| 4 | 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. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,1786-1842. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lamarck's genera of shells, [ca. 1831]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1831 | | | | Abstract: | This volume was copied by Philip Holbrook Nicklin, a Philadelphia author and bookseller, from portions of the "London Quarterly Journal of Science Literature and the Arts" and partly from a translation of the original, to which is prefixed a short conchological introduction, containing descriptions of the Linnean genera, & of those species, from which Lamarck has formed most of his genera. | | | | Call #: | Mss.594.L16 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829 | Manuscript Essays | Mollusks. | Natural History | Natural history. | Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,1786-1842. | Science and Technology | Zoology. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Sanderson, Ivan Terence,1911-1973. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ivan Terence Sanderson papers, [ca. 1920-1973]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1920-1973 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, diaries, notebooks, and photographs. Sanderson began his travels in the jungles of Asia and Africa before starting his formal schooling at Eton and Cambridge in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His papers reflect his interest in animals, jungles, and natural history. Late in his life Sanderson's interest turned to UFO's and he was the director of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sa3 | | | | Extent: | 27.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Africa--Description and travel | Asia -- Description and travel. | Diaries. | Drawings. | Eton College. | Natural history. | Notebooks. | Sanderson, Ivan Terence,1911-1973. | Unidentified flying objects. | University of Cambridge. | Zoology. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philip August | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel letters, 1867-1914
| | | | Dates: | 1867-1914 | | | | Abstract: | These letters, mostly in German, refer to evolution, Darwin, monism, phylogeny, radiolaria, morphology, and anatomy, and other scientific work of Haeckel and his correspondents. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H111.m | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anatomy, Comparative. | Evolution. | Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philip August | Monism. | Morphology. | Phylogeny. | Radiolaria. | Schultze, Fritz, 1846-1908 | Semper, C., (Carl), 1832-1893 | Société d'anthropologie de Paris. | Struck, Hermann. | Wakeman, Thomas B. | Zoologists -- Germany. | Zoology. | |
| 8 | Creator: | Jennings, H. S., (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings diaries, 1903-1942
| | | | Dates: | 1903-1942 | | | | Abstract: | These diaries are incomplete, but fairly constant from 1927-1942. They record Jennings' travels, personal and professional activities, such as World War I service (U.S. Food Administration); summers working at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole; and as visiting professor at Keio University (Keio Gijuku Daigaku), Tokyo, Japan, 1931-1932. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J44.d | | | | Extent: | 16.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Biology. | Diaries. | Jennings, H. S., (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 | Keio Gijuku Daigaku. | Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). | Schools -- Japan -- Tokyo. | United States Food Administration. | Universities and colleges -- Japan. | Zoologists -- United States. | Zoology. | |
| 9 | Creator: | Pike, F. H., (Frank Henry) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | F. H. (Frank Henry) Pike papers, ca. 1922-1952
| | | | Dates: | 1922-1952 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence (ca. 150 letters), subject files, and notes on various research projects. The various subject areas include the central nervous systems, brains, and physiologies of many animals. Included are some anatomical drawings. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P633 | | | | Extent: | 7.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, Charles C., (Charles Christopher), 1873-1955 | Brain. | Central nervous system. | Donaldson, Henry Herbert,1857-1938. | Drawings. | Hektoen, Ludvig, 1863-1951 | Medical sciences. | Physiology -- Research. | Pike, F. H., (Frank Henry) | Riddle, Oscar,b. 1877. | Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 | Zoology. | |
| 10 | Creator: | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Georges Cuvier, baron, correspondence, 1799-1829
