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| | 2 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | 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 | |
| 10 | 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 | |
| 12 | 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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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 15 | Author: | Anonymous | | | | | | |
| | | Title: | Notes on Mexican Antiquities
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | Spanish | | | | Dates: | Circa 1785-1800 | | | | Extent: | 42 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Titles include: Algo de lengua mexicana y de la explicacion de algunos geroglifícos. Pyramide de Paplantla y Decripcion iconografica de la antiqua y famosa piramide o adoratio del Pueblo de Papantla. Varies modes de pintar. Y per geroglificos en el fresco y al temple. Notas varias y caprichosas. Tehuantepec, Tonila, etc. | | | | Source: | Notes on Mexican Antiquities (913.72 N84) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 16 | 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 | |
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