| 3 | Creator: | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Waterton papers, [ca. 1830]-1915
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1830-1915 | | | | Abstract: | These reels include letters to George Ord in Pennsylvania (1830-1869) and letters to Charles Edmonstone and sisters-in-law Eliza and Helen Edmonstone. There are also extracts of four volumes of observations on birds recorded by Norman Moore (1862-1871) and letters to Moore. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1298 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Birds. | Edmonstone, Charles | Edmonstone, Eliza | Edmonstone, Helen | Microfilm Collection | Moore, Norman, 1847-1922 | Ornithology. | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Spencer Fullerton Baird Collection, 1869-1874
| | | | Dates: | 1869-1874 | | | | Abstract: | The naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird worked as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1850 until his death in 1887. A prolific collector and writer, Baird made important contributions to American ornithology, mammalogy, and herpetology, completing three monumental works,
The Mammals of North America (Philadelphia, 1859),
Birds of North America (Philadelphia, 1860), written with John Cassin, and
History of North American Birds (Boston, 1874-1884), 5 vols., with Brewer and Robert Ridgway.
The Baird Collection includes twelve letters written by Baird to the Boston printing firm, Welch, Bigelow and Co., all regarding editorial details in printing of the
History of North American Birds. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B16 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Ornithology | Printers--Massachusetts | Welch, Bigelow, and Co. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Natural History, May 3, 1790 - December 2, 1790
| | | | Dates: | 1790 | | | | Abstract: | This volume, written between May 3 and December 2, includes essays on mineralogy, the vegetable kingdom (such as botany and fruitification), and the animal kingdom (such as zoology, ornithology, and generation of animals). | | | | Call #: | Mss.504.W15 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Education | Educational Material | Essays. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ornithology. | University of Edinburgh. | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Zoology. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alexander Wilson papers, 1806-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1806-1813 | | | | Abstract: | This material relates to Alexander B. Grosart's biography of Wilson. There are notes and copies of letters and documents, including a copy of Wilson's will. There is one poem by Wilson, "The Last Wish," and an 1806 letter to William Bartram. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W692 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bartram, William, 1739-1823 | Birds. | General Correspondence | Grosart, Alexander Balloch, 1827-1899 | Legal Records | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Natural History | Ornithologists. | Ornithology. | Poems. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Travel | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte letters, 1825-1857
| | | | Dates: | 1825-1857 | | | | Abstract: | The primary correspondence (ca. 65 letters) is with William Cooper (1798-1864) on Bonaparte's publications, especially "American Ornithology" and "Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology," but also included are many references to American and European men of science and learned societies. There are also letters to Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, George Robert Gray, Titian Ramsay Peale, and Wilhelm P. S. Rüppell. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B642.1.7 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872 | Learned institutions and societies. | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Natural History | Ornithology. | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard, 1794-1884 | Science -- Societies, etc. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientists. | Temminck, C. J., (Coenraad Jacob), 1778-1858 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Waterton papers, 1772-1865
| | | | Dates: | 1772-1865 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of letters and documents relates primarily to Charles Waterton (B W31n) but included as well are papers of the family (B W31m). Most of the letters to or from Waterton concern birds, bird mating, domestic news, natural history, and Walton Hall, his estate. In addition, there are recipes and a housekeeping account book (1780-1781). There are numerous letters with his sisters-in-law, Eliza and Helen Edmonstone, and also an exchange of letters between Waterton's son Edmund and Sir George Bowyer concerning Papal audiences. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W31n | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | Beyond Early America | Birds. | Bowyer, George, Sir, 1811-1883 | Charlesworth, Edward P., 1813-1893 | Clifford, Walter | Cottrell, Henry | Edmonstone, Eliza | Edmonstone, Helen | Fennell, J. G., (John Greville), 1807-1885 | Hobson, Richard, 1795-1868 | Home economics -- Accounting -- 18th century. | Jones, Edward | Natural history. | Ornithology. | Popes. | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Waterton, Edmund, 1830-1887 | |
| 9 | Creator: | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists
| | | | Dates: | 1824-1855 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of correspondence to Bonaparte from American scientists regarding ornithology, zoology, and specimens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.542 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Birds -- Research. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | De Kay, James E., (James Ellsworth), 1792-1851 | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Microfilm Collection | Ornithology. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1740-1810 | Zoological - specimens | Zoology. | |
