, L. S. B., (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972 | Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett | Lectures, public speaking | Lectures, public speaking -- Dobzhansky memorial | Lerner, Isadore Michael | Lewontin, Richard Charles, 1929- | Lillegraven, Jason A., 1938- | Lull, Richard Swann, 1867-1957 | Lyell, Charles, Sir | Mammals, Fossil | Mammals--Evolution | Marshall, Larry G. | Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 | Mayr, Ernst | Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 | McGrew, Paul Orman, 1909- | McKenna, Malcolm C. | Medals | Molecular genetics | Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999 | Morgan, Arthur Ernest, 1878-1975 | Muller, H. J., (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967 | Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Argentina | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Buenos Aires | Museo de la Plata, Argentina | National Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) | National Research Council | National Research Council -- Committee activities | National Science Foundation | Natural selection | Nelson, Gareth J. | Newell, Norman Dennis, 1909-2005 | Olsen, Stanley John, 1919- | Olson, Everett Claire, 1910- | Osborn, Henry Fairfield | Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 | Ostrom, John H. | Oxford University | Paleontology | Paleontology -- Africa | Paleontology -- Nomenclature | Paleontology--Argentina--Patagonia | Paleontology--Venezuela | Paleoscatology | Pascual, Rosendo | Pascual, Rosendo | Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel | Patterson, Bryan | Patterson, Bryan, 1909- | Phelps, William Henry | Philosophy of science--Language of science | Photographs | Photographs | Photonegatives | Physiology | Poetry and literature | Political issues | Political issues -- Animal welfare | Political issues -- Argentina | Political issues -- England | Political issues -- Environment | Population genetics | Population, demography | Provine, William B. | Publication | Publication -- American Journal of Science | Publication -- American Mesozoic Mammalia | Publication -- American Naturalist | Publication -- American Scientist | Publication -- Animal Species and their Evolution | Publication -- Attending Marvels | Publication -- Evolution | Publication -- George Gaylord Simpson Biography | Publication -- Life - An Introduction to Biology | Publication -- Meaning of Evolution | Publication -- Principles of Classification | Publication -- Quantitative Zoology | Publication -- Quarterly Review of Biology | Publication -- Science | Recommendations | Recommendations -- Gregory, Joseph T. | Recommendations -- Kurten, Bjorn | Recommendations -- Simpson, George Gaylord | Recommendations -- Williams, Ernest Edward | Referee's report | Reig, Osvaldo | Religion and science--20th century | Rensch, Bernhard, 1900- | Requests for aid in finding positions | Requests for reprints | Research support | Reviews | Reynolds, Thomas Emmett, 1892- | Riggs, Elmer Samuel, 1869- | Roe, Anne, 1904- | Romer, Alfred Sherwood, 1894-1973 | Russell, Loris Shano, 1904- | Russian politics and science | Sagan, Carl | Scaglia, Galileo J. | Schaeffer, Bobb | Schuchert, Charles, 1858-1942 | Scientific expeditions | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Zoological Society of London | Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947 | Simons, Elwyn L. | Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 | Slides. | Society for the Study of Evolution | Society for the Study of Evolution -- Committee activities | Society for the Study of Evolution. | Society of Systematic Zoology (U.S.) | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. | Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics | Stebbins, G. Ledyard | Stebbins, G. Ledyard, (George Ledyard), 1906-2000 | Stirtin, Ruben Arthur, 1901-1966 | Stirton, Ruben Arthur | Teaching | Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre | Tieje, Arthur Jerrold, 1889- | Travel -- Algeria | Travel -- Antarctica | Travel -- Argentina | Travel -- England | Travel -- France | Travel -- India | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | Travel -- North Africa | Travel -- South America | U.S. Geological Survey | University of Arizona--Faculty | University of California, Berkeley | University of Chicago | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Van Valen, Leigh | Venezuela--Description and travel | Westoll, T. Stanley | Wilson, Edward Osborne, 1929- | Wood, Albert Elmer, 1910- | Wood, Horace | Wood, Horace | Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944 | World War II -- England | World War II -- Impact on science | World War, 1939-1945 | Yale University -- Peabody Museum of Natural History | Zoology | Zoology -- Africa | Zoology -- Animal behavior | Zoology -- Classification | Zoology -- Insects | Zoology -- Nomenclature | Zoology -- Snakes | ongratulations, greetings, thanks -- Osborn, Henry Fairfield. 70th birthday | |
| | Creator: | Shull, George Harrison, 1874-1954 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Harrison Shull papers, 1874-1955
