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Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902. Sporadic papers / J.G. Cooper.

Title: Sporadic papers / J.G. Cooper. 1862-1892?

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32187148 View

Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902. Letter: to Dr. George Suckley /by James Graham Cooper, 1855 Dec 28.

Title: Letter: to Dr. George Suckley /by James Graham Cooper, 1855 Dec 28.

James Graham Cooper and George Suckley were naturalists and surgeons with Gov. I. I. Stevens on the survey of a northern railroad route in 1853. The letter, written on the journey east, asks Suckley to forward some papers that were left in Rainier.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. (in 2 folders) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127600 View

Suckley, George, 1830-1869. Papers of George Suckley, 1846-1886.

Title: Papers of George Suckley, 1846-1886.

The collection consists of the correspondence and papers of George Suckely's activities and interest in the field of natural history, especially ornithology. Some letters relate to the Northern Pacific Railroad Route Survey of 1853-57. Correspondents include Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin. There is also correspondence from James Graham Cooper regarding the publication of his and Sucklely's book, The natural history of Washington territory.

ArchivalResource: 97 pieces.1 box.1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122354173 View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910. William H. Brewer papers, 1862-1909.

Title: William H. Brewer papers, 1862-1909.

Letters written to Brewer, primarily from men who had been associated with him on the California Geological Survey, including James G. Cooper, James T. Gardiner, Josiah Whitney, Vitus Wackenreuder, R.D. Cotter (re mining experiences in Montana) and others; and letters from Samuel P. Langley, Arthur B. Stout, Watson A. Goodyear, and Gideon E. Moore (re petroleum deposits in California and his assay work for Gould and Curry Mines). Also included: drafts of two letters by Brewer re naming of Mt. Whitney; and photocopies of miscellaneous documents re the California Geological Survey.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122593210 View

Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902. James Graham Cooper papers.

Title: James Graham Cooper papers.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46454514 View

Conrad, T. A. (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877. Conrad's ms. notes towards a monograph of the Pandoridae.

Title: Conrad's ms. notes towards a monograph of the Pandoridae. 1865-1866.

ArchivalResource: 6 items ; 18-23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39882953 View

Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Letter: to J. G. Cooper /by Elliott Coues, 1869 Feb 21.

Title: Letter: to J. G. Cooper /by Elliott Coues, 1869 Feb 21.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128262 View

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873. Washington Territory correspondence, 1853-1856.

Title: Washington Territory correspondence, 1853-1856.

The letters to George Gibbs and the one by him are about Nez Percé Indian laws, native languages, and war. Gibbs also corresponds about the settlement of Lt. Slaughter's estate, the flora and fauna of Washington Territory, and local business affairs.

ArchivalResource: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126619 View

Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902. J. G. Cooper letters : to his family, 1853-1864.

Title: J. G. Cooper letters : to his family, 1853-1864.

The early letters describe his activities while a member of the Isaac Ingalls Stevens' party to explore a route for the Pacific Railroad, life at Fort Vancouver, the collecting of specimens and gold washing. Later letters relate to his work for the Smithsonian, to social life in Washingtrn, D.C., and to his work in San Francisco with the U. S. Geological Survey.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122502356 View

Papers of William Henry Brewer, 1860-1864

Title: Papers of William Henry Brewer, 1860-1864

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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

Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910. William Henry Brewer correspondence, 1862-1909.

Title: William Henry Brewer correspondence, 1862-1909.

Primarily letters fron men who had been associated with him on the California Geological Survey, including James G. Cooper, James T. Gardiner, Josiah Whitney, Vitus Wackenreuder, R.D. Cotter (re mining experiences in Montana) and others; and letters from Samuel P. Langley, Arthur B. Stout, Watson A. Goodyear, and Gideon E. Moore (re petroleum deposits in California and his assay work for Gould and Curry Mines). Also included: drafts of two letters by Brewer re naming of Mt. Whitney; and photocopies of miscellaneous documents re the California Geological Survey.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78375767 View

Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895. Correspondence, 1847-1894 (bulk 1865-1894).

Title: Correspondence, 1847-1894 (bulk 1865-1894).

The collection consists almost completely of handwritten, signed letters received by Lawrence from other ornithologists and naturalists, discussing the classification of birds and the exchange of bird skins. Some of the folders contain drafts or copies of Lawrence's replies. The collection also contains an inventory of the correspondence compiled by Ralph J. Chodes in 1940.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56483958 View

Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910. Papers of William Henry Brewer, 1860-1864 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of William Henry Brewer, 1860-1864 (inclusive).

Consists of three groups of materials: manuscripts containing field notes on grasses collected in California; 13 notebooks of field notes pertaining to collections made during the California Geological Survey; and two notebooks including copies of the previous field notes and other botanists notes and documents.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40290648 View

Emerson, William Otto, 1855?-1940. William Otto Emerson papers, circa 1830-1900.

Title: William Otto Emerson papers, circa 1830-1900.

Collection of materials by various naturalists, including William Cooper, J.G. Cooper, Walter E. Bryant, and Mrs. Emerson Crowell. Papers relating to natural history, principally ornithology. Folder 5 includes Hummingbirds Nest Building, observations recorded February 22 to April 3, 1900.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio (5 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214932655 View

Scientists Collection, 1563-1973

Title: Scientists Collection 1563-1973

The Scientists Collection is comprised of individual letters and small groups of correspondence from American, British, French, and German scientists during the past three centuries. Although the content is highly varied, there is significant strength in astronomy, natural history, conchology, and geology. Among the scientists better represented in the collection are the astronomers William Radcliffe Birt, J.F.W. Herschel, and Franz Xaver von Zach; the conchologists A.D. Brown, Fred L. Button, Otto Mörch, Alfred Newton, Christian M. Poulsen, Temple Prime, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, and A. G. Wetherby; the physical scientists George Biddell Airy, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ferdinand R. Hassler, and Max Planck; the archaeologist Jean François Nadaillac; the philosopher William Whewell; and the naturalists Walter Henry Bates, Robert Chambers, Edme Dupuget, Robert Kaye Greville, Joseph Henry, John Stevens Henslow, John Lubbock, and Herbert Spencer.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 Linear feet; 13 upright boxes, 8 oversize folders.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.L56-ead.xml View

Cooper, J. G. (James Graham), 1830-1902. J.G. Cooper bird notes and diary, 1853-1854.

Title: J.G. Cooper bird notes and diary, 1853-1854.

Indexed notes on birds; other observations; notes on preparations and diary kept April to July 8, 1853 as surgeon for the Pacific Railroad Survey under the direction of I. I. Stevens.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (240 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214932648 View