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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

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Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) Gould papers, 1831-1866, 1831-1866 (inclusive), 1838-1852 (bulk).

Title: Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) Gould papers, 1831-1866, 1831-1866 (inclusive),1838-1852 (bulk).

Papers of American naturalist and physician Augustus A. Gould.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Elliott Society of Science and Art (Charleston, S.C.). Proceedings : Elliott Society of Natural History, 1853-1901.

Title: Proceedings : Elliott Society of Natural History, 1853-1901.

Volume entitled "Proceedings: Elliott Society of Natural History" contains handwritten minutes of meetings, printed copies of minutes, broadsides concerning the society and its members, clippings about Society meetings, and post cards from individuals wishing to join the Society. Minutes note contributions to the Society's museum and library collections, papers accepted for publication in the society's proceedings (published 1856-1890), and information about papers delivered or topics discussed at meetings. Prominent members included Francis S. Holmes (the Society's first secretary), Lewis R. Gibbes (president of the Society for 30 years), Rev. John Bachman (also a president of the Society), and Gabriel E. Manigault (curator of the College Museum).

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.25 linear ft.)

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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Lewis R. Gibbes papers, 1834-1901.

Title: Lewis R. Gibbes papers, 1834-1901.

Papers include biographical information (1901), obituaries and eulogies for Gibbes, drafts of letters, copies of letters, notes, ephemera, astronomical calculations, botanical specimens, writings, scrapbooks, prints, astronomical charts, Elliott Society materials, and a glass plate negative. Drafts of two letters (1890 July 14 and December 6) from Gibbes to C.S. Sargent at the Arnold Arboretum in Brookline, Mass. state Gibbes is sending Sargent papers for publication. Gibbes also asks Sargent for plant specimens. A volume containing copies of letters in French includes an index. Copies of letters (1838-1850) are to family members and others at Charleston (S.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Havana (Cuba), Paris (France), and elsewhere. Class notes (ca. 1836-1837) from France relate to medical studies. Notes also include zoological observations (1856). A notebook (1836-1882) contains comments about books on religion. Ephemera (1836-1837) relates to Gibbes' studies in France. Gibbes' writings include clippings of "astronomical notes" (1834-1869) published in Charleston (S.C.) newspapers, and articles and pamphlets about natural history, inventions, mathematics, and the biographies of famous individuals. Scrapbooks (1834-1893) contain clippings about Gibbes's work, science, astronomy, natural history, poetry, local events, and the Civil War. Prints are of individuals, battles, foreign cities, and other scenes. Astronomical charts contain diagrams and mathematical calculations. A glass plate negative depicts Gibbes. Elliott Society of Natural History materials include a pamphlet (1857) with the constitution and by-laws, a handwritten membership list (1850s), ephemera, handwritten reports (1887) of the corresponding secretary, foreign science society memberships (1853-1898), issues of the Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (2 oversized) (4.5 linear ft.)

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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1834-1898.

Title: Papers, 1834-1898.

Correspondence, biographical material, astronomical calculations, zoological observations, printed material, maps and prints, scrapbook, and other papers, documenting Gibbes' study of medicine in Paris, France (1836-1837), scientific activities, and teaching career at College of Charleston (S.C.). Includes constitution and bylaws, reports of the corresponding secretary, membership lists, proceedings (1853-1890, incomplete), and other records of Elliot Society of Natural History, of which Gibbes was a founder.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

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Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

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Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Lewis R. Gibbes Papers.

Title: Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Lewis R. Gibbes Papers.

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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

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Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866. Papers, 1831-1866 (inclusive), 1838-1852 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1831-1866 (inclusive), 1838-1852 (bulk).

Consists of professional correpondence to Gould concerning scientific work in the field of natural history particularly the study of shell specimens. Correspondents include Charles Baker Adams, Louis Agassiz, John Gould Anthony, John Bartlett, Hugh Cuming, James Dwight Dana, Charles Darwin, Louis R. Gibbes, Samuel Stehman Haldeman, James Hall, and Thaddeus William Harris. Also one letter by Gould and four unidentified letters.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Ravenel, Henry William, 1814-1887. Henry William Ravenel papers, 1739-1935, (bulk, 1844-1887).

