| 1 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S., (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque correspondence, 1819-1840, to John Torrey
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1840 | | | | Abstract: | Included with these letters are botanical remarks addressed to John Torrey (1835), and a list of plants wanted by Rafinesque (ca. 1837). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.898 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque miscellaneous manuscripts, 1817-1834
| | | | Dates: | 1817-1834 | | | | Abstract: | These manuscripts include a few letters to John Torrey, Amos Eaton, and Reuben Haines, and journals of travels to the Appalachian mountains (1833), and to the source of the Schuylkill River (1834). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.898.2 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Appalachian Mountains. | Botany. | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 | Journals (notebooks). | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Schuylkill River (Pa.) | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | |
| 3 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Materials for a biography, [ca. 1946-1962], of David Hosack
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1946-1962 | | | | Abstract: | David Hosack (1769-1835, APS 1810) was a physician and botanist active in medical education, as well as cultural life of New York City. Hosack founded Elgin Botanic Gardens, the first botanical gardens in America, co-founded the New York Historical Society and the short-lived Rutgers Medical School in New York City. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H78 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Biographies. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Park, Thomas, 1766-1844 | Physicians | Robbins, Christine Chapman | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827
| | | | Dates: | 1805-1827 | | | | Abstract: | Zaccheus Collins' botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelpha. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.880 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baldwin, William, 1779-1819 | Barton, William P. C., (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856 | Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 | Cleaver, Isaac | Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 | Eddy, Caspar W. | Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830 | Ives, Eli, 1778-1861 | Microfilm Collection | Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801 | Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henrich Ernst, 1753-1815 | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Steinhauer, Henry, d. 1818 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | |
| 6 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Torrey papers, 1819-1864
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1864 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include letters on natural history, metals and mineralogy, botany, insects, the geological survey of New York, and analyses of distilled liquors in the cause of temperance. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.T63.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Buckley, S. B., (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Delavan, Edward C., (Edward Cornelius), 1793-1871 | Durand, Elie M. | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. | Insects. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Temperance. | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Parker Cleaveland papers, [ca. 1806]-1844
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1806-1844 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1106 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Brongniart, Alexandre-Theodore, 1739-1813 | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Geology. | Gibbs, George | Gilmor, Robert | Hall, Frederick, 1813-1837 | Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 | Maclure, William, 1763-1840 | Microfilm Collection | Minerals -- Collection and preservation. | Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 1779-1864 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887
| | | | Dates: | 1838-1887 | | | | Abstract: | The largest portion of correspondence is with Charles Edwin Bessy on botanical matters, including botanical publications in the United States and Europe, and plants and shell specimens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G78 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bessey, Charles E., (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915 | Botanical gardens. | Botany. | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 | Education -- United States. | Educational Material | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882 | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Ridgely, Charles Goodwin, 1784-1848 | Rothrock, Joseph T., 1839-1922 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Shells. | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Vrolik, W., (Willem), 1801-1863 | Ward, Henry Augustus, 1834-1906 | |
| 9 | Creator: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Autograph letters of naturalists, 1744-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1744-1894 | | | | Abstract: | Collection of 283 letters assembled and presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by John Torrey. Correspondents include: Louis Agassiz, Zaccheus Collins, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Elie M. Durand, Asa Gray, William Hembel, Alexander von Humboldt, William H. Keating, James Mease, Samuel G. Morton, George Ord, Charles Pickering, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Benjamin Silliman, Sr., John Torrey, Charles Waterton, Alexander Wilson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.628 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 -- Correspondence | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 -- Correspondence | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 -- Correspondence | Hembel, William -- Correspondence | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Correspondence | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 -- Correspondence | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Pickering, Edward C., (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 1779-1864 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Young, Aaron,b. 1819. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Aaron Young papers, [ca. 1839-1894]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1839-1894 | | | | Abstract: | This is primarily a collection of letters, with some additional documents, concerning Young's interest in botany, geology, mineralogy, and natural history. There is information about Bowdoin College, where he studied under Parker Cleaveland. There is also much on the natural history of Maine, where he was the State Botanist in 1847-1849, and also on the Bangor Natural History Society. There are materials on Brazil in relation to Young's service there as the U.S. consul to Rio Grande do Sul from 1863 to 1873. There are also letters from his brother, John C. Young, and his sister, Sarah Augusta Young. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Y81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, George N. | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Albumen prints | Americans Abroad | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Bangor Natural History Society. | Bartlett, John | Blake, Charles M. | Botany. | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Bowdoin College -- Students. | Brazil -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Chute, Ariel P. | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Education | Educational Material | Emerson, John | Geology. | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Holmes, Ezekiel, 1801-1865 | International Travel | Mead, S. B. | Mineralogy. | Natural history -- Maine. | Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Science and Technology | Thurber, George, 1821-1890 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Warren, John | Young, Aaron,b. 1819. | Young, John C. | Young, Sarah Augusta | |
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