| | 1 | Author: | Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903 | | | | | Geologist, secretary and librarian of the APS. Assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1838-1841, 1852-1856, state geologist, 1873-1887; Presbyterian minister, 1845-1853; Secretary, American Iron Association, 1856-1864; professor, mining, University of Pennsylvania, 1859-1872, dean of the science department, 1872-1875, dean, Towne Science School, 1875-1883, professor emeritus, 1883-1903; librarian, American Philosophical Society, 1859-1885, secretary, 1859-1887, vice-president, 1887-1903 | |
| | | Title: | J. Peter Lesley Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1826-1898 | | | | Extent: | 7.75 linear feet (approximately 3,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Letters, notebooks, papers. Correspondents include Matthew S. Henry, George A. Belcourt, Joseph Carson, J.W. Powell, and others on Indian languages and ethnography. There are six notebooks on Egyptian hieroglyphics, and others on philology, antiquities, and ancient man. Paper topics include studies on C.O. Mueller's "Doric Race," Stonehenge, the deities of the Rig Veda, "Grotes Greece," the Aenead Aphrodite, and popular superstitions | | | | Source: | J. Peter Lesley Papers (B L56) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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