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Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903. Papers, 1826-1898.

Title: Papers, 1826-1898.

This collection contains correspondence between Lesley and prominent scientists on scientific topics. In addition, there is correspondence to his wife with references to abolition, educational reform, organized charity, Unitarianism, etc.

ArchivalResource: ca. 3000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154298053 View

Susan Inches Lyman Lesley [photograph], [ca. 1855-1860].

Title: Susan Inches Lyman Lesley [photograph], [ca. 1855-1860].

Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case of Susan Inches Lyman Lesley, taken ca. 1855-1860 by an unknown photographer.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 5 1/2 x 4 cm (sixth-plate), in case 9 1/2 x 8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62139438 View

Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875

Title: Chauncey Wright Papers, 1850-1875

A philosopher, metaphysician, and mathematician, Chauncey Wright graduated from Harvard in 1852 and taught occasionally at the College while employed as a "computer" with the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. A positivist and empiricist in the British tradition, he exerted an influence on the development of American Pragmatism through his younger friends William James, Charles S. Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, but is perhaps best remembered as one of the earliest and most able defenders of Darwinism and Darwinian natural selection. The bulk of the 137 items in the Wright Papers is comprised of personal letters addressed to Wright during the adult years of his brief life. From the typical letters of a college student, the correspondence branches out to touch upon philosophy, mathematics, and Wright's meeting with Darwin in 1872. Among the more prominent correspondents are C. S. Peirce, Charles Eliot Norton, Francis Bowen, Susan and J. Peter Lesley, and James Bradley Thayer and William Sydney Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.W933-ead.xml View

Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Letters from colleagues and friends to American Transcendentalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00123/catalog View

Lesley, Susan I. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1883.

Title: Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1883.

Comprises 5 items from Lesley and 2 items from Lea regarding Lea's charitable contributions to St. Mary's Home and the Children's Aid Society.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (8 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63556208 View

Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903. Papers, 1826-1898

Title: J.P. Lesley Papers 1826-1898

After a brief career in the Congregational church, J. Peter Lesley (1819-1903) left the ministry in 1852 to work full-time as a geologist. Having gained experience in structural geology and stratigraphy with the First Pennsylvania Geological Survey (1836-1842), Lesley became an expert in the geology of coal, working for the Pennsylvania Railroad and other corporations and conducting some of the first systematic studies of the state's hydrocarbon resources. A long-time professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he was elected to the APS in 1856, serving variously as its librarian, secretary, and vice president, and he was selected as Director of the Second Pennsylvania Geological Survey (1875-1889). The Lesley Papers include letters to and from Peter Lesley and his wife, Susan on geology, coal and iron mining, abolition, educational reform, organized charity, and Unitarianism. The collection offers important insight into academic and applied geology in late 19th century Pennsylvania, the development of the coal and iron industries, as well as into the Lesleys' progressive social and intellectual milieu. It is divided into three series: Lesley's general correspondence, his correspondence with his brother Joseph, and microfilms of Lesley's research notes.

ArchivalResource: 7.75 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L56-ead.xml View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875

Title: Chauncey Wright Papers 1850-1875

A philosopher, metaphysician, and mathematician, Chauncey Wright graduated from Harvard in 1852 and taught occasionally at the College while employed as a "computer" with the . A positivist and empiricist in the British tradition, he exerted an influence on the development of American Pragmatism through his younger friends William James, Charles S. Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, but is perhaps best remembered as one of the earliest and most able defenders of Darwinism and Darwinian natural selection. The bulk of the 137 items in the Wright Papers is comprised of personal letters addressed to Wright during the adult years of his brief life. From the typical letters of a college student, the correspondence branches out to touch upon philosophy, mathematics, and Wright's meeting with Darwin in 1872. Among the more prominent correspondents are C. S. Peirce, Charles Eliot Norton, Francis Bowen, Susan and J. Peter Lesley, and James Bradley Thayer and William Sydney Thayer. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.W933-ead.xml View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj 1898-1988

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.IIj-ead.xml View

Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903. Correspondence, 1834-1887, with Joseph Lesley.

Title: Correspondence, 1834-1887, with Joseph Lesley.

This collection represents a lifetime of correspondence with Peter's brother Joseph, with some letters also to his wife, Susan Inches Lesley. The subjects concern travels in Europe, geological and cartographical work, and the U.S. Civil War. There are numerous sketches scattered throughout the letters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173465817 View

Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

Title: Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01435/catalog View