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Samuel George Morton Papers, 1819-1850

Title: Samuel George Morton Papers 1819-1850

Through his craniometic studies of human races, the Philadelphia physician Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) exerted a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America, and made substantial contributions to mineralogy, paleontology, and natural history. Relating primarily to Morton's scientific interests, the Morton Papers include insights into Morton's perspectives on education, medical practice, geology and mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), and his two major monographs, the and . Several of the letters were written by Morton in his capacity as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Also included in this collection are Morton's "Some Remarks on the Infrequency of Mixed Offspring Between the European and Australian Races" (1850), Joseph Barclay Pentland's notes on the aborigines of Peru (ca. 1840?), and newspaper clippings on Morton's death; a diary of Morton's trip to the West Indies, 1834, a set of craniological sketches for use in Crania Americana, and a microfilm of letters in private hands, written to Morton, 1838-1844 Crania Americana Crania Aegyptiaca

ArchivalResource: 2.25 Linear feet; 5 boxes, bound volumes, microfilm

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M843-ead.xml View

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

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L493-ead.xml View

Engelmann, George, 1809-1884. Anatomical Drawings of the Ear, 1826.

Title: Anatomical Drawings of the Ear, 1826.

Anatomical drawings of parts of the ear; tipped-in letter from George O. Clark describing acquisition and donation of the material to the Boston Medical Library.

ArchivalResource: 40 x 26 x 1 centimeters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/723065298 View

Lindheimer, Ferdinand, 1802-1879. Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer papers, 1854-1909.

Title: Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer papers, 1854-1909.

The papers include the manuscript of his collected newspaper essays, Aufsatze und Abhandlungen, received from his pupil, Gustavus Passavant, who collected them for publication in 1879. There are also issues of the newspaper in these papers.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61773030 View

Torrey, John, 1796-1873. Correspondence : Torrey and Engelmann, 1844-1873.

Title: Correspondence : Torrey and Engelmann, 1844-1873.

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John Torrey, for 1844-1873. The correspondence relates to botany, botanical expeditions and Torrey's personal herbarium. Letters discuss the Emory expedition in New Mexico, Parry's travels and collection trips to the American West, and Newberry's work on the Colorado Exploring Expedition. Also included are descriptions of various plants, including many Cactaceae and Yucca species. Letter dated July 4, 1845, written by Asa Gray and John Torrey. Letter dated March 6, 1873, written by M. Torrey on behalf of John Torrey. Folder contains original letters and illustrations, as well as photocopies of the original material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (39 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776910850 View

[Georg Engelmann, biographical materials]

Title: [Georg Engelmann, biographical materials] [18--?]-

ArchivalResource: 1 folder : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21985598 View

Engelmann, George, 1809-1884. George Engelmann papers, 1831-1914.

Title: George Engelmann papers, 1831-1914.

This is a collection of chiefly letters and botanical notebooks. Lecture notes and Engelmann's doctoral thesis are among the earliest papers. A series on herbaria and collectors includes plant exchange lists and other records concerning the Bernhardi and Engelmann herbaria and early plant collections coordinated by Engelmann in the western United States. The botanical notebooks are primarily notes on species from the botanical literature, herbarium specimens, and live plants in field and garden. Drawings and manuscripts by Engelmann, Arthur Schott, Paulus Roetter and others, and correspondence are found throughout. The correspondence (primarily letters to Engelmann) relates to botany, botanical surveys and expeditions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. government agencies. Letters discuss the following expeditions: the Emory expedition in New Mexico, the Fremont expedition in the Rocky Mountains and California, Hayden expedition on the upper Missouri River and Colorado, and the Nicollet, Powell, Simpson, Wheeler, Whipple and Wilkes expeditions. Many of the letters include descriptions of local and national politics. There is extensive correspondence with Smithsonian representatives.

ArchivalResource: 39 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61772595 View

Robbins, James Watson, 1801-1879. Papers of James Watson Robbins, 1828-1880 (inclusive), 1863-1868 (bulk).

Title: Papers of James Watson Robbins, 1828-1880 (inclusive), 1863-1868 (bulk).

Consists of letters to Robbins from 34 correspondents, pertaining mostly to botany; botanical notes on Potamogeton; and a notebook. Major correspondents include Edward Tuckerman and Thomas Conrad Porter.

ArchivalResource: ca. 145 letters and 1 notebook.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175317152 View

Harvard, Gray Herbarium. Historic Letters.

Title: Harvard, Gray Herbarium. Historic Letters.

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Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890. Papers, 1841-1943.