Title: Henry William Ravenel papers, 1739-1935, (bulk, 1844-1887).

Papers re botanical studies and family history; deed, 1839, for property sold to Malcom Browne by S.C. Canal & Railroad Company; letter, 4 April 1844, St. Johns, S.C., from Edmund Ravenel, St. Thomas Parish, S.C., re fossils in limestone, visit to Berkeley County, his examination of new fossils, and suggesting geology reading list. Letter, 26 Mar. 1857, Aiken, S.C., from Edmund Ravenel, Sullivan's Island, S.C., re monetary values of his slaves as assessed by L[ouis] D. DeSaussure; 2 volumes, 1850-1884, Berkeley and Aiken, S.C., letters to Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes, Charleston, re botanical specimens and publications; speech, 15 Sept. 1859, re varieties of grapes presented before the Aiken Vine-growing and Horticultural Association. Letters, 12 Jan. 1869-3 Sept. [18]85, from Dr. John Shaw Billings, A. Featherman, Baton Rouge, La., John M[cLaren] McBryde, Columbia, S.C., Charles James Sprague, Boston, Mass., re assistance in identifying fungi, interest in botany, and specimens; scrapbook, 1853-1885, including scientific and literary notes, manuscripts and clippings from newspapers and magazines on miscellaneous topics. Thirty four volumes, 1859-1887, Pooshee Plantation, Hampton Hill, Columbia, Aiken, S.C., and elsewhere, H.W. Ravenel's private journals and diaries re educational studies, horticulture, family, and current events; 5 volumes, 1853, Fungi of Carolina, containing pressed and dried fungi samples from across South and North Carolina. Letter, 1 April 1865, Hampton Hill, S.C., to Richard [Y. Dwight], re evacuation of Charleston, S.C., destruction and theft of property by black soldiers around Pineville, S.C., and attitudes of freedmen and slaves towards freedom; pillaging of his home and papers by [Joseph] Wheeler's cavalry; also including account, 1748, re goods sold for Mary D. St. Julian. Undated essays: Limestone Fountains of Berkeley District, Southern Gardner's Manual, Southern Fruit Culture, Simple & Easy Directions for planting a small Garden; genealogical chart of Paul Mazyck and Elizabeth Van Wick; death notice, 1887, of H.W. Ravenel; undated genealogy of Ravenel Family; clipping, 1935 re Ravenel family home Pooshee plantation; and undated poetry and school papers of H.W. Ravenel.

ArchivalResource: 103 items and 48 v.

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. Selected papers [microfilm], 1827-1833.

Title: Selected papers [microfilm], 1827-1833.

Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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Gibbes, Lewis R., 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894.

Title: Papers, 1793-1894.

Mathematician and naturalist. Principally correspondence, with some printed material, clippings, specimen lists, resolutions, and miscellany. The papers, chiefly, 1838-1894, relate mainly to Gibbes' career as professor of mathematics, physics, and astronomy at the College of Charleston (S. C.) and his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, physics, geology, meteorology, chemistry, botany, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution ... An addendum to the collection contains correspondence of James McBride (1784-1817), botanist of South Carolina, including letters from Thomas Smith Grimké and John C. Calhoun, the latter discussing matters relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3.2 ft. (ca. 5,700 items)

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Ravenel, Edmund, 1797-1871. Edmund Ravenel papers, 1820-1871.

Title: Edmund Ravenel papers, 1820-1871.

