| 1 | 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 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Requires cookie* | | | | König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851 | | | | Title: | William Buckland papers, 1817-1848
| | | | Dates: | 1817-1848 | | | | Abstract: | These are primarily scientific letters from Buckland. The subjects mentioned include Milne-Home's seismological investigations, Wheatstone's self-registering instruments, geology (glacial phenomena in Scotland, mineralogy, etc.), numerous references to fossils, and mentions of Mastodon bones and sloths. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B854.p | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Burton, Edward, 1794-1836 | Cooper, William White | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Fossils -- Collection and preservation. | Gibson, John, 1778-1840 | Glaciers -- Scotland. | Hutton, William, 1797-1860 | König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851 | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890 | Mineralogy | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Seismology -- Instruments. | Seismology -- Research. | Smyth, W. H., (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Sopwith, Thomas, 1803-1879 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Louis Jean Rodolph Agassiz papers, 1833-1873
| | | | Dates: | 1833-1873 1833-1873 | | | | Abstract: | A miscellaneous collection of letters written by naturalist Louis Jean Rodolph Agassiz concerning a wide range of topics: natural history and naturalists, geology, mineralogy, fossils, publications, expeditions, and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, which he founded. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ag12.ms | | | | Extent: | 50.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877 | Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 | Emery, Charles Edward, 1838-1898 | Fossils -- Collection and preservation. | Geology -- Research -- United States. | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Hartt, Charles Frederick, 1840-1878 | Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. | Haven, Franklin, 1857-1908 | Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838-1902 | Kidder, Frederic, 1804-1885 | Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 | Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889 | McLane, Allan | Milne-Edwards, H., (Henri), 1800-1885 | Mineralogy - Research - United States | Natural history museums -- Massachusetts. | Natural history. | Naturalists. | Parsons, Thomas William, 1819-1892 | Religion | Science and Technology | Scientific expeditions. | Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875 | Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 | Zoological museums -- Massachusetts. | Zoology. | |
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