Correspondence of Charles Darwin with his family, Sir William J. Hooker, Sir John W. Lubbock, William Ogle, Daniel Oliver, John Tyndall, and Sir William Ramsay, 1836-1882. (1 reel). Letters to J. Brodie-Innes, W. H. Bates, Lady Dorothy Nevill, and others (1846-1882); also letters to his wife and son and letters and papers about him (1 reel). Letters from Darwin to G. H. K. Thwaites, William B. Tegetmeier, Albany Hancock, Richard Owen, Bernhard Studer, Auguste H. Forel, J. Moulinie, A. Bohrn, Karl Christoph Vogt, François Joseph Pictet de la Rive, and others.

Field recordings of Seneca ceremonies recorded by William Fenton. Chant of the Big Heads, Morning Song of Handsome Lake, and Women's Dance recorded at Newtown Longhouse, Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, 27 August 1949. Green Corn Dance Tobacco Invocation and Mid-Winter Festival Tobacco Invocation recorded at Coldspring Longhouse, 4 September 1949.

Obverse: Two small busts in oval frames facing left of B. FRANKLIN BORN 1706; and T.L. DEVINNE BORN 1828, on a palm branch. On left, pedestal, round pan with a burning flame; in the background, a printing press. In center, a young child facing right. AND THE LIGHT CAME / DEGREE OF MASTERS / OF ARTS CONFERRED BY / COLUMBIA AND YALE UNIVERSITIES 1901. Below left, V.D. BRENNER. Reverse: - FRANKLIN - BIRTHDAY - DINNER - / - JANUARY - 17 - 1902 - TYPOTHETAE - OF - THE - CITY - OF - NEW - YORK - Rectangular shape with curved top

These tributes were read at the American Philosophical Society on the centenary of Wistar's death. Included are tributes by Isaac M. Hays, "Caspar Wistar as a Citizen and Philosopher," and George A. Piersol, "Dr. Caspar Wistar as a Human Anatomist."

Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G. L. Nesom & Baird var. graveolens (Nutt.) Reveal & Schuyler, comb. et stat. nov., based on Chrysocoma graveolens Nutt. (Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 136. 1818) and the autonym Bigelovia graveolens (Nutt.) A. Gray var. glabrata A. Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 645. 1873). [footnote 3] - PH-LC 51 (Moulton 39a), PH-LC 52 (Moulton 39b), PH-LC 53 (Moulton 39c), PH-LC 54 (Moulton 39d) and PH-LC 56 (Moulton 40b), left-hand specimen. [footnote 3:] Additional nomenclatural synonyms are Chrysothamnus graveolens (Nutt.) Greene (in Erythea 3: 108. 1895), C. nauseosus (Pall. ex Pursh) Britton var. graveolens (Nutt.) H. M. Hall (in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 174. 1919), C. nauseosus subsp. graveolens (Nutt.) Piper (in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 559. 1906), C. nauseosus var. graveolens (A. Gray) Cronquist (in Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 17(5): 128. 1955), and Ericameria nauseosa subsp. graveolens (Nutt.) L. C. Anderson (in Great Basin Naturalist 55: 85. 1995). Nesom & Baird incorrected proposed E. nauseosa var. glabrata (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & Baird (in Phytologia 75: 86. 1993) for the above taxon. They corrected one of their nomenclatural errors subsequently (in Phytologia 78: 61-65. 1995), but they failed to correct the above name as now required by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Greuter et al., 1994). Pursh (1813: 517) reports this series of specimens as Chrysocoma dracunculoides Lam. (Encycl. 2: 198. 1786), listing the plants as found on the "high cliffs on the banks of the Missouri" in October. There are several Lewis and Clark specimens associated with this name. Lewis 32 was collected on "21st. of Sept. 1805. at the upper part of the bigg bend of the Missouri" (PH-LC 51), or in modern parlance at the upper part of the Big Bend of the Missouri in Hughes Co., South Dakota (Moulton, 1987a: 469). [footnote 4] A second collection from this location (PH-LC 52) is annotated "Baccharis linearis" by Pursh, an unpublished name. This may well be the basis for Pursh's report of Baccharis angustifolia (see B. salicina Torr. & A. Gray, No. 32 above). Lewis 54 (PH-LC 53) was gathered on 2 Oct 1804 above the mouth of the Cheyenne River in Dewey or Sully Co., South Dakota (Moulton 1987a: 470). A duplicate of this collection, originally in the Lambert Herbarium (PH-LC 54), is annotated by Pursh with an unpublished name "Chrysocoma elongata." This sheet corresponds with the cited location and date given by Pursh further suggesting that Lewis 32 might possibly be the basis for the report of B. angustifolia. [footnote 4:] This sheet was reported by Moulton (1987a) as Gutierrezia sarothrae but is being corrected to Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. graveolens in the forthcoming volume (Moulton, in press) on the botany of the expedition. A third sample of var. graveolens is associated with a mixed collection supposedly gathered "15th- October 1805. / on the Columbia river." As Lloyd Shinners wrote on the sheet (PH-LC 56) in 1946, neither the fragment of var. nauseosa nor that of var. graveolens could have come from the Columbia River area. However, Asa Gray associated the fragment on the left with the name Bigelovia graveolens (Nutt.) A. Gray var. albicaulis (Nutt.) A. Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 644. 1873), or what is now variously known as Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall. ex Nutt.) Britton var. speciosus (Nutt.) H. M. Hall (in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 169. 1919), C. nauseosus var. albicaulis (Nutt.) Rydb. (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 385. 1900), C. nauseosus subsp. albicaulis (Nutt.) H. M. Hall & Clem. (in Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 326: 212. 1923), or Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosus (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom & Baird (in Phytologia 75: 87. 1993). The monographer of the genus, Loran C. Anderson of Florida State University, annotated the left-hand fragment subsp. graveolens. The supposed location of PH-LC 56 is from along the lower Snake River in Franklin or Walla Walla Co., Washington, but clearly the specimen(s) from this location are now missing. Nuttall did not cite any of the Lewis and Clark material when he proposed Chrysocoma graveolens, and therefore, contrary to Cutright (1969: 405), none of the sheets cited above can be considered type material of the Nuttall name. (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:10/02/1804

Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G. L. Nesom & Baird var. graveolens (Nutt.) Reveal & Schuyler, comb. et stat. nov., based on Chrysocoma graveolens Nutt. (Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 136. 1818) and the autonym Bigelovia graveolens (Nutt.) A. Gray var. glabrata A. Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 645. 1873). [footnote 3] - PH-LC 51 (Moulton 39a), PH-LC 52 (Moulton 39b), PH-LC 53 (Moulton 39c), PH-LC 54 (Moulton 39d) and PH-LC 56 (Moulton 40b), left-hand specimen. [footnote 3:] Additional nomenclatural synonyms are Chrysothamnus graveolens (Nutt.) Greene (in Erythea 3: 108. 1895), C. nauseosus (Pall. ex Pursh) Britton var. graveolens (Nutt.) H. M. Hall (in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 174. 1919), C. nauseosus subsp. graveolens (Nutt.) Piper (in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 559. 1906), C. nauseosus var. graveolens (A. Gray) Cronquist (in Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 17(5): 128. 1955), and Ericameria nauseosa subsp. graveolens (Nutt.) L. C. Anderson (in Great Basin Naturalist 55: 85. 1995). Nesom & Baird incorrected proposed E. nauseosa var. glabrata (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & Baird (in Phytologia 75: 86. 1993) for the above taxon. They corrected one of their nomenclatural errors subsequently (in Phytologia 78: 61-65. 1995), but they failed to correct the above name as now required by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Greuter et al., 1994). Pursh (1813: 517) reports this series of specimens as Chrysocoma dracunculoides Lam. (Encycl. 2: 198. 1786), listing the plants as found on the "high cliffs on the banks of the Missouri" in October. There are several Lewis and Clark specimens associated with this name. Lewis 32 was collected on "21st. of Sept. 1805. at the upper part of the bigg bend of the Missouri" (PH-LC 51), or in modern parlance at the upper part of the Big Bend of the Missouri in Hughes Co., South Dakota (Moulton, 1987a: 469). [footnote 4] A second collection from this location (PH-LC 52) is annotated "Baccharis linearis" by Pursh, an unpublished name. This may well be the basis for Pursh's report of Baccharis angustifolia (see B. salicina Torr. & A. Gray, No. 32 above). Lewis 54 (PH-LC 53) was gathered on 2 Oct 1804 above the mouth of the Cheyenne River in Dewey or Sully Co., South Dakota (Moulton 1987a: 470). A duplicate of this collection, originally in the Lambert Herbarium (PH-LC 54), is annotated by Pursh with an unpublished name "Chrysocoma elongata." This sheet corresponds with the cited location and date given by Pursh further suggesting that Lewis 32 might possibly be the basis for the report of B. angustifolia. [footnote 4:] This sheet was reported by Moulton (1987a) as Gutierrezia sarothrae but is being corrected to Chrysothamnus nauseosus subsp. graveolens in the forthcoming volume (Moulton, in press) on the botany of the expedition. A third sample of var. graveolens is associated with a mixed collection supposedly gathered "15th- October 1805. / on the Columbia river." As Lloyd Shinners wrote on the sheet (PH-LC 56) in 1946, neither the fragment of var. nauseosa nor that of var. graveolens could have come from the Columbia River area. However, Asa Gray associated the fragment on the left with the name Bigelovia graveolens (Nutt.) A. Gray var. albicaulis (Nutt.) A. Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 644. 1873), or what is now variously known as Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall. ex Nutt.) Britton var. speciosus (Nutt.) H. M. Hall (in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 169. 1919), C. nauseosus var. albicaulis (Nutt.) Rydb. (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 385. 1900), C. nauseosus subsp. albicaulis (Nutt.) H. M. Hall & Clem. (in Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 326: 212. 1923), or Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosus (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom & Baird (in Phytologia 75: 87. 1993). The monographer of the genus, Loran C. Anderson of Florida State University, annotated the left-hand fragment subsp. graveolens. The supposed location of PH-LC 56 is from along the lower Snake River in Franklin or Walla Walla Co., Washington, but clearly the specimen(s) from this location are now missing. Nuttall did not cite any of the Lewis and Clark material when he proposed Chrysocoma graveolens, and therefore, contrary to Cutright (1969: 405), none of the sheets cited above can be considered type material of the Nuttall name. (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:09/21/1804

