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Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866. Robert Kennicott and family papers, 1852-1975 (bulk 1852-1866).

Title: Robert Kennicott and family papers, 1852-1975 (bulk 1852-1866).

Correspondence, printed materials, and biographical sketches of pioneer naturalist Robert Kennicott and his father, John A. Kennicott, a well-known horticulturalist. All are typed, photo, or microfilm copies.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box); 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508008 View

Harvard, Gray Herbarium. Historic Letters.

Title: Harvard, Gray Herbarium. Historic Letters.

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Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. John James Audubon papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive) 1828-1855 (bulk).

Title: John James Audubon papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive) 1828-1855 (bulk).

Contains professional correspondence, mostly letters from Audubon to Robert Havell, Jr., the English engraver for The Birds of America; John Bachman, the naturalist with whom Audubon collaborated on Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; and Thomas Mayo Brewer, the ornithologist and oölogist; also letters from Audubon's wife, Lucy, and son, Victor, to Havell and Bachman; letters from Brewer to Bachman; and some correspondence with other naturalists. Also includes a few manuscript drafts by Audubon for his Ornithological Biography and some financial papers.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612370399 View

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

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891)

Title: William Warland Clapp correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk)

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp Jr. from his friends, colleagues, and family. Also includes some other papers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01878/catalog View

Lawrence, George Newbold, 1806-1895. Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s.

Title: Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s.

This collection contains professional and personal correspondence, as well as some personal business accounts. The topics mentioned range from general ornithology to specific birds, particularly of the West Indies and South America; bird illustrations and various publications; paleontology, and zoology.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316346 View

Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. Letters, 1836-1878.

Title: Letters, 1836-1878.

The letters in this small collection concern the Smithsonian Institution, the Colorado Territory, and Humboldt's observations, among many other topics.

ArchivalResource: 45 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584234 View

Joseph Henry letters, 1836-1878, 1836-1878

Title: Joseph Henry letters, 1836-1878 1836-1878

The letters in this small collection concern the Smithsonian Institution, the Colorado Territory, and Humboldt's observations, among many other topics.

ArchivalResource: 48.0 Item(s)

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk).

Papers include diaries,1865-1919, journals,1871-1919, and notebooks in which Brewster recorded observations of birds, their habitats and seasonal behavior, while traveling through New England and other areas of the United States. Correspondence,1862-1919, with ornithologists, collectors, museum curators, journal editors and ornithological associations reflecting the development of the field of ornithology during Brewster's lifetime; records relating to his study of birds at Lake Umbagog, Maine. Also photographs,1851-1919, consisting of about 300 images, including portraits of Brewster, his family and friends, views of the Brattle Street household, bird habitats and Lake Umbagog, Maine; and of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.

ArchivalResource: 26 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229469998 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. Letters, 1869-1874.

Title: Letters, 1869-1874.

Correspondence with Welch, Bigelow & Co., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning Baird's 1875 publication, "A History of North American Birds." This volume was written with Thomas M. Brewer and Robert Ridgeway.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578634 View

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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Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Title: Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Correspondence and manuscripts of American writer and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier and his American biographer Samuel Thomas Pickard.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00386/catalog View

Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953

Title: Elisha Kent Kane Papers Bulk, 1843-1857 1810-1953

The most stellar member of a stellar family, Elisha Kent Kane was among the most popular American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, a hero in the tragic mode. Born in Philadelphia in 1820, the son of John Kintzing Kane and Jane Duval Leiper, Kane studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania before earning a commission as a naval surgeon. While in the Navy, Kane embarked on the succession of voyages to exotic locales that became the basis for his extraordinary fame. In 1843, he attended Caleb Cushing's first diplomatic mission to China as ship's physician, and subsequently traveled to the Philippines and Western Africa. Distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, Kane's greatest fame came from two expeditions to the arctic, aiming to locate the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin and to explore for evidence of the open polar sea. Kane died in 1857 while attempting to organize a third arctic voyage. Part of the Kane Family Collection, the Papers of Elisha Kent Kane contain a mix of personal and family correspondence with correspondence relating to all of Kane's explorations. Intelligent, articulate and very much a romantic, Kane's letters are expressive and passionate. The collection provides fine documentation of youth, his relationship with the Spiritualist Margaret Fox, and of course his travels to China and off the coast of Africa in 1846. Kane's two expeditions to the arctic are particularly well documented, with correspondence, notes, logbooks, diaries, and sketches, as well as Kane's post-expedition notes, writings, and lectures recounting his experiences.