| | | | Dates: | 1874-1955 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of materials relating to Shull's work commissioned by the Carnegie Institution of Washington to collaborate with their grantee, Luther Burbank, with the aim of analyzing Burbank's data on plant breeding and hybridization and preparing it for publication in suitable scientific journals. Shull visited Burbank's plant-breeding farm in California eight times between 1906 and 1910. There are files for each plant genus involved in Burbank's work. These files contain notes, calculations, clippings from newspapers or periodicals, and an unpublished manuscript of Shull's final report to the Carnegie Institution. There is also a report by Edwin C. MacDowell, which gives background information about the collection. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh92 | | | | Extent: | 6.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Biographical and personal data | Botany. | Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 | Carnegie Institution of Washington. | Educational matters -- Textbooks | Evolution | Flowers. | Genetics -- Nomenclature | Genetics of plants | Genetics. | History of biology, especially genetics | International Congress of Genetics | MacDowell, E. Carleton, (Edwin Carleton), 1887-1973 | Notebooks. | Plant breeding--California | Plant genetics. | Plants. | Princeton University | Publication | Reports. | Riley, Herbert Parkes, 1904- | Shull, George Harrison, 1874-1954 | Teaching | World War II -- Impact on science | Zea (maize) genetics | |
| | Creator: | Hunter, George, 1755-1824 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Hunter Journals
| | | | Dates: | 1796-1809 | | | | Abstract: | Though less well known than their peers Lewis and Clark, William Dunbar and George Hunter played an important role in the early scientific exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. While the original goal of organizing a southern counterpart to the Corps of Discovery proved overly ambitious, Dunbar and Hunter provided important geographic information for future explorations and gave the first scientific description of the Hot Springs of Arkansas and Ouachita Mountains.
The four surviving journals of George Hunter provide engaging accounts of travel in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley in 1796, 1802, and 1809, and include the most interesting record of the expedition to the Hot Springs of Arkansas in 1804-1805, complete with his detailed notes on natural history and meteorology. The volumes also contain various references to relations with the Delaware, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Osage Indians. The APS owns a contemporary copy of Hunter's journal (
"Journal up the Red and Washita Rivers with William Dunbar"; Mss.917.6.Ex7), from which extracts were printed in Thomas Jefferson,
Message... Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri (New York, 1806), and which is described by Isaac J. Cox, "An Early Explorer of the Louisiana Purchase," APS
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Transactions 53 (1963). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H912 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Arkansas--Description and travel | Cherokee Indians | Chickasaw Indians | Choctaw Indians | Delaware Indians | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | Exploration | Exploration. | Geology--Kentucky | Hot springs--Arkansas | Hunter, George H. | Hunter, George, 1755-1824 | Illinois--Description and travel--18th century | Journals (notebooks) | Kentucky--Description and travel--18th century | Louisiana Purchase--Discovery and exploration | Louisiana--Description and travel | Meteorology--Louisiana | Native America | Natural history--Louisiana | Osage Indians | Ouachita Mountains Region (Ark. And Okla.)--Discovery and exploration | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| | Creator: | Jennings, George Nelson,1833-1903. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Nelson Jennings autobiography, 1897
| | | | Dates: | 1897 | | | | Abstract: | George Nelson Jennings' autobiography includes quotations from journals, especially one of a trip to California in 1872, and mentions of his son Herbert S. Jennings. There are also a short sketch of his later years by his daughter Helen Jennings Barrett, written in 1937, and genealogical notes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J442 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Barrett, Helen Jennings | California--Description and travel | Genealogies. | Jennings, George Nelson,1833-1903. | Jennings, H. S., (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 | Physicians -- United States. | |
| | Creator: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Ord Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1831-1864 | | | | Abstract: | George Ord made important contributions as an ornithologist and writer but is also famous for his contempt of fellow ornithologist John James Audubon. Throughout his life he published numerous scientific articles and assisted in completing Alexander Wilson's life's work,
American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Ord also left his mark as a member of the American Philosophical Society and as the president of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. The George Ord collection consists primarily of outgoing personal correspondence to Charles Waterton ranging from 1831 to 1866 that highlights Ord's professional as well as personal affairs, most notably his hostility toward Audubon. The collection is supplemented by correspondence of Ord's to and from various individuals regarding personal and business matters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Or2 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolitionists--United States--Attitudes | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | American Philosophical Society. | Animals--Habits and behavior of | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America | Banks and banking -- United States. | Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 | Birds--Study and teaching | Birds. