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Gould, John, Mrs, 1739-1829. [Drawings of ore minerals from Cornwall or Saxony] / Mrs Jo Gould, James Sowerby and Miss H. Rashleigh.

Title: [Drawings of ore minerals from Cornwall or Saxony] / Mrs Jo Gould, James Sowerby and Miss H. Rashleigh. [18--]

ArchivalResource: 7 art originals : watercolour on paper ; 28 cm. or smaller.

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. John Ruskin papers, 1855-1896 [manuscript].

Title: John Ruskin papers, 1855-1896 [manuscript].

Letters, writings, and other items by or relating to John Ruskin. Included are eleven letters, 1882-1884, from John Ruskin to a Mrs. Tulloch about classes at a rural school for girls, appropriate books for the girls, and other matters; six letters, 1883 and undated, from Ruskin's cousin, Joan Ruskin Severn, about John Ruskin and other matters, about seventy letters, 1880-1887, from Ruskin to Jessie Leete about the progress of his work, various aspects of his personal life, his theories of labor, and other matters; eleven letters, 1881, from Ruskin's secretary, Laurence Hilliard, to Jessie Leete, concerning Ruskin's illness of that year; six letters, 1885-1887, from Ruskin to Sir Frank Short (1857-1945) about etchings of paintings by J. M. W. Turner; scattered other letters from Ruskin; drafts of parts of "Val D'Arno" and "Fors Clavigera" by Ruskin and notes and other items relating to those works; corrected page proofs, with Ruskin's annotations, of "Frondes Agrestes"; Ruskin's annotated copy of James Sowerby's "English Botany" (1863-1870) containing Ruskin's comments on etymolgies of plant names and classifications of plants; two signed photographs of Ruskin; and other items.

ArchivalResource: 113 items (2.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26507082 View

Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. Pattern plates for The mineral conchology of Great Britain, between 1810-1845?

Title: Pattern plates for The mineral conchology of Great Britain, between 1810-1845?

ArchivalResource: 643 plates : hand colored copper engravings ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53927833 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

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

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

Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1817.

A.L.S. (1817 Aug. 27, Lambeth) to Mr. Cobbold concerning a gift of crayfish to stock Mr. Cobbold's stream.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10427668 View

George Don [Sr.] Collection, 1799 - 1917

Title: George Don [Sr.] Collection 1799 - 1917

ArchivalResource: Two boxes (0.2m)

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb235-gds 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

Kirby, William, 1759-1850. William Kirby letters to [James?] Sowerby, 1797-1809.

Title: William Kirby letters to [James?] Sowerby, 1797-1809.

Kirby writes the illustrator [James?] Sowerby concerning plates and items he wishes "figured" for his work. He gives specific instructions for the illustrations and also discusses business matters and some personal ones.

ArchivalResource: 20 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123759061 View

Koninck, L. G. de (Laurent Guillaume), 1809-1887. Sowerby Mineral conchology, ca. 1846?

Title: Sowerby Mineral conchology, ca. 1846?

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (2 p.) ; 31 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181162361 View

Smith, William, 1769-1839. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1807-1839.

Three A.L.S. (1816) to Sowerby, 3 A.L.S. (1816-1839) from Sowerby, J. Farey, and H. Jermyn, and Ms. copy of L. to Jermyn, 2 leaves of illustrations of fossils by Sowerby, one annotated, his color pattern, his "Proposal for prints ...," and two Mss. : "Situations of Strata upon the Brighton Road. 1807. Jm. [?] Farey Sen[io]r Esq., " and "Measurement of Strata found in Boreing [?] ..., " all pertaining to Smith's multi-volume work, A Stratigraphical System of Organized Fossils.

ArchivalResource: 13 items : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10424433 View

Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. Autograph letter signed : Lambeth, to "Dear Madam" [possibly Mrs. Dawson Turner], [17]99 July 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Lambeth, to "Dear Madam" [possibly Mrs. Dawson Turner], [17]99 July 8.

Saying that Mr. Dawson Turner left Oxford on horseback for Yarmouth, with "the trunk" and "his boards of drying plants" and giving instructions for their care.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663309 View

Correspondence of James Dalton, ca. 1795-1824

Title: Correspondence of James Dalton ca. 1795-1824

ArchivalResource: 43 letters in 1 envelope

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-brothertoncollectionms19cdalton View

Reich, Ferdinand, 1799-1882. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1828-1829.

Four A.L.S. (1828-1829, Freiberg) concerning journals and books, especially Sowerby's M̲i̲n̲e̲r̲a̲l̲ C̲o̲n̲c̲h̲o̲l̲o̲g̲y̲ o̲f̲ G̲r̲e̲a̲t̲ B̲r̲i̲t̲a̲i̲n̲ ; in German.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10382171 View

Eyles Collection, 1679-1983

Title: Eyles Collection 1679-1983

ArchivalResource: 5 archive boxes

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb3-dm1186 View