Papers consist of personal, professional, and business correspondence, financial records, plantation papers, and other items. Ravenel's correspondence with academic colleagues, scientists, government officials, and others concerns the Medical College of South Carolina, laboratory equipment at the Charleston Library Society, conchology and other natural sciences, compensation for Ravenel's medical services at the Ft. Moultrie hospital during the Mexican War and during a yellow fever epidemic in 1858, a brickmaking machine and other inventions, and other matters. Correspondents include John Bachman, Lewis R. Gibbes, and inventor Nathan Sawyer of Baltimore (Md.). Other business and personal correspondence concerns medical and financial matters, and plantation affairs at the Grove. Included are drafts of letters to newspapers regarding beach erosion on Sullivan's Island, dredging of the Maffit's Channel, the Bowman Dyke, and Drunken Dick Shoal. Financial records consist of bills and receipts for medical supplies, medical accounts, receipts for taxes and various household expenditures, plantation accounts, mortgages, and other items. Related correspondence includes letters from Ravenel's collection agents concerning payments of and building repairs for tenants, and a letter concerning his purchase of Brabant Plantation. Other items include lists of slaves, writings (mostly fragments), patents, including one (1838) from B.H. Brown for a brickmaking machine, and estate papers (1831-1850) of Timothy Ford and his wife Mary Magdalen Ford.

ArchivalResource: ca. 575 items.

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Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866. Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1803 - 1931; bulk, (1803-1873).

Title: Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1803 - 1931; bulk, (1803-1873).

Chiefly business and legal papers, 1803-1873 and 1931, consisting of bills, receipts, land and estate papers, including several items related to sales of African-American slaves, with a list, ca. 1815, of slaves from the estate of Peter Horry and receipt, 12 Oct. 1838, for sale of two slaves, Mary and Ben; and settlement of estates of the Raoul family and others; and land papers and real estate. Other topics include reports to the Board of Trustees of S.C. College; papers re attempts to secure compensation from France for damages, cited as "French spoilations prior to July 31, 1801"; medical certificates, 1827-1834, and oversize diploma, 1827, from the Philadelphia Alms House and Infirmary certifying that RWG had completed one year of instruction, illustrated with large lithographic print of the institution; correspondence with Daniel Webster, Francis Markoe and James H. Causten relating to collection of a "Bond of the Republic of Colombia" due the estate of his father, William Hasell Gibbes. Letter of naturalist and anatomist Josephy Leidy re Gibbes' scientific research; letter, 12 Mar. 1840, Montpellier, Va., from Dolly Madison re R.W. Gibbes' rental of her house; letter, 26 Feb. 1846, to C[arlton] Edwards Lester, re misfortunes of S.C. artist James DeVeaux, who died in Italy in 1844 and breach of trust by U.S. Consul in Rome, "our consular system needs reform sadly, but our wise legislators are too much occupied with President making to act upon the wants of the government." Letters and papers in his position as Surgeon General of SC during the Civil War, correspondents include Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Charles Bell Gibson, Judah P. Benjamin, and pamphlet, 1 Feb. 1864, issued by RWG, "Special Order: Instructions For the Examination of Applicants For Discharge On Account of Physical Disability"; information on the burning of Columbia in 1865, and publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution. Volume, 1839-1863, chiefly used to record accounts of the estate of Gibbes' father, W.H. Gibbes, and other family members along with a few notes kept while visiting Cuba; pocket volume used as executor's account book, 1866-1867, for estate of RWG; a Catalogue of Paintings, Marbles and casts in the Collection of R.W. Gibbes, M.D. [compiled ca. 1850] with a handwritten notation - "Burned in his residence in Columbia, S.C. when the city was destroyed by Sherman's Army", and Autograph Book of the Revolution, 1770-1836, consisting of 197 signatures cut from letters and documents, plus 99 additional signatures included on letters, documents, and manuscripts. Other correspondents include George H. Moore, Andrew F. DeSaussure, Israel K. Tefft, Franklin J. Moses, Lewis R. Gibbes, and others, including letter, 14 July 1860, to George H. Moore, referring him to Alexander Garden's book, Anecdotes of the Revolution re observations on Charles Lee and William Henry Drayton and sending a letter of Charles Lee; and notes, 1931, re Gibbes compiled by Yates Snowden.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

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