| | | | Dates: | 1799-1829 | | | | Abstract: | These letters relate to natural history, zoology, and the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, as well as current events. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C99 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Bostock, John, 1773-1846 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | D'Hericy, Achille | Fishes -- Collection and preservation. | Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- France. | Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1774-1856 | Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840 | La Cépède, M. le comte de , (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon), 1756-1825 | Lemon, Charles | Lichtenstein, Hinrich, 1780-1857 | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France). | Natural history. | Thouin, André, 1747-1824 | Zoology. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Riddle, Oscar,b. 1877. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Oscar Riddle papers, 1919-1963
| | | | Dates: | 1919-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Includes correspondence, autobiographical notes, addresses, articles, and drawings. The collection reflects Riddle's interests in breeding, heredity, and evolution. He was interested in humanism and the presentation of biological and evolutionary theories. There is much information on Riddle's activities in favor of freedom of scientific teaching, especially in high schools. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R43 | | | | Extent: | 3.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Biology. | Birds -- Research. | Blakeslee, Albert Francis,1874-1954. | Breeding. | Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 | Evolution. | Genetics. | Heredity. | Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 | Kinsey, Alfred C., (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | Physiology. | Pigeons. | Riddle, Oscar,b. 1877. | Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Sketches. | University of Chicago. -- Dept. of Zoology. | Whitman, Charles Otis, 1842-1910 | Zoology. | |
| 12 | Creator: | Stauffer, Jacob,b. 1808. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacob Stauffer Papers, 1844-1879
| | | | Dates: | 1844-1879 | | | | Abstract: | These letters concern various scientific subjects, such as fishes, insects, snakes, mice, fossils, and mosses. Other subjects include learned institutions, notably the Smithsonian Institution and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and men of science. Correspondents include S. S. Haldeman, Walter J. Hoffman, Spencer F. Baird, Edward D. Cope, and Leo Lesquereux. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.St15 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Botany. | Cope, E. D. , (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 | Cresson, Ezra Townsend | Durand, Elie M. | Farlow, W. G., (William Gilson), 1844-1919 | Le Conte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Learned institutions and societies. | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientists. | Smithsonian Institution. | Stauffer, Jacob,b. 1808. | Zoology. | |
| 13 | 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. | |
| 14 | Creator: | Viereck, H. L.(Henry Lorenz),1881-1926. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | H. L.(Henry Lorenz) Viereck, papers, 1894-1926
| | | | Dates: | 1894-1926 | | | | Abstract: | These papers offer an extensive correspondence, which include copies of outgoing letters, on topics such as entomology, natural history, and zoology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.973 | | | | Extent: | 7.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bird, Henry | Bradley, J. Chester, (James Chester), b. 1884. | Britton, Wilton E. | Brues, Charles T., (Charles Thomas), 1879-1955 | Carriker, Melbourn A. | Classen, Arthur | Clements, Frederic E., (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945 | Entomology. | Howard, L. O.(Leland Ossian),1857-1950. | Natural history. | Skinner, Henry | Viereck, H. L.(Henry Lorenz),1881-1926. | Zoology. | |
| 15 | Creator: | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Maskell Patterson notebooks, 1810-1811
| | | | Dates: | 1810-1811 | | | | Abstract: | These are notes of lectures and experiments made at Paris as a student at the Jardin des Plantes. The volumes are entitled: Botany & Agriculture (with a large portion actually on electrical machinery); Trees and Shrubs; Chemistry, Physics, Mineralogy; and Zoology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P275.n | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Botany | Chemistry | Education | Educational Material | Meteorological Data | Mineralogy | Natural History | Notebooks | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Physics | Science and Technology | Zoology | |
| 16 | Creator: | Adams, Charles C., (Charles Christopher), 1873-1955 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Christopher Adams Papers, 1888-1955
