MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1825-1887
Abstract:
The manuscripts of father William Mitchell and daughter Maria Mitchell are not easily separated, and are treated here together. The collection includes William Mitchell's autobiography, his memoir of Judge Walter Folger of Nantucket, astronomical and meteorological observations, lectures, family and other correspondence.
Call #:
Mss.H.S.Film.9
Extent:
9 microfilm_reel(s)
Subjects:
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Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892 | Astronomy. | Autobiographies. | Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887 | Clippings. | Comets. | Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 | Diaries. | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 | Europe -- Description and travel. | Folger, Walter, 1765-1849 | Genealogies. | Gould, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Apthorp), 1787-1859 | Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jupiter (Planet) | Kendall, Phoebe Mitchell | Kendall, William Mitchell | Lectures. | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | Mitchell, William, 1791-1869 | Moon. | Poems. | Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel. | Saturn (Planet) | Solar eclipses -- 1831. | Southern States -- Description and travel. | Soviet Union -- Description and travel. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Women scientists.
