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Nevin, J. C. Letter, Los Angeles, to J[ames] M[iller] Guinn, 1890 June 6.

Title: Letter, Los Angeles, to J[ames] M[iller] Guinn, 1890 June 6.

Handwritten letter about the death of botanist Charles C. Parry (1823-1890). There is also a long obituary for Parry clipped from the Davenport (Iowa) Democrat, 1890 Feb. 20.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23250825 View

Joly, Charles Jasper, 1864-1906. Letter to [Charles Christopher Parry]. Paris, France. 1883 Dec. 14.

Title: Letter to [Charles Christopher Parry]. Paris, France. 1883 Dec. 14.

Requesting materials about Yosemite, especially the "Big Trees" for a paper he is writing; praising the farsightedness of the U.S. government in protecting the trees.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86139997 View

Orcutt, Charles Russell, 1864-1929. Papers of Charles Russell Orcutt, 1882-1899.

Title: Papers of Charles Russell Orcutt, 1882-1899.

The collection consists primarily of letters to Orcutt, along with some documents and manuscripts. The subject matter of the letters focus primarily on the flora of California and Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 642 pieces.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122369266 View

Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890. Correspondence : Parry and Torrey, 1846-1868.

Title: Correspondence : Parry and Torrey, 1846-1868.

Incoming correspondence from Charles Christopher Parry to John Torrey, for 1846-1868. The correspondence discusses botany, botanical surveys and expeditions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. government agencies. Letters discuss the Emory expedition in New Mexico, and Parry's travels and collection trips to the American West and Southwest.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders (76 letters)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778561950 View

Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890. Letters to Charles Edwin Bessey. Davenport, IA. 1872-1889.

Title: Letters to Charles Edwin Bessey. Davenport, IA. 1872-1889.

Discussing field work in the West, ornamental use of Western conifers, Iowa Academy of Science, botanists, publications and herbaria.

ArchivalResource: 16 items (31 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122504092 View

Ellis, Erl H. Lake Osborn problem : C.C. Parry : type loc., yellow pond lily.

Title: Lake Osborn problem : C.C. Parry : type loc., yellow pond lily. 1941-1942.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder : ill. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51212559 View

Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895. Papers, 1854-1897

Title: Daniel Cady Eaton papers 1854-1897

Correspondence, writings, and other papers of Daniel Cady Eaton, botanist and professor at Yale. The correspondence is of an almost exclusively scientific nature and includes letters from a number of important scientists. Also included are some genealogical materials on the Eaton family.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet (14 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0581 View

White, James, 1837-1927. James White letter to his brother, Joshua H. White : Callville, Nevada, 1867 September 26.

Title: James White letter to his brother, Joshua H. White : Callville, Nevada, 1867 September 26.

Recounting his experience descending the Colorado River on a raft through the Grand Canyon after he and fellow prospectors were attacked by Ute Indians in Colorado. With the letter are notes by Charles Christopher Parry on White (2 pages).

ArchivalResource: Originals : 2 pages ; 27 cm.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 547:7) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215083569 View

Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890. Correspondence : Parry and Engelmann, 1851-1884.

Title: Correspondence : Parry and Engelmann, 1851-1884.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence between George Engelmann and Charles Christopher Parry, for 1851-1884. The correspondence relates to botany, botanical surveys and expeditions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. government agencies. Letters discuss the Emory expedition in New Mexico, and Parry's travels and collection trips to the American West and Southwest. Also included are descriptions of various plants, including many Cactaceae and Pinus species. Folders contain original letters and postcards, as well as photocopies and abstracts of the original material.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (39 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776910849 View

Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890. [Papers on botany].

Title: [Papers on botany]. 1882-1886.

ArchivalResource: 4 pamphlets in 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781152478 View

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887. William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (14 boxes + 1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128554 View

William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers 1823-1886

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 14; Other Storage Formats: Oversize portfolio , Linear Feet: 5.50

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.emory View

Torrey, John, 1796-1873. Correspondence : Torrey and Engelmann, 1844-1873.

Title: Correspondence : Torrey and Engelmann, 1844-1873.

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John Torrey, for 1844-1873. The correspondence relates to botany, botanical expeditions and Torrey's personal herbarium. Letters discuss the Emory expedition in New Mexico, Parry's travels and collection trips to the American West, and Newberry's work on the Colorado Exploring Expedition. Also included are descriptions of various plants, including many Cactaceae and Yucca species. Letter dated July 4, 1845, written by Asa Gray and John Torrey. Letter dated March 6, 1873, written by M. Torrey on behalf of John Torrey. Folder contains original letters and illustrations, as well as photocopies of the original material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (39 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776910850 View

Douglas, Julia Brewster, d. 1935. Letter, 1934 July 14, Evergreen, Colo. to Ina T. Aulls, Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Title: Letter, 1934 July 14, Evergreen, Colo. to Ina T. Aulls, Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Tells about a monument near Evergreen, Colo. placed by Colorado Association of Nurserymen to honor C.C. Parry, the "real discoverer" of the Engelmann spruce.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14576651 View

Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895. Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895) papers, 1854-1897 (inclusive).

Title: Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895) papers, 1854-1897 (inclusive).

Correspondence, writings, and other papers of Daniel Cady Eaton, botanist and professor at Yale. The correspondence is of an almost exclusively scientific nature and includes letters from a number of important scientists. Also included are some genealogical materials on the Eaton family.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167519 View

LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897

Title: John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897

This collection contains mostly entomological material, with much information on the description and identification of particular insects, entomological collections, and the study of entomology in Europe and the United States. In addition, there are materials on medicine and hospitals during the American Civil War, on the Corps of Topographical Engineers, the United States Army, on natural history in the United States, and on the LeConte's family. Some letters are written to President Rutherford B. Hayes and concern the Commissionership of Agriculture, for which LeConte was considered, but not appointed. Letters of John Eatton LeConte and Joseph LeConte are included.

ArchivalResource: 7.7 Linear feet, Ca. 1900 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L493-ead.xml View

Letters to Thomas Morong, 1874-1888

Title: Letters to Thomas Morong, 1874-1888

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00033/catalog View

Records of the U.S. Geological Survey. 1839 - 2008. Personal Letters Received

Title: Records of the U.S. Geological Survey. 1839 - 2008. Personal Letters Received

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/654213 View

Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890. Papers, 1841-1943.

Title: Papers, 1841-1943.

Collection includes correspondence, notebooks, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Many of the manuscripts and notebooks contain field notes from botanical expeditions, including notes on San Domingo, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and the Wasatch Mountains in the Utah Territory. There are two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings--one dealing with the Mexican boundary surveys and the Santo Domingo Commission, the other containing clippings from the Chicago Evening journal in 1863-64 dealing with the exploration of the Far West. The collection also includes photocopies from the accession records of the ISU Library listing books from Parry's personal collection in the ISU Library, Iowa State professor L.H. Pammel's notes on Parry, and papers dealing with the cataloging of the Iowa State collection in 1942-43. Correspondents include Rosa Smith Eigenmann, W.H. Emory, George Engelmann, Asa Gray, Edwin James, Albert Kellogg, D.D. Owen, S.B. Parish, Emily R. Parry, A. Randall, John Torrey, and Sereno Watson.

ArchivalResource: 28 v. + 1.8 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32170555 View