| 2 | Creator: | Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Hans Sloane correspondence, ca. 1647-1743
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1647-1743 | | | | Abstract: | These are the Sloane manuscripts 4036-4069, comprised principally of letters to Sloane from scholars, physicians, naturalists, and collectors in Great Britain, Europe, and America. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.18 | | | | Extent: | 16.0 Film reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Science. | Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joseoph Priestly correspondence, 1766-1803
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1803 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are to Rev. Theophilus Lindsay and Rev. Thomas Belsham pertaining to natural history, science, and theology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1328 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Belsham, Thomas, 1750-1829 | Lindsay, Theophilus, 1723-1808 | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Science. | Theology -- History -- 18th century. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel Stehman Haldeman letters, 1859-1875
| | | | Dates: | 1844-1875 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are addressed to S. J. Sedgwick and concern personal affairs, philology, scientific topics, publications, Afro-Americans, and gymnastics. There is also a letter to John L. LeConte discussing entomological subjects. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H129 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African Americans | Beetles. | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Entomology. | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Race, race relations, racism | Science. | Sedgwick, S. J. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Fothergill letters, 1737-1778
| | | | Dates: | 1737-1750 | | | | Abstract: | All but one of these letters are to Charles Alston, the professor of botany at Edinburgh University, and concern medicine, botany, and science in general. They are dated between 1737 and 1750. One letter is to George Whately, dated 1778. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F82 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 | Botany. | Education | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | General Correspondence | Medicine | Medicine. | Science. | Scientific Correspondence | University of Edinburgh. | |
| 8 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Max Planck correspondence, 1919-1948
| | | | Dates: | 1919-1948 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are to and from Planck. Correspondents include Hans Thacher Clarke, Gerard Peter Kuiper, and Raymond John Seeger. | | | | Call #: | Mss.509.L56.p | | | | Extent: | 60.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983 | Clarke, Frieda | Clarke, Hans Thacher, 1887-1972 | Kuiper, Gerard Peter, 1905- | Physics. | Planck, Max, 1858-1947 | Richards, Alfred N.(Alfred Newton),1876-1966. | Science. | Seeger, Raymond John, 1906- | |
| 9 | Creator: | Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Wilkins Short correspondence, 1813-1867
| | | | Dates: | 1813-1867 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are principally to his brother John Cleaves Short, on personal, family, and general topics. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Family Correspondence | Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Science and Technology | Science. | Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 | Short, John Cleaves. | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir James Paget correspondence, 1784-1932
| | | | Dates: | 1784-1932 | | | | Abstract: | These letters were assembled by Lady Paget as a collection of autographs. Most are addressed to Paget, and their subjects include medicine, science, and family. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P212 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autographs. | Beyond Early America | Billings, John S., (John Shaw), 1838-1913 | Clark, Andrew, 1856-1922 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Davy, Humphry,Sir,1778-1829. | Dewar, James, d. 1788 | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Medicine. | Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 | Prestwick, Joseph, Sir | Science. | Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859 | Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl, 1821-1902 | Wallace, Albert Russel | Watson, Thomas, -- Sir. | |
| 11 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Warner letters and papers, 1850-1864
| | | | Dates: | 1850-1864 | | | | Abstract: | The major portion of this correspondence deals with the controversy which arose when Benjamin Peirce, after having seen the manuscript of Warner's "Studies in Organic Morphology" (Philadelphia, 1857), read a paper on morphology before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1855). Other topics discussed include the alleged "Harvard clique," the administration of the Dudley Observatory (Albany, N.Y.), and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W243 | | | | Extent: | 255.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Africa--Description and travel | American Academy of Arts and Sciences. | Asia -- Description and travel. | Diaries. | Dudley Observatoy | Europe -- Description and travel. | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 | Fraley, F., (Frederick), 1804-1901 | Greeley , Horace, 1811-1872 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Morphology. | Science. | Sketches. | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. | Warner, John,d. 1873. | Winslow, C. F. | |