Title: Papers, 1841-1943.

Collection includes correspondence, notebooks, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Many of the manuscripts and notebooks contain field notes from botanical expeditions, including notes on San Domingo, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and the Wasatch Mountains in the Utah Territory. There are two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings--one dealing with the Mexican boundary surveys and the Santo Domingo Commission, the other containing clippings from the Chicago Evening journal in 1863-64 dealing with the exploration of the Far West. The collection also includes photocopies from the accession records of the ISU Library listing books from Parry's personal collection in the ISU Library, Iowa State professor L.H. Pammel's notes on Parry, and papers dealing with the cataloging of the Iowa State collection in 1942-43. Correspondents include Rosa Smith Eigenmann, W.H. Emory, George Engelmann, Asa Gray, Edwin James, Albert Kellogg, D.D. Owen, S.B. Parish, Emily R. Parry, A. Randall, John Torrey, and Sereno Watson.

ArchivalResource: 28 v. + 1.8 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32170555 View

Secretary Of The Interior.

Title: Secretary Of The Interior.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/377 View

University Of North Carolina, Univ. Libraries, Ms. Dept.. Southern Historical Coll.: Charles Wilkins Short.

Title: University Of North Carolina, Univ. Libraries, Ms. Dept.. Southern Historical Coll.: Charles Wilkins Short.

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William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers 1823-1886

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 14; Other Storage Formats: Oversize portfolio , Linear Feet: 5.50

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.emory View

Torrey, John, 1796-1873. John Torrey papers 1768-1871.

Title: John Torrey papers 1768-1871.

Collection pertains to Torrey's work as botanist and professor. A collection of letters to and from individuals other than Torrey are also included. It is uncertain how he came to possess these letters. Original artwork, several manuscripts and a vasculum are aslo included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42369309 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf 1866-1886

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIf-ead.xml 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)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j96c46/ View

Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890. Correspondence : Parry and Engelmann, 1851-1884.

Title: Correspondence : Parry and Engelmann, 1851-1884.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence between George Engelmann and Charles Christopher Parry, for 1851-1884. The correspondence relates to botany, botanical surveys and expeditions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. government agencies. Letters discuss the Emory expedition in New Mexico, and Parry's travels and collection trips to the American West and Southwest. Also included are descriptions of various plants, including many Cactaceae and Pinus species. Folders contain original letters and postcards, as well as photocopies and abstracts of the original material.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (39 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776910849 View

Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

Title: Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01428/catalog View

Engelmann, George, 1809-1884. Letter, 1843, Nov. 30 : St. Louis, to S.B. Buckley, Esq., New York state.

Title: Letter, 1843, Nov. 30 : St. Louis, to S.B. Buckley, Esq., New York state.

ALS. Writes of the successful collection efforts of botanists travelling with Oregon emigrants and with a mission of Jesuits.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35061246 View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. [Correspondence and drawings relating to the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey] [microform].

Title: [Correspondence and drawings relating to the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey] [microform]. 1849-1860.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2500 leaves : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41383798 View

Harvard, Gray Herbarium. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Harvard, Gray Herbarium. [Contact repository for more information].

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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/356 View

Roetter, Paulus, 1806-1894. Botanical sketches by Paulus Roetter, 1848-1880.

Title: Botanical sketches by Paulus Roetter, 1848-1880.

Sketches served as preliminaries for the Roetter lithographs which later appeared in the following 3 publications: Cataceae of the boundary / George Engelmann, 1859. (Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory; v.2, pt. 1) ; Report on the botany of the expedition. No. 3 Description of the Cactaceae / George Engelmann and J.M. Bigelow. Washington: B. Tucker, 1856 (Explorations and surveys for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple); Revision of the genus Pinus and description of Pinus elliottii / George Engelmann. St. Louis: R.P. Studley, 1880. (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis ; v. 4, no.1).

ArchivalResource: 122 drawings : graphite on paper.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61772637 View

Letters to Thomas Morong, 1874-1888

Title: Letters to Thomas Morong, 1874-1888

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00033/catalog View

Engelmann, George, 1809-1884. Anatomical Drawings of the Ear, 1826.

Title: Anatomical Drawings of the Ear, 1826.

Anatomical drawings of parts of the ear; tipped-in letter from George O. Clark describing acquisition and donation of the material to the Boston Medical Library.

ArchivalResource: 40 x 26 x 1 centimeters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/723065298 View

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927. Records of the Director Charles Sprague Sargent, 1893-1927 (inclusive).

