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Gruening, Ernest Henry, 1887-1974. Letter, 1943 January 15, Juneau, Alaska, to Frank H. McCulloch, Chicago.

Title: Letter, 1943 January 15, Juneau, Alaska, to Frank H. McCulloch, Chicago.

Acknowledges gift of a book by J.A. James, with comments on the book.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5175620 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.

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Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1800-1811.

Letters between the treasury department and the surveyor general discussing surveying Ohio and the Northwest Territory. Includes eight letters between Joseph Nourse and Rufus Putnam; 46 letters between Albert Gallatin and Jared Mansfield; and nine letters of Gallatin and Mansfield with other officials. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8444080 View

Parish, David, d. 1826. Letter books, 1802 Nov. 2-1808 Jan. 16, 1811 Jul. 24-1816 Jun. 27.

Title: Letter books, 1802 Nov. 2-1808 Jan. 16, 1811 Jul. 24-1816 Jun. 27.

Letter books, 1802 Nov. 2-1808 Jan 16 and 1811 Jul. 24-1816 Jun. 27, containing copies of letters by financier David Parish addressed to fellow merchants, bankers, and firms in the United States and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 8 v. (ca. 2,525 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475874131 View

Nourse, J. E. Jacksonville Ferry, Tuolumne River, Cal[iforni]a [graphic].

Title: Jacksonville Ferry, Tuolumne River, Cal[iforni]a [graphic]. May 1858.

Depicts well dressed family awaiting hand-operated ferry on near shore of the Tuolumne River, which is cluttered with mining apparatus. On far shore is hilly country with cabins with well-kept gardens, tents, and a small cemetery.

ArchivalResource: 1 drawing on paper : pencil ; image 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43700063 View