Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers

Hitchcock, Justin, 1752-1822.

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Putnam, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock, 1833-1894.

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Hitchcock family.

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Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911

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Physician and faculty member, Amherst College. From the description of Papers, 1852-1855, Amherst, Mass. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091769 Edward "Doc" Hitchcock, eldest son of geologist and Amherst College President Edward Hitchcock and artist Orra White Hitchcock, graduated from Amherst in the Class of 1849 and received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Hitchcock was Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education at Amherst College, 1861-1911, college physici...

Hitchcock, Henry, 1783-1861.

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Storrs, Catharine H., 1825-1895.

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Hitchcock, Marissa, 1781-1855.

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Amherst College. Class of 1856. Hitchcock.

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Amherst College. Class of 1849. Hitchcock.

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Hitchcock, Mary, 1824-1899.

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Terry, Emily Hitchcock, 1838-1921

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Terry was the youngest child of geologist Edward and Orra White Hitchcock. She was an 1859 graduate of Mount Holyoke College and studied art at The Cooper Union in New York City in 1865. Terry married the Rev. Cassius Terry in 1870, and they moved to Minnesota 1872. She lived there until her husband's death in 1881. From 1884 to 1909 she was head of Hubbard House at Smith College. From the description of American flowers / painted by Mrs. Emily Hitchcock Terry ... and by her presente...

Hitchcock family.

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864

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Geologist and college president, of Amherst, Mass. From the description of Edward Hitchcock letter, 1854 Jan. 5. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71129604 American geologist; president of Amherst College. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Amherst, to an unidentified recipient, 1850 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606027 Edward Hitchcock was an eminent 19th-century scientist, minister and educator; pri...

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...

Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917

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Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863

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Orra White Hitchcock (March 8, 1796 – May 26, 1863) was one of America's earliest women botanical and scientific illustrators and artists, best known for illustrating the scientific works of her husband, geologist Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864), but also notable for her own artistic and scientific work....

Amherst College. Class of 1837. Van-Lennep.

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Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869

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Congregational clergyman and missionary. From the description of Papers, 1829-1844. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 47907374 Epithet: American missionary in Persia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x0001b4 Perkins was head of the "Nestorian Mission" of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Miscellaneous l...

Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862

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American hydrographer. From the description of Autograph promissory note : Newburyport, 1810 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534307 Blunt was an American author. From the description of Letter, 1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83961482 ...

Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889

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Henry John Van Lennep (AC 1837), a noted 19th-century Christian minister, missionary, writer and educator, was born in Smyrna (present-day Izmir, Turkey) in 1815. In 1830 he was sent to the United States for his education. He prepared for college at Mount Pleasant Institute, Amherst, Mass., and Hartford (Conn.) Grammar School. After graduating from Amherst College in 1837, he attended Andover Theological Seminary for one year, then studied with Rev. Joel Hawes in Hartford and was or...

Deane, James, 1801-1858

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