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Pamphlets relating to natural history in Minnesota, 1932-

Title: Pamphlets relating to natural history in Minnesota, 1932-

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the study and teaching of natural history, institutes, nature centers or preserves, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54024703 View

Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Note from Thomas Nuttale, probably to a Professor Terry, 1838.

Title: Note from Thomas Nuttale, probably to a Professor Terry, 1838.

Note (1838 Sept. 7) from Nuttale, in Philadelphia, probably to a Prof. Terry in New York State, indicating that he had shipped a box of mineral specimens but could not provide the rest of his list.

ArchivalResource: size

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222009131 View

Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria, 1890-2019, bulk 1890-1955

Title: Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria, 1890-2019, bulk 1890-1955

The collection consists of Gray Herbarium correspondence from the 1890s to present day but the bulk of the letters are from 1890-1955. Most of the letters are addressed to staff members of the Gray Herbarium and were transferred to the archives from office files. Some letters were gifts to the Gray Herbarium that were interfiled into the collection.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00079/catalog View

Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Correspondence, 1786-1815.

Title: Correspondence, 1786-1815.

These letters are to and from many of the scientists and naturalists of the period and concern all of Barton's interests.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380112 View

Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856. Papers, ca. 1818-1852

Title: Thaddeus William Harris papers, approximately 1818-1852

Correspondence, botanical lectures, and notebooks of natural historian and Harvard librarian Thaddeus William Harris.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 linear feet (14 folders)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00030/catalog View

John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884

Title: John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884 1783-1884

These are primarily letters to Gray on various aspects of natural history, with many references to collections at the British Museum of Natural History. There are numerous letters from British scientists and from European colleagues. There are letters from Americans too, such as those from Agassiz which relate to his Florida expeditions and the creation of natural history collections.

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 500 items.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G784-ead.xml View

Collins, Zaccheus, ca. 1764-1831. Botanical correspondence, 1805-1827

Title: Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827

Zaccheus Collins' botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelpha.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.880-ead.xml View

[Thomas Nuttall, biographical materials]

Title: [Thomas Nuttall, biographical materials] 1960-

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21981073 View

Say, Thomas, 1787-1834. Thomas Say ornithological papers, 1819-2010.

Title: Thomas Say ornithological papers, 1819-2010.

Chiefly copies of excerpts from various published materials including the journals of the 1819-1820 Long expedition; biographies of Say and Thomas Nuttall; bird checklists; web site clippings and miscellaneous correspondence. The collection does include seven pages of Say's "notes on birds" taken during the Long expedition.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 container)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/732968760 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to James Breckinridge [manuscript], 1819 July 8, 11, and 16.

Title: Letter to James Breckinridge [manuscript], 1819 July 8, 11, and 16.

Letter, 1819 July 8, Monticello, to James Breckinridge. Jefferson reports on the progress of the University. He mentions the addition of two ranges with dormitories to the original plans, funds available, building of Pavilions, the establishment of Mr. Stack's school in Charlottesville for Latin and Greek and P. Laporte's French boarding house. He discusses teachers he wishes to hire, trouble with the Raggi brothers, and the hiring of brick layers from Virginia and Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647896718 View

William L. Clements Library. American Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1897.

Title: American Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1897.

The American Science and Medicine collection consists of miscellaneous items that document various aspects of science and medicine in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 152 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740676968 View

Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Papers of Thomas Nuttall.

Title: Papers of Thomas Nuttall.

The Nuttall papers consist of photographs of a diary made during Nuttall's 1810-1811 explorations. The diary contains 124 pages and dates from April 12, 1810 to Sept. 1810. Other Nuttall papers in the Gray Herbarium archives include 3 letters from Nuttall to Asa Gray and 2 copies of Gray's responses, in the Historic Letters file; 1 letter from Nuttall in the Thaddeus William Harris collection; and 1 letter from Nuttall to William Darlington and a sheet which is described as some of the manuscript of his Genera in Mrs. Gray's autograph collection. There is also a small set of original drawings (not drawn by Nuttall) for his North American Sylva, with notes prepated by Elixabeth Dean Bennett in 1928 comparing them to the published illustrations.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175317090 View

Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), 1875-1960. Papers, 1899-1956

Title: Rolla Kent Beattie Papers 1899-1956

Correspondence and other papers regarding taxonomic investigations of Pacific Northwest plants, of which a major part consists of approximately 50,000 notes and references to literature on Northwest flora and historical and biographical aspects of Northwest botany. Significant correspondents: C. E. Bessey, L. F. Henderson, Aven Nelson, C. V. Piper, Harold St. John, W. N. Suksdorf, A. R. Sweetser.

ArchivalResource: 16 containers.; 8.5 linear feet of shelf space.; 56,500 items.

