| 1 | Creator: | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester letters,1892-[ca. 1903]
| | | | Dates: | 1892-1903 | | | | Abstract: | These letters, most of which are undated, concern natural history, spiritualism, his publications, lectures, and teaching. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L28 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beddard, Frank E., (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 | Beddard, Frank E., (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 -- Correspondence | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Frazer, James George, Sir, 1854-1941 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Moore, Aubrey Lackington, 1848-1890 | Natural history. | Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 | Ransome, George | Science publishing. | Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 | Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 -- Correspondence | Spiritualism. | Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede, b. 1835 | Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede, b. 1835 -- Correspondence | Thiselton-Dyer, Harriet, -- Lady. | Zoology -- Study and teaching. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Henry Huxley papers, 1846-1895
| | | | Dates: | 1846-1895 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.2 | | | | Extent: | 20.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anthropology | Biology. | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Dohrn, Anton, 1840-1909 | Donnelly, John Fretchfield Dykes, Sir, 1834-1902 | Evolution. | Fisheries. | Foster, M., Sir, (Michael), 1836-1907 | Geology. | Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philip August | Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911 | Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Religion and science. | Science -- Study and teaching. | Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 | Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 | Wright, Edward Perceval, 1834-1910 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Bateson, William, 1861-1926 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Bateson papers, ca. 1875-1924
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1875-1924 | | | | Abstract: | Selected by William Coleman, this collection contains correspondence from Bateson to his wife, Catharine, and to his colleagues, such as Francis Galton, E. Roy Lankester, Alfred Newton, and Charles Scott Sherrington; lectures given between 1897-1904; and some genealogical and miscellaneous material. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.26 | | | | Extent: | 6.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bateson , Beatrice | Bateson, William, 1861-1926 | Baur, Georg | Biology--Study and teaching | Coleman, William, -- 1934-, -- comp. | Cytology -- Research. | Dollo, Louis, 1857-1931 | Eugenics. | Evolution. | Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911 | Genetics -- Research. | Hopkins, Frederick Gowland, Sir, 1861-1947 | Kidd, Benjamin, 1858-1916 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Marine biology -- Research. | Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 | Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 | Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir, 1857-1952 | United States -- Description and travel. | Universities and colleges -- United States. | Variation (Biology) | |
| 4 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Richard Owen papers, 1827-1889
| | | | Dates: | 1827-1889 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence on natural history, expecially mollusks, fishes, and birds, and on medicine and social affairs, with references to the British Museum of Natural History. Also included are a paper by Owen on dinosaurs and a synopsis of a course of lectures, 1857. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ow2 | | | | Extent: | 1.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Birds. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 -- Correspondence | British Museum (Natural History). | Buxton, Charles, 1768-1833 | Carpenter, Philip Pearsall, 1819-1877 | Carpenter, Philip Pearsall, 1819-1877 -- Correspondence | Cooke, William Fothergill, 1806-1879 | Cooper, Mary, Lady | Cooper, William White -- Correspondence | Dinosaurs. | Eyton, Thomas Campbell, 1809-1880 | Fishes. | Grey-Egerton, Philip de Malpas, Sir, 10th bart., 1806-1881 -- Correspondence | Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 -- Correspondence | Horne, R. H., (Richard H.), 1802-1884 -- Correspondence | Horne, R. H., (Richard H.), 1802-1884 | Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Manby, George William, 1765-1854 -- Correspondence | Medicine. | Milne-Edwards, H., (Henri), 1800-1885 -- Correspondence | Milne-Edwards, H., (Henri), 1800-1885 | Mollusks. | Natural history. | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 -- Correspondence | Ransome, George -- Correspondence | Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Sollas, W. J.(William Johnson),1849-1936. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | W. J. (William Johnson) Sollas letters, 1888-1928
| | | | Dates: | 1888-1928 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters written to Sollas primarily concerning British geology and paleontology. There are mostly one or two letters per author, and there is one letter from Sollas. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.So4 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bidder, George Parker, 1806-1878 | Carlin, Henry | Cartailhac, Edoard Philippe Emile, -- 1845-1921. | Cunynghame, Henry | David, Cara | Deyerr, Gerard | Dobson, D. P. | Dubois, Eugène, 1858-1940 | Evans, F. W., (Frederick William), 1808-1893 | Fletcher, L. | Foster, Le Neve | Foster, M., Sir, (Michael), 1836-1907 | Fowler, Thomas, 1832-1904 | Fox, Henry | Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 | Geology -- Great Britain. | Green, A. H., (Alexander Henry), 1832-1896 | Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940. | Haug, Emile, 1861-1927 | Hume, W. F. , (William Fraser), 1867-1949 | Jukes-Browne, A. J., (Alfred John), 1851-1914 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Paleontology -- Great Britain. | Sollas, W. J.(William Johnson),1849-1936. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 19th century | | | | Abstract: | The collection is a miscellaneous group of letters of mainly British scientists and physicians, purchased as an existing autograph collection. There are a few American signatures. The letters are primarily from the nineteenth century and focus on medical and geological topics, but also there are some earlier and later dates. In addition to the letters are anatomical drawings of surgery, sketches of bones, and one geological notebook. | | | | Call #: | Mss.509.En3 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adler, Joshua | Allen, William | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Bather, F. A. | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Bell, Alfred | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | Chaversworth, J. Kaye | Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 | Cuming, Hugh, 1791-1865 | Dalton, John | Damon, Robert | Drawings. | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Geology. | Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 | Jenner, William, Sir, 1815-1898 | Knight, T. A., (Thomas Andrew), 1759-1838 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Leslie, John | Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 | Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 | Medicine. | Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 | Physicians -- Great Britain. | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Scientists -- Great Britain. | Sketches. | Various authors | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, -- Duke of, -- 1769-1852. | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889 | |
| 8 | 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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