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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

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Putnam, Frederic Ward, 1839-1915. Papers, 1807-1971 (bulk: 1855-1935)

Title: Frederic Ward Putnam papers, 1807-1971, bulk 1855-1935

This collection of Putnam papers were formerly part of the Ralph Dexter Papers at Kent State University Archives. They include FW Putnam family correspondence, professional papers and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet

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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. Correspondence of John Wesley Powell, 1876-1902.

Title: Correspondence of John Wesley Powell, 1876-1902.

These four items are facsimiles of letters written both to and from John Wesley Powell during his work with the Rocky Mountain Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnology (the originals are at the National Archives of the United States). Correspondents include George Crook, Clarence E. Dutton, Abram S. Hewitt, Collis Huntington, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Othniel Marsh, J. S. Newberry, Carl Schurz, J. J. Stevenson, A. H. Thompson, and the United States General Land Office. Subjects discussed in the letters are Powell's work in exploring the Western United States including the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, his efforts to obtain money for the surveys, and his search for a publisher for his writings.

ArchivalResource: 4 items, facsimiles from microfilm.

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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. Correspondence, 1869-1879, of the Powell Survey.

Title: Correspondence, 1869-1879, of the Powell Survey.

This correspondence concerning the survey of western lands was received by the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Also includes a selection of letters sent by the Survey (1876-1878).

ArchivalResource: 4 microfilm reels.

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