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Cholic Acid | Church buildings--Pennsylvania-Philadelphia | Cicada (Genus) | Columbidia | Cuba--Insurrection, 1849-1851 | Cuckoos | Daguerreotypes | Darlington, William, 1781-1863 | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 | Dove | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Early National Politics | English language--Dictionaries | Exploration. | Famines--Ireland | France--19th Century | Frogs--United States | Frost--Great Britain | Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807-1882 | Geese | General Correspondence | Gold mines and mining--California--19th Century | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859 | Heatstroke | Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827. | Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Influenza--United States | Irish--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Italy--Revolution of 1848 | Italy--War of 1859 | Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 | Kagoshima-shi (Japan) | Kane, Paul, 1810-1871 | Memorials--Great Britain | Mercury | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) | National Institute for the Promotion of Science | Natural History | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Partridges | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827--Art collections. | Philadelphia History | Philological Society (Great Britain) | Potatoes | Railroads--19th Century | Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. | Rattlesnake | Religion | Reptiles | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Royal Society (Great Britain). | Russia--Foreign relations--Germany-Prussia | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sea monsters | Secession--Southern States | Skin--Diseases-Treatment | Slaves--Emancipation-America | Smithsonian Institution. | Smoking--Health aspects--United States | Soap trade--Pennsylvania | St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Steam-navigation--Atlantic Ocean | Steamboat disasters | Stout Family | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Telegraph | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). | United States--Civil War 1861 1865--Participation Foreign | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects | United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). | Vaughan, William | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 | |
| | Creator: | Snyderman, George Simon, 1908- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George S. Snyderman Papers
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1945-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Trained as an anthropologist under Frank Speck at the University of Pennsylvania, the ethnohistorian George Snyderman (1908- ) spent his career studying Seneca Indian religion, history, and culture. Snyderman edited the previously unpublished diaries of Halliday Jackson and John Phillips, Quaker missionaries to the Senecas in the late 18th and early 19th century.
The Snyderman Papers includes a small volume of correspondence, along with manuscripts of works by Snyderman and colleagues, and copies of primary source materials pertaining to Seneca history. Of particular interest is his correspondence with anthropologists William N. Fenton, Merle Deardorff, and Frank Speck and with his Seneca consultant Clara Redeye and her daughter, Helen Harris, and photographs of the Allegany Senecas taken by Fenton and Speck. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.51 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Africa | Akwesasne Counselor Organization. | Allegany Reservation (N.Y.) | Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork | Cayuga Indians | Culture, community, organizations | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Ethnohistory | Ettawageshik, Fred, 1896-1969 | Gelatin silver prints | Indians of North America--New York (State) | Iowa--Maps | Iroquois Indians--Dwellings | Iroquois dance | Maps. | Missouri--Maps | Mohawk Indians--Social life and customs | Ohio--Maps | Oneida Indians--Wisconsin | Parrish, John | Phillips, John | Photographic prints--Color | Photographs | Postcards | Seneca Indians--Missions | Seneca Indians--New York (State) | Seneca Indians--Religion | Seneca Indians--Social life and customs | Seneca masks | Snyderman, George Simon, 1908- | Society of Friends--Missions | Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 | |
| | Creator: | Vaux, George | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Vaux papers, 1738-1985
| | | | Dates: | 1738-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The 18th century material includes the trans-Atlantic correspondence of James, Richard, and George V, along with domestic correspondence relating to family and business affairs. Several letters discuss Philadelphia during the British occupation, and seven discuss yellow fever in 1797-1798, with a particularly fine letter by Ann Warder discussing the epidemic of 1798. The participation of George Vaux VII in a Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians in 1803 is well documented. Later correspondence, almost all personal and familial in nature, documents the interest of George Vaux VIII in mineralogy, his travels abroad, and Vaux genealogy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.73 | | | | Extent: | 3.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | American Revolution | Antebellum Politics | Business Records and Accounts | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Genealogy. | General Correspondence | Institutional Records | Land speculation | Legal Records | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Mineralogy. | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Quakers -- Missions. | Seneca Indians | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Surveying and Maps | Travel | Vaux, George | Vaux, George, VI | Vaux, George, VII | Warder , Ann Head, 1758-1829 | Yellow fever. | |
| | Creator: | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Requires cookie* | | | | Klebs, Arnold C., (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943 | | | | Title: | George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981