Title: Records of the Director Charles Sprague Sargent, 1893-1927 (inclusive).

Consists of administrative files of Charles Sprague Sargent as director of the Arboretum, including both letterpress copybooks and incoming correspondence. Material pertains to fund raising for collecting expeditions to China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet in the 1910s and 1920s and to horticulture at Arnold. Considerable correspondence exists with John Muir, 1897-1912; Ernest H. Wilson and Joseph Rock concerning their botanical collecting in Asia; and botanists in Europe and the United States. Also includes a folder with copies of outgoing correspondence from Harlan P. Kelsey, nurseryman, to Sargent and E.H. Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. and 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269373158 View

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

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

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Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843. Joseph N. Nicollet papers, 1822-1843.

Title: Joseph N. Nicollet papers, 1822-1843.

Photographic and typed copies of correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and diaries relating to Joseph N. Nicollet and his scientific explorations.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86125318 View

Missouri Botanical Garden Library. George Engelmann Papers.

Title: Missouri Botanical Garden Library. George Engelmann Papers.

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Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887. William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (14 boxes + 1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128554 View

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887, 1838-1887

Title: Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887 1838-1887

The largest portion of correspondence is with Charles Edwin Bessy on botanical matters, including botanical publications in the United States and Europe, and plants and shell specimens.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; ca. 100 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G78-ead.xml View

Torrey, John, 1796-1873. John Torrey papers, 1768-1871.

Title: John Torrey papers, 1768-1871.

Collection pertains to Torrey's work as botanist and professor. A collection of letters to and from individuals other than Torrey is also included. It is uncertain how he came to possess these letters. Original artwork, several manuscripts and a vasculum are aslo included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155462570 View

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889. Henry Shaw papers, 1818-1949.

Title: Henry Shaw papers, 1818-1949.

This is a collection of documents from a variety of sources. The papers are chiefly records from Shaw's hardware business, an import/export business trading chiefly with Sheffield, England. Indian trade, St. Louis real estate investment, and the founding of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park are documented. The real estate was concentrated in downtown Prairie des Boyers and Barriere des Moyers areas. Types of business records include account books, sales books, waste books, journals, ledgers, invoice books, correspondence, receipted bills, cancelled checks, bank drafts, promissory notes, bills of exchange, deeds of trust, sight drafts, contracts, plat plans, invoices, and deeds. Goods traded include furs, lead from Galena, Illinois, tobacco from Chariton, Missouri, and imported blankets, cutlery, earthenware, hardware, smithy tools, and gun parts. Other papers include correspondence with Ferdinand von Miller, sculptor, and drawings related to the design and construction of sculpture in the Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park. There are also diaries (1840-44) of travels in Europe and Africa, notes on history, botanical notes, lists of plants, reflections on St. Louis in 1819, and autograph albums. Personal correspondence is mainly from his family in Rochester, New York and Sheffield, England. Correspondents include Carolyn Shaw Morisse; father, Joseph Shaw; mother, Sarah (Hoole) Shaw; sister, Sarah Shaw; and cousin, Henry Elliott Hoole, mayor of Sheffield, England. Business correspondents include Hugh Campbell (Philadelphia attorney), Samuel Eadon (New Orleans agent), John Feazel (tobacco agent), Alexander Grant (New Orleans agent), and Peter Lindell (business partner).

ArchivalResource: 80 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61772646 View

Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria, 1890-2019, bulk 1890-1955

Title: Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria, 1890-2019, bulk 1890-1955

The collection consists of Gray Herbarium correspondence from the 1890s to present day but the bulk of the letters are from 1890-1955. Most of the letters are addressed to staff members of the Gray Herbarium and were transferred to the archives from office files. Some letters were gifts to the Gray Herbarium that were interfiled into the collection.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00079/catalog 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

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 305: U.S. National Museum Accession Records.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 305: U.S. National Museum Accession Records.

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Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Correspondence : Frémont and Engelmann, 1844-1856.

Title: Correspondence : Frémont and Engelmann, 1844-1856.

Incoming correspondence from John Charles Frémont to George Engelmann, for 1844-1856. The correspondence discusses Frémont's expeditions to the American West, his work with Congress, Engelmann's published meteorological statistics and various geological specimens. Folders contain original letters, as well as photocopies of the originals.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (39 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776912940 View

Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913. Correspondence, 1865-1913, "Driscoll" to "Gates".

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1913, "Driscoll" to "Gates".

Letters from correspondents "Driscoll" to "Gates".

ArchivalResource: Approximately 5,800 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122599123 View