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv18812 View

Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, 200 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.C81.1-ead.xml View

Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Papers, 1819-1850.

Title: Papers, 1819-1850.

This collection includes correspondence, chiefly on scientific subjects, including education, medical practice, geology, mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), his publications ("Crania Americana" [1838] and "Crania Aegyptica"). In some of the letters, Morton writes as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489495 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIb-ead.xml View

Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863. Charles Wilkins Short : papers, 1811-1869.

Title: Charles Wilkins Short : papers, 1811-1869.

Papers consisting of correspondence, 1811-1849, with his uncle, William Short of Philadelphia, discussing William's activity in Philadelphia, medicine, and medical schools; family and business correspondence, 1818-1863; letter book, 1818-1822; botanical correspondence, 1815-1834, with scientists in Europe and America; diary, 1860, kept at "Hayfield" near Louisville; records of medical cases from Short's practice at Hopkinsville, Ky., 1817-1825; lectures to students in the Medical Dept. of Transylvania University; a catalog of plants collected, preserved, and distributed, 1833-1838; land papers relating to land in Ill., Iowa, Ky., and Ohio; statements of account, 1841-1847, for the building of Short's house and operation of his estate, "Fernbank," in Hamilton County, Ohio; memoranda of letters written and received, 1816-1860; account book; commonplace book; notebooks; and drawings. Also includes some correspondence of William Short, Charles Wilkins, and John Cleves Short. The botanical correspondence includes letters from Asa Gray, Sir William J. Hooker, Thomas Nuttall, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Thomas Say, John Torrey, and Lunsford P. Yandell.

ArchivalResource: 5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49337602 View

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. Papers, 1806-1874.

Title: Papers, 1806-1874.

There is correspondence concerning geology, botany, natural history, natural selection, evolution, British science and scientists, and other scientific topics. Most of the letters are written to Lyell, but there are numerous ones from him.

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578721 View

Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. Papers, 1783-1884.

Title: Papers, 1783-1884.

These are primarily letters to Gray on various aspects of natural history, with many references to collections at the British Museum of Natural History. There are numerous letters from British scientists and from European colleagues. There are letters from Americans too, such as those from Agassiz which relate to his Florida expeditions and the creation of natural history collections.

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523596 View

Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876,. Letters, 1789-1858.

Title: Letters, 1789-1858.

These letters of American Philosophical Society members and prominent early American scientists were selected from Carson's extra-illustrated draft of "A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1869).

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523529 View

Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874, 1806-1874

Title: Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874 1806-1874

There is correspondence concerning geology, botany, natural history, natural selection, evolution, British science and scientists, and other scientific topics. Most of the letters are written to Lyell, but there are numerous ones from him.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 450 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L981-ead.xml View

Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Diary, 1810 Apr. 12-Sept. 10.

Title: Diary, 1810 Apr. 12-Sept. 10.

Diary of a journey from Philadelphia to the Huron River; notes made during journey via Detroit, Michilimackinac, and Green Bay-Fox River portage to St. Louis.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (116, [5] p.) ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35644742 View

Thomas Nuttall diary, 1810, 1810

Title: Thomas Nuttall diary, 1810 1810

This diary is a journal of a trip from Philadelphia by stage to Pittsburgh, then afoot through Franklin, LeBoeuf, and Erie to the Huron River; thence by boat to Detroit, where he remained 26-29 July, when he set out by canoe for Michilimackinac. Included are descriptions of Detroit, plants, animals, springs, Indian mounds, and notes on goitre.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 121 p., photostat.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.N96-ead.xml View

Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Diary, 1810.

Title: Diary, 1810.

This diary is a journal of a trip from Philadelphia by stage to Pittsburgh, then afoot through Franklin, LeBoeuf, and Erie to the Huron River; thence by boat to Detroit, where he remained 26-29 July, when he set out by canoe for Michilimackinac. Included are descriptions of Detroit, plants, animals, springs, Indian mounds, and notes on goitre.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (121 p.) : photostat.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540070 View

An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1799-1882

Title: An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society 1799-1882

One of the most important natural historians in nineteenth century Britain, Charles Darwin provided the first compelling mechanism to account for organismal evolutionary change. Although lacking a coherent model of heredity, Darwin's natural selection has exerted an enormous influence over the biological sciences and since the introduction of Mendelian genetics, had remained the key unifying principle in the discipline. The APS Darwin Papers are a large a valuable assemblage of Darwin's correspondence with scientific colleagues, including Charles Lyell and George J. Romanes. They are included in the print version of the (Cambridge Univ. Press). Correspondence of Charles Darwin