| | | | Dates: | 1903-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Corner collection includes correspondence, biographical and research data, lectures, publications, notebooks and drawings, and also photographs. He was both a scientist, specializing in mammalian reproduction and the female reproduction cycle (being a co-discoverer of the hormone progesterone along with Willard M. Allen), and a medical historian writing both biography and institutional history. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.11 | | | | Extent: | 25.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Allen, Willard M., 1904-1993 | American Association for the History of Medicine. | American Association of Anatomists. | American Philosophical Society. | Bartlemez, George W., b. 1885 | Beebe, William, 1877-1962 | Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980 | Berle, Adolf Augustus, 1895-1971 | Carnegie Institution of Washington. | Castle, William E., (William Ernest), 1867-1962 | Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros, (Wilfrid Edward Le Gros), 1895-1971 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Cowdry, E. V., (Edmund Vincent), 1888-1975 | Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 | Drafts (preliminary versions). | Ebert, James David, 1921-2001 | Evans, Herbert Martin | Gandhi, Mahatma , 1869-1948 | Garrison, Fielding H., (Fielding Hudson), 1870-1935 | Hormones, Sex. | Human reproduction -- Endocrine aspects. | Institute for Sex Research. | International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee. | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Kinsey, Alfred C., (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 | Klebs, Arnold C., (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943 | Lindbergh, Charles A., (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 | Medicine -- History. | Medicine -- Research -- United States. | Mencken, H. L., (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | Muller, H. J., (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967 | National Association for Retarded Children. | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Research in Problems of Sex. | Planned Parenthood Federation of America. | Raacke, Ilse Dorothea, 1925- | Reproduction. | Rhesus monkey. | Rockefeller Institute. | Romer, Alfred Sherwood, 1894-1973 | Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953 | Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S.. | Singer, Charles Joseph, 1876-1960 | Stockard, Charles R., (Charles Rupert), 1879-1939 | Streeter, George Linius, 1873-1948 | Sudhoff, Karl, 1853-1938 | University of Oxford. | University of Rochester. | Weed, Lewis H., (Lewis Hill), 1886-1952 | Whipple, George Hoyt, 1878- | Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology, Inc. | Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956 | Zuckerman, Solly Zuckerman, Baron, 1904-1993 | |
| | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Weedon military correspondence, 1777-1786
| | | | Dates: | 1777-1786 | | | | Abstract: | George Weedon (1734-1793) was Captain in the French and Indian War and a General in the American Revolutionary War. Between the two conflicts he was a prominent citizen of Fredericksburg, Virginia, operating a tavern in that city which served as a meeting place for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Marshall and others to discuss politics and the future course of the American colonies. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W41 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 | General Correspondence | Green, Nathaniel, 1710-1758 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Military History | Military Records | Military history, Modern -- 18th century. | Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807 | Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789 | Political Correspondence | Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 | United States. -- Army -- Records and correspondence. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Weedon, George,1734-1793. | |
| | Creator: | Weedon, George,1734-1793. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Weedon Orderly Book
| | | | Dates: | 1777-1778 | | | | Abstract: | A Brigadier General in the Continental Army, George Weedon served under the immediate command of his fellow Virginian George Washington from, 1776 until 1778. This orderly book was kept under Weedon's command during the fall and winter, 1777-1778, documenting the hardships suffered by the American soldiers during their bitter encampment at Valley Forge. | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.3.W41 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mercer, Hugh Tennant Weedon, 1776-1853 | Military History | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Orderly books | Stephen, Adam | United States--History--Revolution, 1776-1783 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Weedon, George,1734-1793. | Whitemarsh, Battle of, 1777 | |
| | Creator: | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1771-1856
| | | | Dates: | 1771-1856 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include correspondence, legal documents, financial records, family material, maps and plats, pictures, printed materials, diaires, and journals of geological expeditions. Also included are undated materials. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1431 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- United States. | Diaries. | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Geology -- United States. | Indians of North America--Languages | Journals (notebooks). | Maps. | Microfilm Collection | Pictures. | Railroads -- United States. | |
| | Creator: | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1809-1840
