Joseph LeConte papers, 1847-1962.

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Joseph LeConte papers, 1847-1962.

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Chiefly reports to presidents and Board of Trustees of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C.; laboratory notes; documents of the LeConte and Davis families, and clippings and articles re the LeConte brothers and their work; including certificate, May 1850, re tuition at Oglethorpe University; certificate, 27 Mar. 1857, from Columbia Athenaeum, signed by William Campbell Preston, President. Letter, 7 Apr. 1861, Columbia, S.C., from Joseph LeConte, to James N. LeConte, re his health, traveling to Charleston, S.C., and anticipating visit with J.N. LeConte; journal, 1864-1865, recording LeConte's personal experiences during Civil War, while in Columbia, S.C., [William Tecumseh] Sherman's March to the Sea, and devastation caused by war; also includes several sketches of people and events discussed in the text. Also including letter, 21 Sept. 1886, from Joseph LeConte, to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Jr., Charleston, S.C., re scientific investigation of the Charleston earthquake; newspaper clippings, 1891-1962, California, South Carolina, and Georgia, re John and Joseph LeConte's work as teachers and scientists, family information; published articles by J.N. LeConte. Also including 3 volumes, 1898-1944, including articles of Joseph N. LeConte re physics and research; chemistry textbook, 1856, with extensive notes and class role identifying students working under Joseph LeConte; and notebook, 1860-1874, re study and teaching. J.N. LeConte publications include: Stresses in a Free Prismatic Rod Under a Single Force Normal to its Axis (published originally, Dec. 1927, in Transactions); Mechanical Tests of Pumping Plants in California (published 1907 by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)

93 items and 6 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Oglethorpe University (Milledgeville, Ga.)

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LeConte, James N.

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LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901

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Joseph LeConte, born in 1823, graduated from the University of Georgia in 1841. He enrolled in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1844 and received an M.D. in 1845. He married Elizabeth Caroline Nisbet in 1847 and established a medical practice in Macon. Because his first love was geology, however, he enrolled in the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College in 1850 to study with the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz. Upon completing his studies in 1851 he returned to Georgia and became...

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1812-1899

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Protestant Episcopal minister, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1822-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20071738 Charleston, South Carolina Episcopal clergyman. From the description of Letters, 1837-1847. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141473 Insurance agent in Catskill, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1808-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155506288 ...

South Carolina College

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Columbia Athenaeum (Columbia, S.C.)

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LeConte, Joseph N. (Joseph Nisbet), 1870-1950

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LeConte, John, 1818-1891

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Physician, physicist, and professor, of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., and University of California; brother of Joseph LeConte (1823-1901); husband of Caroline E. Nisbet; father of Emma Florence LeConte (b.1847), Sarah Wlizabeth LeConte (b.1850), Josephine Eloise LeConte (1859-1861), Carolina Eatton LeConte (b.1863), and Joseph Nisbet LeConte (b.1870). From the description of John LeConte papers, 1830-1960. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 4390...