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| | 1 | Author: | Lubbock, John, 1834-1913 | | | | | Member of Parliament, naturalist, author. Member of Roberts, Lubbock and Co., bankers, from 1849, later head of the firm; president, Institute of Bankers, 1879-1893; chairman, committee of London clearing bankers, and president, Central Association of Bankers, 1898-1913; M.P., 1870-1890; member of senate and vice-chancellor, London University, 1872-1880; F.R.S., member and officer of many scientific societies; popular and scientific writer on numerous topics, including prehistory and anthropology | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Edward Tylor
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 16 August 1871 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Antiquity of man | | | | Source: | Sir John Lubbock Papers (B L961) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 2 | Author: | Evans, Sir John, 1823-1908 | | | | | Archaeologist, numismatist, businessman. A businessman by occupation, Evans dedicated his spare time to studies of the antiquity of man in Europe and to British numismatics. He was active in numerous learned societies, serving as president of the Geological Society, Society of Antiquaries, the Numismatic Society, the Anthropological Institute, the Egypt Exploration Fund, and the Society of Arts. Evans was elected to the Royal Society in 1864 and made a KCB in 1892 | |
| | | Title: | Letter from David Ansted
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 28 March | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Geology and archaeology | | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 3 | Author: | Evans, Sir John, 1823-1908 | | | | | Archaeologist, numismatist, businessman. A businessman by occupation, Evans dedicated his spare time to studies of the antiquity of man in Europe and to British numismatics. He was active in numerous learned societies, serving as president of the Geological Society, Society of Antiquaries, the Numismatic Society, the Anthropological Institute, the Egypt Exploration Fund, and the Society of Arts. Evans was elected to the Royal Society in 1864 and made a KCB in 1892 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to an unknown individual
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 18 September 1873 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Prehistory | | | | Source: | Letters of Scientists (509 L56.20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 5 | Author: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | | | | | Naturalist, linguist. Assistant, New Jersey Geological Survey, 1836-1837; assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1837-1838; lecturer, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1842-1843; professor, natural history, University of Pennsylvania, 1851-1855; professor, geology and chemistry, Pennsylvania Agricultural College, and professor of natural sciences, Delaware College, 1853-1858; professor, comparative philology, University of Pennsylvania, 1868-1880. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to J. P. Lesley
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 15 June 1878 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Indian artifacts | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 6 | Author: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | | | | | Naturalist, linguist. Assistant, New Jersey Geological Survey, 1836-1837; assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1837-1838; lecturer, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1842-1843; professor, natural history, University of Pennsylvania, 1851-1855; professor, geology and chemistry, Pennsylvania Agricultural College, and professor of natural sciences, Delaware College, 1853-1858; professor, comparative philology, University of Pennsylvania, 1868-1880. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to John Fries Frazer
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 31 December 1839 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Indian artifacts | | | | Source: | John Fries Frazer Papers (B F865) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 7 | Author: | Henslow, John Stevens, 1796-1861 | | | | | Botanist, Anglican clergyman. Professor, mineralogy, Cambridge University, 1822-1827; professor, botany, 1827-1861; examiner in botany, University of London, 1838-1861; president of managing committee, Ipswich Museum, 1850-1861. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Daniell Nihill
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 14 February 1861 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | "Drift Celts" and the antiquity of man | | | | Source: | John Stephens Henslow Papers (B H382) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 10 | Author: | Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 | | | | | Paleontologist. Assistant paleontologist, American Museum of Natural History, 1895-1898, assistant curator, 1899-1901, associate curator, 1902-1910, curator, 1910-1922, curator-in-chief, earth sciences, 1922-1927; professor and head of department, paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1927-1930. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to an unknown individual
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | "Snake Creek artifacts" and age of man in North America | | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| 12 | Author: | Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1953 | | | | | Archaeologist, Americanist. Honorary special assistant, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; honorary professor, archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, 1908-1933; member, advisory council, department of anthropology, University of California | |