| | | | Dates: | 1809-1840 | | | | Abstract: | These are copies of letters, chiefly relating to the American Philosophical Society, from Peter S. Du Ponceau, John Vaughan, and James Mease. There are a few original letters, one to Benjamin Franklin Peale. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F31 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | General Correspondence | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Science -- Societies, etc. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | |
| | Creator: | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Georges Cuvier, baron, correspondence, 1799-1829
| | | | Dates: | 1799-1829 | | | | Abstract: | These letters relate to natural history, zoology, and the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, as well as current events. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C99 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Bostock, John, 1773-1846 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | D'Hericy, Achille | Fishes -- Collection and preservation. | Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- France. | Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1774-1856 | Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840 | La Cépède, M. le comte de , (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon), 1756-1825 | Lemon, Charles | Lichtenstein, Hinrich, 1780-1857 | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France). | Natural history. | Thouin, André, 1747-1824 | Zoology. | |
| | Creator: | Hatton, Orin T. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ghost Dance-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance
| | | | Dates: | 1995 | | | | Abstract: | Linguistic and cultural fieldwork about songs associated with the Crow Dance of the Northern Arapaho and its relation to the Ghost Dance and other tribes' dances. Consists of linguistic and cultural analysis and transcription of 16 pre-recorded songs sung by Fred Gone, Sr. an with Arapaho consultant, William C'Hair. Also includes extensive discussion of Arapaho customs and ceremonies. Recorded in Arapahoe, Wyoming on 18 July 1995. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.242 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Tape(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Animal sacrifice | Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress | Arapaho Indians--Music | Arapaho Indians--Rites and ceremonies | Arapaho Indians--Social life and customs | Arapaho dance | Arapaho language | Arapahoe (Wyo.) | Atsina language | Black-billed magpie | C'Hair, Wayne | C'Hair, William | Ghost dance | Gone, Fred, Sr. | Hatton, Orin T. | Indians of North America--Dance | Omaha Indians | Omaha dance | Pawnee Indians | Sioux dance | Sound recordings | Taylor, Allan R. (Allan Ross), 1931- | dress | |
| | Creator: | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Giambatista Beccaria Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1780 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of the Italian natural philosopher and electrician, Giambatista Beccaria (1716-1781) contain letters to Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Banks, Laura Bassi, Gian Francesco Cigna, and others on a variety of scientific topics, including atmospheric and terrestrial electricity, the aurora borealis, earthquakes, meteorology, and phosphorescence. In addition to Beccaria's epistolary essays, the collection includes several journals of meteorological observations and notes for Giovanni Eandi's biography of Beccaria. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B385 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Auroras. | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Cigna, Gian Francesco, 1734-1790 | Eandi, Giuseppe Antonio Francesco Girolamo, 1735-1799 | Earthquakes--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Experiments | Foreign Language | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Journals (notebooks) | Lightning | Lightning rods | Manuscript Essays | Meteorology--Italy--Observations | Phosphorescence | Physics--Early works to 1800 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments--18th century | Sketches. | Sunspots | |
| | Creator: | Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni papers, ca. 1770s-1875
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1770-1875 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes letters from, and drafts of letters to, scientists, artists, musicians, soldiers, political figures, and court personages throughout Europe, especially Italy and France. Topics covered range from personal and social affairs to agriculture, botany, geology, natural history, coinage, museum management, politics, weights and measures, current affairs. The collection also includes four diaries, housed separately with manuscript volumes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F113 | | | | Extent: | 8.