ArchivalResource: 6.75 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132-ead.xml View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

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Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. Letter : Neu-Wied on the Rhine (Germany), to Thomas M. Brewer, Boston, 1847 Mar. 24.

Title: Letter : Neu-Wied on the Rhine (Germany), to Thomas M. Brewer, Boston, 1847 Mar. 24.

Suggests that Brewer might send him specimens of American animals in exchange for European ones.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39728432 View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Cartland family papers, 1823-1913.

Title: Cartland family papers, 1823-1913.

Correspondence and other papers of the Cartland family of New Hampshire, cousins of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

ArchivalResource: 21 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00353/catalog View

Norris, J. Parker (Joseph Parker), 1871-1931. Collecting directions for natural history specimens, mostly USNM pamphlets.

Title: Collecting directions for natural history specimens, mostly USNM pamphlets. 1852-[1886?]

ArchivalResource: 10 items in 1 vol. : ill. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31844420 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

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858.

Title: Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858.

Two letters. The first (22 July 1843) to Brewer, a prominent ornithologist, mentioning Julian R. Jackson's book "What to observe or, The traveller's remembrancer" (1841) and promising a contribution to the "Society." Cushing also mentions his plans to travel to the Mediterranean. The second letter (31 March 1858) is to Vose, a Massachusetts legislator, thanking him for the opportunity to copy marginal notes from a book of statutes.

ArchivalResource: 2 folded sheets (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234342903 View

Finotti, Joseph M. (Joseph Maria), 1817-1879. The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.

Title: The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.

The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers consist of Fr. Finotti's diaries from 1846 to 1876; scrapbooks assembled by him in 1877 and 1878; some letters written by Fr. Finotti, as well as correspondence received by him; manuscripts of both writings by Finotti and his translations into English of works by others; assorted printed matter; and miscellaneous materials relating to his work as a priest and to his family. While some of the correspondence is of a personal nature, much of it is on bibliographic and religious, particularly Catholic, topics. The printed material includes five numbers of 'The rock', a newspaper published for the Catholics of Colorado; the first two issues of 'The weekly register', a Catholic periodical published in Brooklyn, N.Y.; an 1868 booklet in German on the Rev. Johannes N. Merz, an early mission priest in Buffalo, N.Y.; and a large collection of instructions, letters, and circulars sent to diocesan clergy by the Bishop of Boston and signed by the chancellor of the diocese, James Augustine Healy, brother of Patrick F. Healy and later Bishop of Portland, Me.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229449830 View

Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk).

Papers include diaries,1865-1919, journals,1871-1919, and notebooks in which Brewster recorded observations of birds, their habitats and seasonal behavior, while traveling through New England and other areas of the United States. Correspondence,1862-1919, with ornithologists, collectors, museum curators, journal editors and ornithological associations reflecting the development of the field of ornithology during Brewster's lifetime; records relating to his study of birds at Lake Umbagog, Maine. Also photographs,1851-1919, consisting of about 300 images, including portraits of Brewster, his family and friends, views of the Brattle Street household, bird habitats and Lake Umbagog, Maine; and of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.

ArchivalResource: 26 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181898158 View

John James Audubon papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive), 1828-1855 (bulk).

Title: John James Audubon papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive), 1828-1855 (bulk).

Correspondence and manuscripts of American ornithologist and artist John James Audubon.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00325/catalog View

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1858-1885.

Two letters to Samuel F. Drake referring to Spanish documents and shipment of books. Four letters to Benjamin A. Gould referring to Gould's books, retirement of Alexander Agassiz, gift of a window in Harvard's Memorial Hall by the Class of 1844, Gould's L.L.D.

ArchivalResource: 8 items ; 21 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8356481 View

North American Review, papers, ca.1842-1868.

Title: North American Review papers, ca.1842-1868.

Manuscripts of articles written for the North American Review, 1864-1868, during theassociate editorship of Charles Eliot Norton. Also includes two indexes to the names ofwriters for the NAR.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes and 2 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00081/catalog View

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. A history of North American birds proof copy, 1874 / by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway.

Title: A history of North American birds proof copy, 1874 / by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243858698 View

Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold) Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s, Circa 1860s-1870s

Title: Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold) Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s Circa 1860s-1870s

This collection contains professional and personal correspondece, as well as some personal business accounts. The topics mentioned range from general ornithology to specific birds, particularly of the West Indies and South America; bird illustrations and various publications; paleontology, and zoology.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Linear feet, Ca. 600 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L437-ead.xml View