| 2 | Creator: | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Documents on his botanizing in the United States, 1785-1807
| | | | Dates: | 1785-1807 | | | | Abstract: | These documents include letters, reports, lists of plants and trees, and official documents, many that are addressed to the Comte dAngiviller, concerning Michaux' visit to America to collect specimens for a nursery. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.330 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Billardrie DAngiviller, Flahault de la, -- Comte de. | Botany -- United States. | Lists. | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Microfilm Collection | Nurseries (Horticulture) -- United States. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | André Michaux letters and papers, 1783-1890
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Includes letters to his son, Francois André, and an act of New Jersey authorizing Michaux to purchase land in the state to establish a botanical garden. Also includes a letter from James MacPherson Le Moine to Henry Phillips, Jr. (1890). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M58 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botanical gardens -- New Jersey. | Family Correspondence | Le Moine, J. M., Sir, (James MacPherson), 1825-1912 | Marriage and Family Life | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | New Jersey -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. | Phillips, Henry, Jr. | |
| 5 | Creator: | True, Rodney H.(Rodney Howard), 1866-1940 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rodney H. True Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1861-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The plant physiologist and historian Rodney H. True (1866-1940) divided his career relatively evenly between the Bureau of Plant Industry in United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Botany and Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. A specialist in the physiological function of mineral nutrients in plants, True was active in his later career in the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, and the Agricultural History Society.
The True Papers consist of 6 linear feet of material relating primarily to the period of his career spent at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection contains roughly equal proportions of personal and professional correspondence, with a few diaries and research notebooks documenting his involvement with professional organizations and his interests in the history of his discipline. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.T763 | | | | Extent: | 6.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture--History | Allegheny Forest Experiment Station | American Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Research | Arndt, C. H. | Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Blueprints | Botanical gardens--Pennsylvania | Botany | Botany--History | California--Description and travel | Diaries. | Field notes. | Franklinia alatamaha | Frazer, John | Haiti--Description and travel | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Maps | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Notebooks | Okie, John M. | Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. | Photographs | Plant physiology | True, Katherine McAssey, d.1926 | True, Rodney H.(Rodney Howard), 1866-1940 | University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum | Universität Leipzig | |
| 6 | Creator: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt papers, 1801-1859
| | | | Dates: | 1793-1859 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains miscellaneous letters and papers relating to explorations of South America, Cuba, and Mexico; scientific investigations; Latin American antiquities and linguistics; and publications. There are also copies of 26 letters from Humboldt to Pierre Hyacinth Azais and Jules Berger de Xivrey, from originals at the Duke University Medical Center Library. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H88 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Azaïs, Pierre Hyacinthe, 1766-1845 | Berger de Xivrey, Jules, 1801-1863 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coquerel, Athanase, 1795-1868 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861. | Gaggiotti-Richards, Emma, 1825-1912 | Galunsky, Louis Charles | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jomard, M., (Edme-François), 1777-1862 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Natural history. | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Schlagintweit-Sakünlunski, Hermann Rudolph Alfred von, -- 1826-1882. | Science and Technology | Science publishing. | Scientific expeditions. | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812 | |
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