Theodore Dunham, Jr, (1897-1984) was an American astronomer, physicist, and physician. Throughout his career, Dr. Dunham pioneered research on interstellar cosmic rays, the development of telescopes, stellar spectrophotometry, the study of interstellar material and the spectrophotometry of cells. The Theodore Dunham , Jr. Papers (1921-1984) contain professional correspondence, research notes, published and unpublished works by Dunham and others, detailed photographs and oversize sketches of astronomical observations, administrative details of the Mount Desert Island Astronomical Association and of a career-long association with the Fund for Astrophysical Research. Includes some medical research, but primarily contains his astrophysical research conducted at Mount Wilson Observatory, California and Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia.

This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts (lectures and articles), research grant material, research data, and participation in organizations, such as, the American Society of Naturalists (President, 1968), Genetics Society of America (President, 1963), and the National Research Council. Of particular note, are the detailed data related to Drosophila eye pigment, and human chromosomes.

Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America works to facilitate communication among scientists with an interest in research and education in genetics and cognate fields. The GSA Records provide information on the history of the Genetics Society of America from the time of its founding in 1931. Included is correspondence between various officers, members, and outside individuals and organizations, files on standing and ad hoc committees, Records concerning accounts and finances, membership data, files relating to annual meetings, local meetings, and international meetings, and information on special commissions or ad hoc groups of the Society. Among the more noteworthy files are those for the Committee on Genetics, Race, and Intelligence, 1974-1975. This note is currently under review for revision.

The New Sweden Company was founded as a joint stock enterprise in 1637 including Swedish, Dutch, and German investors seeking to trade in American furs and tobacco. Centered at Fort Christina, near present day Wilmington, Delaware, the colony expanded up both sides of Delaware Bay and the Delaware Reiver to present day Philadelphia, but capitulated to the Dutch in 1655. This volume contains selected transcripts in Swedish and German of documents in Swedish archives relating to the settling and governance of the colony of New Sweden in Delaware and Pennsylvania, made at the expense of Jonathan Russel, United States minister to Sweden, 1820. The documents have all been translated into French, and were printed in Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, vol. 4 (1829), 177-8,200, 314-315, 373-374, 398-400; vol. 5, 14-15, 219-221. No. 27 was not printed. Bound in at the end of the volume is Ch. 5 of Per Lindeström, "Description de la nouvelle Suède et des Indes Occidentales, 1691."