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Aldini, Giovanni, 1762-1834 | Amoretti, Carlo, 1741-1816 | Anisson-Dupéron, Alexandre-Jacques-Laurent, 1776-1852 | Arcet, Jean-Pierre-Joseph d', 1777-1844 | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Beyond Early America | Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787 | Botany. | Botta, Carlo, 1766-1837 | Bridges. | Brugnatelli, Luigi Vincenzo, 1761-1818 | Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823 | Coinage. | Court de Gébelin, Antoine, 1725-1784 | Crell, Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von, 1744-1816 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Dandolo, Vincenzo, conte, 1758-1819 | Davy, Humphry,Sir,1778-1829. | Deleuze, J. P. F., (Joseph Philippe François), 1753-1835 | Diaries. | Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 | Fabbroni, Leopoldo Pelli | Favi, Francesco | Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805 | Foreign Language | Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 | Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798 | France -- Intellectual life. | France -- Politics and government -- 1774-1793. | France -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | France -- Social life and customs. | Gallerio, Giorgio | Gallini, Stefano, 1766-1836 | Geology. | Grégoire, Henri, 1750-1831 | Grimaldi, Gabriele | Hervey, Frederick Augustus, 1730-1803 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1767-1835 | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Italy -- Intellectual life. | Italy -- Politics and government -- 18th century. | Italy -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Italy -- Social life and customs. | Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807 | La Cépède, M. le comte de , (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon), 1756-1825 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Fran, 1732-1807 | Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Middle Atlantic states -- History. | Machinery -- Drawings. | Magalhães, João Jacinto de, 1722-1790 | Manufacturing processes. | Mazzei, Filippo,1730-1816. | Museums -- History. | Natural history. | Penrose, Thomas, 1742-1779 | Potocki, Jan,hrabia,1761-1815. | Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804. -- Unitarianism explained and defended. | Raddi, Giuseppe, 1770-1829 | Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737-1794 | Sacco, Luigi, 1769-1836 | Santi, Giorgio | Saunders, William, 1743-1817 | Savi, Gaetano, 1769-1844 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Smithson, James, 1765-1829 | Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782 | Targioni Tozzetti, Ottaviano, 1833-1909 | Tessier, M., (Alexandre-Henri), 1741-1837 | Thiébaut de Berneaud, Arsenne, 1777-1850 | Thunberg, Carl Peter, 1743-1828 | Tools -- Drawings. | Vassalli-Eandi, Antonio Maria, 1761-1825 | Venturi, Giovanni Battista, 1746-1822 | Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 | Weights and measures. | Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788 | |
| | Creator: | Girard family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Girard family papers, 1819-1880
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1880 | | | | Abstract: | This is principally correspondence between Henriette Girard, niece of Stephen Girard, and her husbands, Henri Lallemand and John Yardly Clark. Correspondents include Stephen Girard and other members of the family. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G44 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Business Records and Accounts | Clark, John Yardly | Family Correspondence | Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 | Lallemand, H., (Henri), 1777-1823 | Marriage and Family Life | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | |
| | Creator: | Murphy, Grace E. Barstow,1888-1975. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Grace E. Barstow Murphy papers, 1835-1973
| | | | Dates: | 1835-1973 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists primarily of correpondence and writings by Murphy. The correspondence is both family and professional, the former being largely of a social nature and including letters of her grandfather (Amos Chafee Barstow), mother (Grace P. Barstow), and sister (Mary Mason Barstow). Much of the correspondence with her sister reveals Murphy's interest in, and dedication to, conservation. There are articles and speeches pertaining to her interest in conservation or relating to the various trips she took with her husband, Robert Cushman Murphy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M957.g | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. | Articles. | Barstow, A. C., (Amos Chafee), 1813-1894 | Barstow, Grace P. | Barstow, Mary Mason | Conservation of natural resources. | Diaries. | Ecology. | Environmental protection. | Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. | Murphy, Grace E. Barstow,1888-1975. | Notebooks. | Speeches. | Venezuela -- Description and travel. | Voyages and travels. | |
| | Creator: | Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1816 | | | | Abstract: | A grammar, based on a Latin model. Prepared from original then in Library of United Brethren, Bethlehem. It is a description of the Delaware language and lists words and their corresponding meanings. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.3.Z3g | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Delaware language | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Grammars. | Indians of North America--Languages | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Native America | Native American Materials | Religion | Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808 | |
| | Creator: | Ziehm, Elsa, 1911-1993 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Grammatik und Vokabular der Nahua-Sprache von San Pedro Jícora in Durango
| | | | Dates: | 1984-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The linguist and ethnomusicologist Else Ziehm became an expert in the San Pedro Jícora dialect of Nahuatl. As a result of anti-Semitism infecting the linguistics department at the University of Berlin in 1934, Ziehm switched to the Institut für Lautforschung and was awarded her doctorate for research on Romanian folk music in 1939. She began as an assistant curator at the Lautarchiv at the University, however the outbreak of the war only a few months later derailed her career. She returned to the field in the 1960s with the rediscovery of Konrad Theodor Preuss's Nahuatl manuscripts, editing them into a three volume edition that appeared between 1968 and 1976. Ziehm died in Berlin in 1993.
