| 1 | Creator: | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | J. S. (John Stevens) Henslow papers, 1825-1867
| | | | Dates: | 1825-1867 | | | | Abstract: | This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, and a few documents, concerning botany, gardening, agriculture, Darwin and evolution, and the herbarium at the University of Edinburgh. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H382 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Evolution. | Gardening -- England -- 19th century. | Graham, Robert, 1786-1845 | Henslow, Ann | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Herbaria -- Scotland -- 19th century. | Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 | Mechi, John Joseph, 1802-1880 | Nihill, Daniel, 1791-1867 | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Shaw-Lefevre, John George, Sir, 1797-1879 | University of Edinburgh. | Wedgwood, Hensleigh, 1803-1891 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Rawlins, Ray,1917-,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973
| | | | Dates: | 1772-1973 | | | | Abstract: | A miscellaneous collection of letters, mainly of English scientists, written to various people. There are mostly one or two letters, except for those of John Peter Gassiot, William Huggins, Edwin R. Lankester, James Mackintosh, David Prain, and William Whewell. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R199 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Autographs. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882 | Dawkins, William Boyd, 1838-1929 | Druce, George Claridge, 1850-1932 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925 | Foster, M., Sir, (Michael), 1836-1907 | Gassiot, John Peter, 1797-1877 | Holland, Henry, Sir | Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910 | Humphrey, George | Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Lysons, Daniel, 1762-1834 | Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 | Milne, John, 1850-1913 | Müller, F. Max -- (Friedrich Max), -- 1823-1900. -- Science of language. | Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898 | Powell, Baden, 1796-1860 | Prain, D. , (David), b. 1857 | Rawlins, Ray,1917-,collector. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientists -- Great Britain. | Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Winsor, F. A., (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society
| | | | Dates: | 1799-1882 | | | | Abstract: | One of the most important natural historians in nineteenth century Britain, Charles Darwin provided the first compelling mechanism to account for organismal evolutionary change. Although lacking a coherent model of heredity, Darwin's natural selection has exerted an enormous influence over the biological sciences and since the introduction of Mendelian genetics, had remained the key unifying principle in the discipline.
The APS Darwin Papers are a large a valuable assemblage of Darwin's correspondence with scientific colleagues, including Charles Lyell and George J. Romanes. They are included in the print version of the
Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge Univ. Press). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D25 | | | | Extent: | 2.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adaptation (Biology) | Beyond Early America | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coral reefs and islands | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Darwin, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution--Religious aspects | Eyton, Thomas Campbell, 1809-1880 | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Forbes, David, 1828-1876 | Foster, M., Sir, (Michael), 1836-1907 | Genetics | Geology--Great Britain--19th century | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Gulick, John Thomas, 1832-1923 | Günther, Albert C. L. G. , (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 | Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873 | Herbert, John Maurice, 1808-1882 | Heredity | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Milne-Edwards, H., (Henri), 1800-1885 | Natural history--Great Britain--19th century | Natural selection | Naturalists--England | Ogle, William, 1827-1912 | Phillips, John, 1800-1874 | Quatrefages de Bréau, Jean Louis Armand de, 1810-1892 | Race, race relations, racism | Ramsay, A. C., (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891 | Religion and science--1860-1899 | Romanes, George John, 1848-1894 | Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick, 1811-1882 | Transmutation of animals | Variation (Biology) | Walsh, Benjamin Dann, 1808-1869 | Wyman, Jeffries, 1864- | |
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