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Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated.

Title: Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated.

Letters to the American entomologist Samuel Henshaw.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00298/catalog View

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. Apes & man / Owens, Wood & Charlesworth.

Title: Apes & man / Owens, Wood & Charlesworth. [185-?]

ArchivalResource: 3 portfolios : ill. ; 52 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/425961665 View

Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Sketches from the uncivilized races of men, 1876.

Title: Sketches from the uncivilized races of men, 1876.

Manuscript in blue ink on blue notepaper, illustrated with pencil sketches. It briefly describes a few of the native peoples of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, and China, chiefly in terms of their weapons. The last three leaves contain poetry written in another hand.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([28] leaves) : ill. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67228772 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

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

English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century].

Title: English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century].

This is a miscellaneous group of letters, purchased as an existing autograph collection, which centers on British scientists and physicians, but with a few American signatures. The letters are primarily from the nineteenth century and focus on medical and geological topics, but there are also some earlier and later dates. In addition to the letters are anatomical drawings of surgery, sketches of bones, and one geological notebook.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. : ca. 3,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488704 View

Howitt, William, 1792-1879. Letters, [1830?-1868].

Title: Letters, [1830?-1868].

Concerning his and his wife's writings; comments on poetry in general; social activities; information regarding publication.

ArchivalResource: 23 items (52 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464413 View

Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1300-1926.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1300-1926.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Letters of James Barbour concern financial matters including an account for destitute seamen, and the southern boundary of Cherokee lands. Letters of John Bright to Sir John Jaffray, Dr. J. P. Litchfield, Dr. Henry Thomas and others discuss English politics. Individual letters include Alexander Agassiz on lack of funding for a Museum of Comparative Zoology; Mark Alexander on his political service; Christopher Anstey on White family illness; Samuel Chapman Armstrong to Dr. Peabody on a "colored" preacher; and the progress of Hampton Institute; Philip James Bailey on an acquaintance; Joanna Baillie on her refusal to contribute to annuals; George Bancroft on Hart's life of Robert Morris; Clara Barton on a nephew's illness (copy); James Beattie sending thanks; Charles Bell to Sir John Richardson on a trip through England (copy); Park Benjamin on a speaking date; Cyrus Billartin to Charles Henry Van Wyck on Civil War letters; George Henry Boker to Paul Hamilton Hayne on literary matters; Joseph Bosworth to W. Jerdan on literary matters; John Minor Botts to William Ogden Niles on Whigs and the election of 1840; John Breckenridge on a clerkship; Max Bruch on a concerto; Peter Buchan on publishing Robert Burns; and Hezekiah Butterworth on William Dean Howells. There are also bank drafts drawn by Philip Pendleton Barbour; a document stating that Joel Barlow was a U. S. plenipotentiary to France; autographs or brief notes of Kate Bateman, Gamaliel Bradford, W. LeRoy Broun; poems by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta;

ArchivalResource: circa 45 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946364 View

English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century], Circa 19th century

Title: English Scientific Autograph Collection, [ca. 19th century] Circa 19th century

The collection is a miscellaneous group of letters of mainly British scientists and physicians, purchased as an existing autograph collection. There are a few American signatures. The letters are primarily from the nineteenth century and focus on medical and geological topics, but also there are some earlier and later dates. In addition to the letters are anatomical drawings of surgery, sketches of bones, and one geological notebook.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet, Ca. 3,000 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.En3-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