R. A. F. (Richard Alexander Fullerton) Penrose correspondence and papers, 1885-1931

Mss.B.P384

Date: 1885-1931 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, Ca. 100 items
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Abstract

This correspondence is with Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Edgar Fahs Smith, and Thomas Sovereign Gates, about undergraduate days at Harvard College, his interest in Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Wistar Institute. The papers include a list of publications, biographical data, papers on Robert G. LeConte and Daniel Moreau Barringer, a certificate of membership in the Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association, and 25 drawings of crystals and 35 original sketches made to accompany his Harvard thesis, "The Nature and Origin of Deposits of Phosphate of Lime."

Background note

Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Jr. was a geologist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1905.

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 100 items.

Provenance

Presented by members of the Penrose family, 1932, and by Edward L. Stokes, 1952.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Harvard University
  • University of Pennsylvania.
  • Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

Family Name(s)

  • LeConte, Robert G.

Genre(s)

  • Certificates.
  • Drawings.
  • Sketches.

Personal Name(s)

  • Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1854-1914
  • Barringer, Daniel Moreau, 1860-1929
  • Gates, Thomas Sovereign
  • Penrose, R. A. F. (Richard Alexander Fullerton, Jr.), 1863-1931
  • Smith, Edgar Fahs, 1854-1928

Subject(s)

  • Geology.
  • Mineralogy.