| 12 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Autograph collection, 1816-1917
| | | | Dates: | 1816-1917 | | | | Abstract: | There are 153 letters in this collection, many addressed to Aubrey Lackington Moore, an English writer who tried to reconcile evolution and traditional Christianity. Some letters discuss scientific questions of the day, while others are formal social notes. Also includes 24 clipped signatures, inlcuding those of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland; Goerge Bentham; H. A. Bruce; S. H. Butcher; Matthewss Duncan; Percy Gardner; George Gritchett; G. Grote; Alfred Cort Haddon; Sir Prescott Gardner Hewitt; William Guyer Hunter; Thomas Henry Huxley; John Lingard; Thomas Babington Macauley; Miss K. Aubrey Moore; Louis Pasteur; Sir John Russell Reynolds, bart.; Thomas Smith; James Leigh Strachan-Davidson; Agnes Strickland; and Arthur Thomason. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M781 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Acland, Henry W., (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900 | Autographs. | Bentham, George, 1800-1884 | Beyond Early America | Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894 | Evolution. | Fletcher, C. R. L., (Charles Robert Leslie), 1857-1934 | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Gladstone, W. E., (William Ewart), 1809-1898 | Grote, George, 1794-1871 | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Miscellaneous | Moore, E. M.,collector. | Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895 | Science. | Thomson, William | Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir, 1838-1928 | Turner, William, Sir | |
| 13 | Creator: | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Charles Lyell correspondence, 1811-1882
| | | | Dates: | 1811-1882 | | | | Abstract: | From negative microfilm held by Dr. Leonard G. Wilson, the collection consists mostly of incoming correspondence from English and American scientists, with a small section of correspondence from Lyell. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.4 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Geology. | Hicks, Henry | Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 | Hopkins, William | Horsfield, Thomas, 1773-1859 | Hull, Edward, 1829-1917 | Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892 | Jackson, Charles T., (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880 | James, Sir Henry | Jamieson, Thomas, d. 1924 | Judd, John W., (John Wesley), 1840-1916 | Jukes, Beete | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Lyman, Theodore, 1792-1849 | Microfilm Collection | Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890 | Natural history. | Science. | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 | Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911 | Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875 | Williamson, William Crawford , 1816-1895 | Wills, W. R. | Wollaston, Alexander R. | Wood, Searles | Woodward, Samuel, 1790-1838 | Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874 | |
| 14 | Creator: | Various | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Scientists Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1563-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The Scientists Collection is comprised of individual letters and small groups of correspondence from American, British, French, and German scientists during the past three centuries. Although the content is highly varied, there is significant strength in astronomy, natural history, conchology, and geology.
Among the scientists better represented in the collection are the astronomers William Radcliffe Birt, J.F.W. Herschel, and Franz Xaver von Zach; the conchologists A.D. Brown, Fred L. Button, Otto Mörch, Alfred Newton, Christian M. Poulsen, Temple Prime, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, and A. G. Wetherby; the physical scientists George Biddell Airy, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ferdinand R. Hassler, and Max Planck; the archaeologist Jean François Nadaillac; the philosopher William Whewell; and the naturalists Walter Henry Bates, Robert Chambers, Edme Dupuget, Robert Kaye Greville, Joseph Henry, John Stevens Henslow, John Lubbock, and Herbert Spencer. | | | | Call #: | Mss.509.L56 | | | | Extent: | 5.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abeille, Louis Paul, 1719-1807 | Akademiia Nauk S.S.S.R. | Animal magnetism. | Astronomy | Astronomy--Early works to 1800 | Azores--Description and travel | Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983 | Beadle, Elias R. | Bertrand, J. (Joseph), 1822-1900 | Beyond Early America | Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 | Clarke, Frieda | Compton, K. T., (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 | Conchology | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 | Evolution (Biology) | Geology | Gray, Joseph Alexander, 1884-1966 | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Lynge, Herman Henrik Julius, 1822-1897 | Natural history | Paleontology | Perisco, Enrico | Photographs | Physicists. | Physics | Physics--Early works to 1800 | Science | Segrè, Emilio Gino, 1905-1989 | Shells. | Silkworms | Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854 | Various | Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780-1854 | Wien, W. , (Wilhelm), 1864-1928 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
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