| | | Title: | Summary of Fresh Light on Ancient American Civilizations and Calendars
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926 | | | | Extent: | 51 leaves | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 14 | Author: | United States. Work Projects Administration (Pa.) | | | | | | |
| | | Title: | Reports on Archeological Excavations in Pennsylvania
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Reports | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1886-1947 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 linear feet (38 items) | | | | Abstract: | Schoff, Harry L. McFate site, Crawford County. Augustine, Edgar. E. Phillips site burials, Somerset County. Gilmore, Raymond M. Identification of faunal remains from southwestern Pennsylvania. Stewart, Thomas D. Skeletal remains from Fayette and Somerset Counties. Cresson, Frank C. Archaeological survey of Somerset County. Carpenter, Edmund S. Brock mound, Lycoming County. Schoff, Harry L. Excavation of the village area near the burial mound on the H.G. Brock property, Muncy, Pennsylvania. Augustine, Edgar E. Complanter Run Mounds, Warren County; Johnson Mound, Chautauqua County, New York; Miller Jacobs, Hooks Run mounds and Frank Logan site, Cornplanter Reservation; Dwight Jimerson's site, Chautauqua County, New York. Schoff, Harry A., et al. Irvine mound group. Schoff, Harry A. Nelson mound, Beale township, Juniata County. Jones, Robert W. Book mound, Beale township, Juniata County. Cadzow, Donald. A. Erie site. Smith, Charles M. Crall mound. Carpenter, Edmund S. Spartansburg mounds, Crawford County. Carpenter, Edmund S. Upper Allegheny Valley Survey report. Holland. Guyasutha mound, O'Hara township; Oakmount mound. Biss, Wesley L. William's mound, Warren County. Jones. Clemson's mound, Dauphin County. Gerrodette, F. McKee's Rocks mound, near Pittsburgh. Stewart, Thomas D. Skeletal remains from Sugar Run mounds, Warren County. n.n. Photographs from Sugar Run mound group. Fisher, G.S. Field notes, southwestern Pennsylvania. Schoff, H.L. Kipp Island site, Seneca County, New York; Wheatland mound, Monroe County, New York; Burial mound on Eagle Bluff, Cayuga County, New York. n.n. Vandali mound, Cattaraugua County, New York. n.n. 28th St. site, Erie, Pa.; Wesleyville site, Erie County. Skinner, Dorothy P., et al. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Archaeological Reports, 1929. n.n. Profiles of Sugar Run mound site, Warren County. Carpenter, E.S., et al. Photographs of sites and artifacts, Somerset and Fayette Counties. Witthoft, John. Field drawings from Sicksite, South Towanda, Bradford See Edmund Snow Carpenter, The Ancient Mounds of Pennsylvania (913.748 C223) | | | | Source: | Reports on Archeological Excavations in Pennsylvania (913.748 Un3) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 16 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to John Heckewelder
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 22 February 1796 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | American Indian antiquities and skin color | | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 17 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. | |
| | | Title: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1789-1794 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters; 3 printed documents | | | | Abstract: | Includes letters to Thomas Pennant concerning color and morphology of American Indians. Also "Proposals for Printing... An Historical... Inquiry into... Remains of Antiquity," 1789. | | | | Source: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers. Letters to Thomas Pennant (B B284) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 18 | Author: | Lewis, Meriwether, 1744-1809 | | | | | Explorer, soldier. U.S. Army, 1795-1806; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1803; co-leader of Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the head-waters of the Missouri River and to discover a land route to the Pacific Ocean, 1804-1806; governor of Louisiana Territory, 1807-1809 | |
| | | Title: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 30 August 1803 - 12 December 1803 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume (approximately 252 leaves) | | | | Abstract: | Journal of river trip down Ohio River to the winter camp of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Interlineated in the journal, and also in a separate volume (917.3 L58b), are queries posed by Nicholas Biddle to William Clark in 1810 about the succeeding Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis' observations in his journal include remarks on Indian mounds and on the social organization, religion, and material culture of Indians observed on the journey | | | | Source: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis (917.3 L58p) | | | | |
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| 19 | Author: | Lyell, Charles, 1797-1875 | | | | | Geologist, natural historian. Practicing barrister, 1825-1827; devoted himself full-time to study of geology thereafter; F.R.S., 1826; Secretary, Geological Society, 1823-1826, president, 1834-1836, 1849-1850; president, BAAS, 1864-1865; member of numerous scientific societies and parliamentary commissions | |
| | | Title: | Sir Charles Lyell Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1808-1874 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 280 letters | | | | Abstract: | Includes letters to John Evans, Milne Home, John Kempe, E.T. Stevan, S.W. Symonds, Albert Way, S.V. Wood. Prehistory; archaeology; antiquity of man; neolithic implements; Roman ruins; Stonehenge | | | | Source: | Sir Charles Lyell Papers (B L981) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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