The Smith-Houston-Morris-Ogden Family Papers document the history of the Houston, Smith, Ogden, Morris and allied families, beginning in the late 17th century, and continuing through to near the end of the 20th. Among the many treasures in this vast collection are the papers of Pennsylvania Railroad executive Henry Howard Houston (1820-1895), his son, Samuel Frederick Houston (1866-1952), and of Pennsylvania attorney and treasury official, William Meredith (1752-1816). Although the collection contains a great deal of interest with respect to land speculation, commerce, and trade emanating from Philadelphia, the bulk of the Smith Family Papers consists of personal and family correspondence and other papers. Among the largest and most interesting bodies of papers are those of L.M.C. Smith and Eleanor Houston Smith, daughter of Samuel F. Smith. These document the family's progressive attitudes regarding and resource conservation, historic preservation, and their social activism. This very large collection includes much material that is not itemized below.

L.C. Dunn was one of the most significant figures in the emerging field of developmental genetics in the 20th century. His T-locus work with the mouse established a number of important genetic principles, including ideas of gene interaction, the distribution of alleles in wild populations, and the factors that influence fertility. He wrote an important textbook of genetics, Principles of Genetics (1925), in collaboration with Sinnott (and later Dobzhansky); other significant books authored or co-authored by him include Heredity, Race and Society (1946), and A Short History of Genetics (1965). He worked in poultry genetics for eight years at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Storrs, CT, from 1920-1928. The remainder of his career was spent at Columbia University, where he worked with rats, mice, and fruit flies, and proved himself to be an inspiring teacher as well. His interest in international scientific collaboration led him to establish ties to Soviet scientists, and to help relocate refugee scientists during World War II. He remained active in his profession to the end of his life. This collection includes correspondence, reports, notebooks, lectures, and photographs. It is a rich collection, documenting the development of American genetics as well as Dunn's interests in humanitarian efforts and international affairs. There is significant material relating to American-U.S.S.R. contacts, particularly in the files on the American-Soviet Friendship Council and the American-Soviet Science Society. There is much, as well, on the impact of the Lysenko controversy in the U. S. Dunn's interest in European scientists can also be seen in the sizable amount of material on the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars. Material relating to the Kilgore and Magnusson bills for the support of science (predecessors to the NSF) are also in the collection. Of note are data on the following: National Research Council Committee on Experimental Animals and Plants; research on the population study of the Jewish community in Rome; and Columbia University. There is much in the correspondence concerning Drosophila, poultry genetics, and other such topics; Walter Landauer is Dunn's major correspondent.

Mostly concerned with Blakeslee's studies on beans, blood groups, colchicine, Datura, embryo cultures, and horticulture. Many letters relate to the support and direction of the Smith College Genetics Experiment Station, which he headed. Other letters are about the Carnegie Institution of Washington, "Biological Abstracts," American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, Institut de France, University of Connecticut. Also contains travel letters from Germany and miscellaneous lectures.

An early settler and prominent citizen in the Moravian heartland near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Timothy Horsfield was named justice of the peace when Northampton County was formed out of Bucks in 1752, and was one of those given responsibility for the defence of the local white and Christian Indian populations during the French and Indian War. The Horsfield Papers offer a window onto the tumultuous history of northeastern Pennsylvania during the 1750s and 1760s. Comprised largely of correspondence and related documents between Horsfield, William Parsons, and provincial and military authorities, the collection includes important information on the Native tribes' actions (previously described as "Indian assaults") in the region in 1756 and 1757 and the military and diplomatic response of settlers.

Meehan (1898: 15-16) discusses the significance of this sheet at some length. He correctly notes that Pursh's name replaces the long established but later Clematis douglasii Hook. (Fl. Boreali-Amer. 1: 1. 1829) and that Britton clearly misapplied the name when he proposed Pulsatilla hirsutissima (Nutt.) Britton (in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 217. 1891). This is essentially the only nomenclatural correction Meehan proposes. The lectotype was collected on 27 May 1806 near Kamiah in Idaho Co., Idaho, contrary to Pursh's "plains of the Columbia river." Neither Lewis nor Clark mentions the plant (Moulton, 1991: 290-297). (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:05/27/1806

This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the Collection Description .

This collection contains miscellaneous letters and papers relating to explorations of South America, Cuba, and Mexico; scientific investigations; Latin American antiquities and linguistics; and publications. There are also copies of 26 letters from Humboldt to Pierre Hyacinth Azais and Jules Berger de Xivrey, from originals at the Duke University Medical Center Library.

Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1812-1828) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia (1828-1835). He was director of the U.S. Mint from 1835 to 1851. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (1779-1814), and director of the U.S. Mint (1805-1824).

Miscellaneous documents pertaining to NCSE Executive Director including the application for the job of NCSE Executive Director in 1986, early correspondence with the board of directors, and curriculum vitae.