| 1 | Creator: | Peale, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1849-1914 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Albert C. Peale Papers
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1869-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Charles Peale (1849-1913), the great-grandson of Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), was a geologist for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and its predecessor agency, a member of the Ferdinand Hayden expeditions that explored and mapped the western United States, an author in geology, mineralogy, and paleobotany, and an aide at the United States National Museum (today the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History). Edwin Roger Kirk (1884-1955) corresponded with Frank Springer about crinoids; assisted Edward Ulrich in studying sediments of the Appalachians; surveyed the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, and southeastern Alaska as a USGS paleontologist; and collected the papers of Peale and other geologists. Peale’s correspondence (1868-1912, bulk 1870s-80s) relate to various federal geological expeditions. Letters between Peale and William Rush Taggart, the largest single portion of the series, focus on matters of congressional funding. Kirk’s series (1900-09) contains the correspondence of Kirk and other geologists; most frequent are letters from Frank Springer to Kirk relating to rock formations. The collection also contains several diaries and sketchbooks from Peale (bulk 1872-77), including those kept during the Hayden expeditions, correspondence relating to the Geological Survey of Kentucky (1888-1893), and miscellaneous letters and memorabilia (c. 1820s-1940s), often relating to the Peale family. | | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.5 | | | | Extent: | 2.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Geological surveys -- United States. | Geological surveys --Yellowstone National Park | Geologists. | Geology--Kentucky | Hayden, F. V., (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 | Kirk, Edwin, 1884-1955 | Mineralogy - Research - United States | Peale family | Peale, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1849-1914 | Springer, Frank | Taggart, William Rush, 1849-1922 | Ulrich , E.O. (Edward Oscar), 1857-1944 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Bowers, Stephen, 1832-1907 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stephen Bowers correspondence, 1860-1915
| | | | Dates: | 1860-1915 | | | | Abstract: | These letters discuss the fossils of southern California, as well as Indian artifacts, skulls, languages, ethnography, religion, etc. Most correspondents are represented by only one letter. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B672 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Bowers, Stephen, 1832-1907 | Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899 | California--Antiquities | California--Discovery and exploration | Fossils--Collection and preservation--California | Goode, G. Brown, (George Brown), 1851-1896 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Hayden, F. V., (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 | Henshaw, Henry W., (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 | Hilgard, Eugene W., (Eugene Woldemar), 1833-1916 | Hrdlicka, Ales, 1869-1943 | Indians of North America--California--Antiquities | Merrill, George P., (George Perkins), 1854-1929 | Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., 1816-1885 | Smithsonian Institution. | Vail, Isaac N., (Isaac Newton), 1840-1912 | |
| 3 | Creator: | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1897 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains mostly entomological material, with much information on the description and identification of particular insects, entomological collections, and the study of entomology in Europe and the United States. In addition, there are materials on medicine and hospitals during the American Civil War, on the Corps of Topographical Engineers, the United States Army, on natural history in the United States, and on the LeConte's family. Some letters are written to President Rutherford B. Hayes and concern the Commissionership of Agriculture, for which LeConte was considered, but not appointed. Letters of John Eatton LeConte and Joseph LeConte are included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L493 | | | | Extent: | 7.7 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Barnard, Frederick A. P. -- (Frederick Augustus Porter), -- 1809-1889. | Billings, John S., (John Shaw), 1838-1913 | Chapman, Henry C., (Henry Cadwalader), 1845-1909 | Education | Educational Material | Emory, William H., (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 | Entomology -- Europe. | Entomology -- United States. | Exploration. | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Hayden, F. V., (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 -- Correspondence | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Insects. | LeConte family. | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908 | Medicine | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814 | Miscellaneous | Natural history -- United States. | Notebooks | Osten-Sachen, Carl Robert, -- freiherr von der, -- 1826-1906. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks | Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910 | United States. -- Army. | United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers. | Walsh, Benjamin Dann, 1808-1869 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | |
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