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D25-ead.xml View

Samuel George Morton Papers, 1819-1850

Title: Samuel George Morton Papers 1819-1850

Through his craniometic studies of human races, the Philadelphia physician Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) exerted a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America, and made substantial contributions to mineralogy, paleontology, and natural history. Relating primarily to Morton's scientific interests, the Morton Papers include insights into Morton's perspectives on education, medical practice, geology and mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), and his two major monographs, the and . Several of the letters were written by Morton in his capacity as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Also included in this collection are Morton's "Some Remarks on the Infrequency of Mixed Offspring Between the European and Australian Races" (1850), Joseph Barclay Pentland's notes on the aborigines of Peru (ca. 1840?), and newspaper clippings on Morton's death; a diary of Morton's trip to the West Indies, 1834, a set of craniological sketches for use in Crania Americana, and a microfilm of letters in private hands, written to Morton, 1838-1844 Crania Americana Crania Aegyptiaca

ArchivalResource: 2.25 Linear feet; 5 boxes, bound volumes, microfilm

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M843-ead.xml View

Charles Wilkins Short correspondence, 1813-1867, 1813-1867

Title: Charles Wilkins Short correspondence, 1813-1867 1813-1867

These letters are principally to his brother John Cleaves Short, on personal, family, and general topics.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 80 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sh81-ead.xml View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985

Oversized photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic feet; 34 boxes; 880 photographs

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua01009/catalog View

Gamble, William, 1823-1850. Papers, 1839-1914 (inclusive), 1839-1845 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1839-1914 (inclusive), 1839-1845 (bulk).

A small collection of papers reflecting Gamble's travels to California and the West in search of birds and flora. Included are letters from family and friends especially Thomas Nuttall, Anglo-American botanist.

ArchivalResource: 45 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/151374898 View

Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865. Correspondence.

Title: Correspondence. 1838-1863.

12 A.L.S. to various correspondents including Cole, Nuttall, and Russell concerning various botanical subjects including Livingstone's African collection and Bedford's interest in Kew Gardens, and an A.L.S. to Hooker.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10258001 View

Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858

Title: Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858 1789-1858

These letters of American Philosophical Society members and prominent early American scientists were selected from Carson's extra-illustrated draft of "A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1869).

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.1116-ead.xml View

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Nuttall says of Cooper's hawk ... : [ms. quotations copied by Thoreau] : holograph.

Title: Nuttall says of Cooper's hawk ... : [ms. quotations copied by Thoreau] : holograph. [184-?]

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 12 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27475322 View

Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers, Circa 1820-1925

Title: Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers Circa 1820-1925

These papers reflect Isaac Hays' interests and activities in the medical profession and as an editor. His interest in paleontology, especially in the controversy with G. W. Featherstonhaugh, is also represented. There is one separate volume (77 letters) containing correspondence about natural history and naturalists, written to Hays by C. L. Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles A. Lesueur. The correspondence in the larger collection, however, contains much material on the , particularly illuminated in the correspondence with John D. Godman. The I. Minis Hays material consists of letters from doctors, relating to medicine and medical publications and editing, as well as medical organizations. Most significant of the correspondence is that with John Shaw Billings (ca. 60 letters). American Journal of the Medical Sciences

ArchivalResource: 1.75 Linear feet, Ca. 1000 items; 4 upright boxes, 1 volume

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.H334-ead.xml View

Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879. Papers, ca. 1820s-1879.

Title: Papers, ca. 1820s-1879.

These papers reflect Hays' interests and activities in the medical profession and as an editor. His interest in paleontology, especially in the controversy with G. W. Featherstonhaugh, is also represented. There is one separate volume (77 letters) containing correspondence about natural history and naturalists, written to Hays by C. L. Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles A. Lesueur. The correspondence in the larger collection, however, contains much material on the "American Journal of the Medical Sciences," particularly illuminated in the correspondence with John D. Godman.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523611 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Museum of Comparative Zoology collection of portraits, 1850-1950 (bulk).

Title: Museum of Comparative Zoology collection of portraits, 1850-1950 (bulk).

Collection includes portraits of naturalists, zoologists, geologists, biologists and paleontologists from Aristotle to the present. Twentieth-century photographs frequently portray scientists at work in the laboratory and in the field. Group portraits include international conferences and staffs of scientific institutions worldwide. Contains engravings, lithographs, photographs in most techniques and formats, brass plaques, drawings and paintings.

ArchivalResource: 10.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181154410 View

Wellcome Historical Medical Society selected letters, 1731-1871, relating to American medicine, 1731-1871

Title: Wellcome Historical Medical Society selected letters, 1731-1871, relating to American medicine 1731-1871

These letters, from the Wellcome Historical Medical Society's collections, are on a variety of topics, primarily natural history and medicine.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 71 photocopies

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.W44-ead.xml View