| | | | Dates: | 1888-1955 | | | | Abstract: | The Charles Christopher Adams papers include correspondence, diaries, field notes, manuscripts, and photographs, all reflecting Adams' interests in biology, ecology and human ecology, geography, and zoology. The field notebooks are extensive, spanning the years 1888-1948. Of special interest are those on the Adirondack regions, 1919-1948 (2 boxes) and from his Latin American trip of 1948. The photographs are both family and professional, with many from his numerous field trips. Of significance are the photos and negatives from the Roosevelt Wild Life Experiment Station (N.Y. State College, Syracuse) and from the University of Montana Biological Station at Flathead Lake, Montana (1913). There is much personal correspondence with Wilda P. Mackenzie. A part of the collection pertains to his daughter, Harriet Adams, including exchanges with the Charles C. Adams Center for Ecological Studies at Western Michigan University, and her unfinished biography of her father. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ad17 | | | | Extent: | 15.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, Charles C., (Charles Christopher), 1873-1955 | Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) | Biology. | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Craig, Wallace | Dewey, John, 1859-1952 | Ecology. | Elrod, Morton J., (Morton John), 1863-1953 | Field notes. | Flathead Lake Biological Station. | Geology. | Harper, Roland M., (Roland McMillan), 1878-1966 | Human ecology. | Krogman, Wilton Marion, 1903- | Latin America -- Description and travel. | Lindeman, Eduard | Mackenzie, Wilda P. | Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 | New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station. | Photoprints. | Pike, F. H., (Frank Henry) | Sarton, George, 1884-1956 | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 | Thomas, Wilfried | Western Michigan University. C.C. Adams Center for Ecological Studies. | Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 | Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947 | Zoology. | |
| 17 | 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. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque correspondence and writings, 1808-1840
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1840 | | | | Abstract: | The correspondence is principally to Zaccheus Collins (1810-1840), with bills, receipts, and notes on Rafinesque vs. Parker; letters from Collins, L.A. Tarascon, Lewis C. Beck, John Torrey, and Charles W. Short (1817-1835); and miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to Rafinesque vs. Parker, with an account of the Felician Society of Feliciana County, Illinois (1820). The writings are chiefly on botanical topics, and include notes and essays on Indians, Blacks, grapes and wine-making, banking, and speculation. Rafinesque's growing interest in Indian antiquities, linguistics, and history is apparent in letters after 1820. There is an account of Rafinesque's scientific travels in North America and southern Europe (1800-1832), and a bibliography. The botanical notes include descriptions of specimens collected by Lewis and Clark, Patrick Gass, and Henry Muhlenberg. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R124 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bibliographies. | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Botany. | Culture, community, organizations | Delaware Indians | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Essays. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 | Indians of North America--Louisiana | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Manuscript Essays | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural History | North America -- Description and travel. | Notebooks | Ojibwa Indians | Osage Indians | Ottawa Indians | Picture-writing | Plains Indians | Political Correspondence | Race, race relations, racism | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Tarascon, L. A. | Travel | Wallam olum | Zoology. | |
| 19 | 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. | |
| 20 | Creator: | Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Hunt Morgan papers, ca. 1919-1947
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1919-1947 | | | | Abstract: | The principal letters in this collection are to Otto L. Mohr and concern problems and progress in genetics, the Nobel Prize, and some account of Mohr and his family under the Nazi occupation of Norway, 1940-1945. Included with this group is a partial biographical essay on Calvin Blackman Bridges. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M824, BM824.1 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bateson, William N. | Bibliographical matters | Biographical and personal data | Biographical and personal data -- Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Biographical and personal data -- Sturtevant, Alfred Henry | Bridges, Calvin B. | Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938 | Cancer, chemotherapy | Castle, William Ernest | Columbia University -- Fly room | Conferences and symposia -- Genetics Society (Great Britain) | Davenport, Charles Benedict | Drosophila genetics | Dunn, Leslie Clarence | Gates, R. Ruggles, (Reginald Ruggles), 1882-1962 | Genetics. | Honors -- Nobel Prize | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Lectures, public speaking | Morgan, Ellen K. H. | Morgan, Lilian V. | Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 | Nobel Prizes. | Norway -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945. | Passports. | Physiology | Publication -- Genetics | Radiation genetics -- Grasshoppers | Research support | Sturtevant, Alfred Henry | Travel -- Europe | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | World War II -- Impact on science | World War II -- Norway | Zoology. | |
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