| 3 | Creator: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Extracts from letters on John James Audubon, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains extracts, chiefly in an unknown hand (probably Charles Waterton), from Ord's letters, 1831-1835, criticizing Audubon as a man and as a naturalist. Ord wrote the last part of the volume (signed and dated June 29, 1838), and there are manuscript comments by Charles Waterton. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25o | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Manuscript Essays | Natural History | Naturalists. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologists. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-1909 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Winfrid Alden Stearns Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1871-1906 | | | | Abstract: | Winfrid Alden Stearns (1852-1909) was an amateur naturalist, ornithologist, and ethnologist who corresponded with several prominent experts in the natural sciences. Among his works were a collaboration with surgeon and naturalist Elliot Coues,
New England Bird Life (1881-1883) and the self-published
A Manual of Ornithology (1895) that was heavily criticized by university-trained naturalists.
The collection consists of original letters with details about Stearns' publications, specimen donations, and ornithological work from 1871 to 1906. There are letters concerning his editorial collaboration with Coues and others, Stearn's works, and Stearns' travels to Newfoundland. Of particular interest are two letters from Charles Bendire accusing Stearns of inaccurate classification of specimens and poor proofreading of his manuscripts. (Both Stearns and Bendire worked with Coues.) The collection contains a picture of the museum Stearns curated in the 1880's. | | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Birds--North America | Natural History--North America | Naturalist | Ornithologist | Ornithology--North America | Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-1909 | Ward, Henry Augustus, 1834-1906 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac Lea journals, 1832, 1852-1853
| | | | Dates: | 1832-1853 | | | | Abstract: | The first fifteen volumes of these "Notes of Travel" are Lea's account of his trips to Europe during 1832 and 1852-1853. He met with naturalists, scientists, and did much sightseeing in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Austria. He records in detail visits and discussions with scientists, and makes sketches of many of the places he saw, particularly the Rhine River. The sixteenth volume is a memorandum book, 1853, containing accounts and expenses while in Europe. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L462 | | | | Extent: | 16.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Art | Austria -- Description and travel. | England -- Description and travel. | Europe -- Description and travel. | France -- Description and travel. | Germany -- Description and travel. | Italy -- Description and travel. | Journals (notebooks). | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Military History | Naturalists. | Printing and Publishing | Rhine River. | Science and Technology | Scientists. | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| 6 | 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. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John James Audubon Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1821-1845 | | | | Abstract: | John James Audubon (1785-1851), the American Woodsman, is a legendary naturalist and bird artist. His technique of painting North American birds dramatically as they appeared in their natural habitat was a major contribution to the emerging discipline of ornithology in the nineteenth century. His masterpiece,
The Birds of America (1827-1838), elephant folio, was followed by a companion text edition,
Ornithological Biography (1831-1849), a smaller octavo edition of
Birds (1840-1844) and
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, published posthumously.
This collection of original letters of publication information, ornithology, and some personal notes was sent primarily to Lucy Bakewell Audubon, his wife, from 1826-1834, and to Victor Gifford Audubon, his son, from 1833-1834, 1840-1844, with some sporadic contact with both between 1836-1839. Items in the collection relate to Audubon's Florida, Great Egg Harbor, and Great Pine Forest expeditions but not to his final expedition up the Missouri River. Of particular note, letters of 1833 and 1834 contain references to his response to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia president George Ord's attacks on his credibility. A partial journal entry from New Orleans in 1821 and a few letters to other correspondents, including John Bachman, round out the material. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Art | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862 | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874 | Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860 | Bachman, John, 1790-1874 | Bakewell, William | Berthoud, Nicholas | Birds--North America | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule | Brewster, Thomas | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of Shrewsbury | Children, John George, 1777-1852 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | Family Correspondence | Gaston, William | General Correspondence | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Harris, Edward | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 | Lehman, George | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. | McMurtry, Henry | Natural History | Natural History--North America | Naturalist | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologist | Ornithology--North America | Printing and Publishing | Rathbone, William | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer de | Science and Technology | Waller, J. Walthen | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1925 | | | | Abstract: | These papers reflect Isaac Hays' interests and activities in the medical profession and as an editor. His interest in paleontology, especially in the controversy with G. W. Featherstonhaugh, is also represented. There is one separate volume (77 letters) containing correspondence about natural history and naturalists, written to Hays by C. L. Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles A. Lesueur. The correspondence in the larger collection, however, contains much material on the
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, particularly illuminated in the correspondence with John D. Godman. The I. Minis Hays material consists of letters from doctors, relating to medicine and medical publications and editing, as well as medical organizations. Most significant of the correspondence is that with John Shaw Billings (ca. 60 letters). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H334 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Beck, John B., (John Brodhead), 1794-1851 | Bertin, G. | Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 | Billings, John S., (John Shaw), 1838-1913 | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brigham, Amariah, 1798-1849 | Brongniart, Alexandre, 1770-1847 | Cabell, J. L., (James Lawrence), 1813-1889 | Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Crittenden, John J., (John Jordan), 1787-1863 | Dewees, William, 1768-1841 | Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852 | Draper, John William, 1811-1882 | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Fisher, John D., (John Dix), 1797-1850 | Flint, Austin | Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 | General Correspondence | Godman, John D., (John Davidson), 1794-1830 | Gross, Samuel D., (Samuel David), 1805-1884 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Hayward, George, 1791-1863 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 | Jackson, James, 1796-1870 | Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919 | Jusserand, J. J., (Jean Jules), 1855-1932 | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 | Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 | Lewell, Thomas | Longmore, Robert | Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 | Meddlemore, Richard | Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. | Medical publishing -- United States. | Medicine -- Societies, etc. | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. | Medicine -- United States. | Natural History | Natural history. | Naturalists. | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Paleontology. | Physicians -- United States. | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Sewall, Thomas, 1786 or 7-1845 | Smith, N. R., (Nathan Ryno), 1797-1877 | Social Life and Custom | Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900 | Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | |
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