Scrapbook of a Texas excursion, 1877-1879.

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Scrapbook of a Texas excursion, 1877-1879.

Letter, program, newspaper clippings, prints, pen and ink sketches, and a map. Includes a letter from Lester F. Ward relating to plant species collected in Texas. Also included are pen and ink drawings of Texas wildflowers, accounts of the excursion from other newspapers and sources, and printed views of Texas towns and scenes.

1 v. : ill. ; 24 x 15 cm.

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Phippen, George Dean, 1815-

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Phippen was curator of botany, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. From the description of Scrapbook of a Texas excursion, 1877-1879. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 30042762 ...

Palfray, Charles W.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science 1877 : Nashville, Tenn.)

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Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913

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Sociologist. From the description of Lester Frank Ward papers, 1883-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980247 Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) served as a geologist and paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from 1882 to 1905. In addition to his USGS career, Ward served as Honorary Curator of the Department of Fossil Plants in the United States National Museum (USNM) during the same span of years. In 1905, Ward accepted a faculty appointment at Brown...