| 1 | 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. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Richard Harlan Journals
| | | | Dates: | 1816-1817, 1833 | | | | Abstract: | The natural historian Richard Harlan was a pioneer in the study of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology in the United States during the years following the War of 1812. Having received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1818, Harlan was employed as an instructor of anatomy at Joseph Parrish's school and at the Philadelphia Museum. A practicing physician and member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society, Harlan made important contributions in comparative neuroanatomy, paleontology, herpetology, and systematic zoology. He died shortly after moving to New Orleans in 1839.
Harlan's journals document two of the three overseas voyages he undertook during his lifetime. The first took place in 1816-1817 when Harlan was still a medical student, accompanying an East Indiaman to Calcutta as ship's surgeon. The second took place when Harlan was at the peak of his career in 1833, venturing to England, France, and Italy to strengthen contacts with European colleagues. Interesting travel narratives in themselves, the journals mingle enthusiasm for the new and exotic with a touch of Harlan's truculance. The European journal includes a valuable account of the 3nd meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Cambridge at which Harlan delivered a paper on fossil reptiles. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H228 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alps--Description and travel | Americans Abroad | British Association for the Advancement of Science (3d : Cambridge, England) | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Dalton, John, 1766-1844 | Edinburgh (Scotland)--Description and travel | France--Description and travel | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | India--Description and travel | International Travel | Ireland--Description and travel | Italy--Description and travel | Journals | London (England)--Description and travel | Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 | Medicine | Medicine--Practice--France | Paleontology | Paris (France)--Description and travel | Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta | Science and Technology | Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 | Switzerland--Description and travel | Syme, James, 1799-1870 | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1884 | | | | Abstract: | These are primarily letters to Gray on various aspects of natural history, with many references to collections at the British Museum of Natural History. There are numerous letters from British scientists and from European colleagues. There are letters from Americans too, such as those from Agassiz which relate to his Florida expeditions and the creation of natural history collections. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G784 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Acland, Henry W., (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900 | Allman, George James, 1812-1898 | Assyria -- Antiquities. | Autographs. | Balard, Antoine-Jérôme, 1802-1876 | Bate, C. Spence , (Charles Spence), 1818-1889 | Berkeley, M. J., (Miles Joseph), 1803-1889 | Beyond Early America | Blainville, H.-M. Ducrotay de, (Henri-Marie Ducrotay), 1777-1850. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bonomi, Joseph | Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850 | British Museum (Natural History) -- Natural history collections. | Brookes, Joshua, -- 1754-1821. | Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Duméril, C., (Constant), 1774-1860 | Fitch, Asa, 1809-1879 | Florida -- Discovery and exploration. | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911 | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Geological Society of London | Geology. | Gray, John Edward | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Hoeven, Jan van der | Lefèvre, Jean-Jacques, 1779-1858 | Mollusks. | Müller, Joh., 1801-1858 | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- England. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- United States. | Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. | Pfeiffer, Ludwig Georg Karl, 1805-1877. | Schomburgk, Robert H., Sir, (Robert Hermann), 1804-1865 | Shells. | Société des sciences naturelle de France. | Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865 | |
| 4 | 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- | |
| 5 | 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 | |
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