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Mazÿck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942. William Gaillard Mazyck papers, 1864.

Title: William Gaillard Mazyck papers, 1864.

Volume, 1864, "Student's Manual of North American Conchology Extracted from the Writings of Various Authors," compiled by William Gaillard Mazyck, Sr.; presented to Dr. Edmund Ravenel; contains detailed descriptions of various kinds of shells and mollusks, including color, shape, and size.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Moore, Andrew Charles, 1866-1928. Andrew Charles Moore papers, 1882-1941; (bulk, 1890-1926).

Title: Andrew Charles Moore papers, 1882-1941; (bulk, 1890-1926).

Correspondence with faculty and administrators at USC and elsewhere, zoological notes, and botanical drawings documenting the life of A.C. Moore (1866-1928), and his long association with the University of South Carolina and higher education, including correspondence and drawings from the period of his graduate and post-graduate studies (1898-1900 and 1925) in botany and genetics at the University of Chicago, and research (1901) in marine biology at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Materials dating from Moore's years as professor at U.S.C. include letters, 1909, from his father describing the purchase of a generator and the electrification of the family farm in Spartanburg County, S.C.; and letters pertaining to University matters, including the disbanding of secret fraternities on the campus, a resolution by U.S.C. students to prohibit hazing, a coordination plan between the College for Women in Columbia, S.C., and USC, and the inaugration of a program for the study of South Carolina history. Extensive correspondence from educators around S.C. and elsewhere includes letter, 9 May 1908, from Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute, thanking Moore for having visited Tuskegee and sending along a copy of his new book, Up From Slavery. Moore's tenure as editor of the "Alumni Record" is documented by original survey forms used to research and compile the 1905 volume listing students of South Carolina College, 1805-1905, published for the USC centennial; collection also includes correspondence from Martin Frederick Ansel, Coleman Livingston Blease, James Henry Carlisle, David Robert Coker, Robert Means Davis, John McLaren McBryde, Euphemia McClintock, J. Rion McKissick, William Gaillard Mazyck, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, and others. Also includes letters, 1925, Chicago, primarily to Moore's wife, Vivian May Moore, during ACM's return to University of Chicago for postgraduate study of botany and genetics, re the "Scopes monkey trials" and the religion versus evolution controversy, including his beliefs favoring evolution as a geneticist and a Presbyterian; and 27 July 1925, re those who denounce scientific discoveries "have too little faith in God ... [and] place limitations upon Him." Eight volumes, 1890-1916 (Box 5), re Agricultural Experiement Station in S.C.; botanical drawings; zoological notes; botany lectures; class notes for study of Latin and Greek; and undated scrapbook volume of clippings of lists of alumni of South Carolina College; and list of members of the Clariosophic Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder (on site)

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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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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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Mazÿck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942. William Gaillard Mazyck papers, 1864.

Title: William Gaillard Mazyck papers, 1864.

Volume, 1864, "Student's Manual of North American Conchology Extracted from the Writings of Various Authors," compiled by William Gaillard Mazyck, Sr.; presented to Dr. Edmund Ravenel; contains detailed descriptions of various kinds of shells and mollusks, including color, shape, and size.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Title: William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Journal reprints on evolutionary biology.

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