| 10 | Creator: | Lawrence, George N.(George Newbold),1806-1895. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold) Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1860s-1870s | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains professional and personal correspondece, as well as some personal business accounts. The topics mentioned range from general ornithology to specific birds, particularly of the West Indies and South America; bird illustrations and various publications; paleontology, and zoology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L437 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Birds. | Boardman, George A. -- (George Augustus), -- 1818-1901. | Brewer, T. M., (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880 | Bryant, Henry, 1820-1867 | Cassin, John, 1813-1869 | Cope, E. D. , (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 | Deane, Ruthven | Gould, John, 1804-1881 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Hurst, James A. | Lacerda, Antonio de | Lawrence, George N.(George Newbold),1806-1895. | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 | Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 | Life science publishing. | Maynard, C. J., (Charles Johnson), 1845-1929 | Natural history. | Newberry, J. S., (John Strong), 1822-1892 | Nolan, Edward J. | Ogden, James A. | Ornithology. | Orton, James, 1830-1877 | Paleontology. | Palmer, Edward, 1831-1911 | Prince, Edwin C. | Putnam, F. W., (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915 | Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 | Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875 | Turnbull, William Paterson, 1830-1871 | Walker, Charles A. | Zoological illustration. | Zoology. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel George Morton Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1850 | | | | Abstract: | Through his craniometic studies of human races, the Philadelphia physician Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) exerted a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America, and made substantial contributions to mineralogy, paleontology, and natural history. Relating primarily to Morton's scientific interests, the Morton Papers include insights into Morton's perspectives on education, medical practice, geology and mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), and his two major monographs, the
Crania Americana and
Crania Aegyptiaca. Several of the letters were written by Morton in his capacity as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Also included in this collection are Morton's "Some Remarks on the Infrequency of Mixed Offspring Between the European and Australian Races" (1850), Joseph Barclay Pentland's notes on the aborigines of Peru (ca. 1840?), and newspaper clippings on Morton's death; a diary of Morton's trip to the West Indies, 1834, a set of craniological sketches for use in Crania Americana, and a microfilm of letters in private hands, written to Morton, 1838-1844 | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M843 | | | | Extent: | 2.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | African American | Archaeology | Aymara Indians | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Barbados--Description and travel--19th century | Botany | Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 | Conrad, T. A., (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877 | Cooper, William, 1776-1848 | Craniology. | Craniometry | Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 | Diaries. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Egyptology. | Exploration. | Fermine Gomez Farias | French, B. F., (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 | General Correspondence | Geology | Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. | Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la Cortina, conde de la, 1799-1860 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Indians of North America--Kentucky | Indians of North America--Massachusetts | Indians of North America--Mississippi | Indians of North America--Ohio | Indians of North America--Physical characteristics | Indians of North America--Rhode Island | Indians of North America--Tennessee | Indians of South America--Peru | Indians of South America--Physical characteristics | International Travel | Kane , John K., (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Medicine | Mineralogy | Miscegenation | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Natural history | Naumkeag Indians | Ornithology | Paleontology | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Pentland, Joseph Barclay | Phrenology | Race | Race, race relations, racism | Rush, William, 1756-1833 | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Skull. | Slavery--Barbados | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Watercolors | Wied-Neuwied, Maximilien Alexandre Philippe, prinz von, 1782-1864 | |
| 12 | Creator: | Cain, Arthur J. (Arthur James), 1921-1999 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Arthur J. Cain Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1945-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Cain is an evolutionary biologist whose research interests have included genetics, natural selection, biogeography, and systematics. Based at Oxford University and, later, the University of Liverpool, much of Cain's research was field-based, focusing on terrestrial gatsropods. This collection contains correspondence, grant applications, reports, programs for scientific meetings, unpublished papers and lectures, research notes, charts, graphs, maps, and manuscript reviews of journal articles and books. The Cain Papers is divided into three series: I. Correspondence ; II. Subject Files ; and, III. Papers by Colleagues. Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title, and chronological within each folder. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.63 | | | | Extent: | 15.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Museum of Natural History | American Philosophical Society | Anthropology | Bibliographical matters | Biographical and personal data | Biology | Biology--Classification | Birds. | Business | Cain, Arthur J. (Arthur James), 1921-1999 | Cancer, chemotherapy | Clarke, B. C. (Bryan C.) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Simpson, George Gaylord. 80th birthday | Cranach, Mario von, b. 1931 | Darwin, Charles | Davis, George Morgan | Dobzhansky, Theodosius | Drosophila genetics | Ecology | Editorial matters | Evolution | Evolution (Biology) | Fellowships, assistantships | Fisher, Ronald Aylmer | Ford, Edmund Brisco | Gastropoda | Genetics | Genetics -- Birds | Genetics -- Cats | Genetics -- Invertebrates | Genetics -- Snails | Genetics Society (Great Britain) -- London | Genetics of plants | Glass, Bentley | Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson | History of biology, especially genetics | Human genetics | Huxley, Julian | Invitations | Kirkaldy, J. S. | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Lectures, public speaking | Maps | Mayr, Ernst | Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 | Medawar, Peter Brian | Mendel, Gregor | Mollusks | Natural selection | Ornithology | Oxford University | Paleontology | Population genetics | Population genetics -- Snails | Population, demography | Preservation of historical materials | Publication | Publication -- Animal Species and their Evolution | Pulmonata | Requests for reprints | Research support | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Scientific refugees | Sheppard, P. M. (Philip Macdonald), 1921-1976 | Sheppard, Philip M. | Teaching | Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre | Travel -- Africa | Travel -- Europe | Travel -- Greece | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | Travel -- Solomon Islands | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Woodruff, David S. | Wright, Sewall | Zoology | Zoology -- Africa | Zoology -- Classification | Zoology -- Gastropods | Zoology -- Invertebrates | Zoology -- Nomenclature | |
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