Ziehm's "Grammatik und Vokabular der Nahua-Sprache von San Pedro Jicora in Durango" was announced by the Berlin publishing firm of Gebrüder Mann as a forthcoming title for 1980-1981, however the work was never finished. The typescript (140p.) with manuscript emendations, does not include the vocabulary. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.43.Z65 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bierhorst, John | Indians of Mexico | Linguistics | Nahuatl language | Preuss, Konrad Theodor, 1869-1938 | Ziehm, Elsa, 1911-1993 | |
| | Creator: | Gratz family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Gratz Family Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1750-1974 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of business and personal papers of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia Jewish family from 1750-1974. Business records include trade and land transactions (some in Yiddish) of the Gratz brothers, Barnard and Michael (1750-1804) with the business continued by Michael's sons: Simon, Hyman, Joseph, Jacob, and Benjamin (1791-1861). Personal correspondence are primarily letters to Rebecca Gratz from her sisters Rachel and Sarah (1795-1867) with later correspondence to Rachel's children: Horace and Sara Moses (1832-1879). Contains a small group of French letters related to Napoleon III, collected by family member Miriam Fox, and some heirloom artifacts. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.72 | | | | Extent: | 10.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Art | Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 | Bonaparte, Joseph, 1768-1844 | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 | Colonial Politics | Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Correspondence. | Croghan, George, d. 1782 | Early National Politics | Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 | Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920 | Family Correspondence | Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Fenno, Maria | Franks, David | General Correspondence | Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801 | Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 | Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 | Gratz, Jacob, 1789-1856 | Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 | Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811 | Gratz, Miriam Simon, 1749-1808 | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 | Gratz, Sarah, 1779-1817 | Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839 | Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 | Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | International Trade. | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Joseph, Sarah Gratz Moses | Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 | Land and Speculation | Land speculation | Legal Records | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 | Moses, Isaac, 1742-1818 | Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1783-1823 | Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 | Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 | Official Government Documents and Records | Orphan Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | Pennsylvania History | Philanthropy | Political Correspondence | Religion | Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808 | Simon, Joseph, 1785-1858 | Simon, Joseph, ca. 1712-1804 | Sketchbooks | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | Trade | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Women's History | |
| | Creator: | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Greenland recordings
| | | | Dates: | 1979 | | | | Abstract: | Field recordings made by Frederica de Laguna at Upernavik, Greenland in July and August 1979. Stories in Greenlandic Inuktitut and conversation in Danish. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.123 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Tape(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Geisler, Pavia | Greenland--Languages | Inuit language | Inuit--Greenland | Kalâtdlisut dialect | Kleeman, Kristoffer | Moldrup, Birgithe | Moller, Niels | Petrussen, Paulita | Sound recordings | |
| | Creator: | Patterson, Elizabeth Knight,1909- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Growth: The early history of a cancer research institute, 1927-1957
| | | | Dates: | 1984 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.610.6.F83xp | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Cancer. | Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Patterson, Arthur Lindo, 1902-1966 | Patterson, Elizabeth Knight,1909- | Schultz, Helen Redfield, 1900-1988 | Schultz, Jack,1904-1971. | |
| | Creator: | Rüze, C. F. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Grundsätze der teutschen landwirthschaft vorgetragen von Johann Beckmann
| | | | Dates: | ca. 1810 | | | | Abstract: | One of the broadest scholarly minds at the University of Göttingen during the eighteenth century, Johann Beckmann helped establish the theoretical basis for scientific agriculture in Germany and pioneered a rational approach to technological innovation and government.
The "Grundsätze der teutschen landwirthschaft" consists of exceptionally detailed notes kept by the otherwise unidentified C. F. Rüze on two well known works by the Göttingen scholar, Johann Beckmann. Organized page by page, apparently as Ruze worked his way through Beckmann's book, these are divided into two sections: "Einleitung in die teuchtschen Landwirthschaft überhaupt" (90p.), which are observations on
Grunsätze der Teutschen Landwirtschaft, and "Policey und Cameralwissenschaft" (87p.), which refers to Beckmann's
Beyträge zur Oekonomie, Technologie, Polizey und Camaralwissenschaft. | | | | Call #: | Mss.630.943.B38 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture--Germany | Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811 | Beyond Early America | Government--Germany | Police--Germany | Rüze, C. F. | |
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