Samuel Kneeland correspondence, 1883-1888

Mss.B.K73p

Date: 1883-1888 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 80 items
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Abstract

This collection contains correspondence between Kneeland and Professor Le Métayer de Guichainville, a French archaeologist who was living in New York City. The letters are professional and personal, concerning the archaeology of the Americas, the origins of the Indians and pre-history of North America, the evolution of man and the lost continent of Atlantis. There is also information of interest about the presentation of popular scientific lectures in late nineteenth-century America.

Background note

Samuel Kneeland was a physician and zoologist.

Collection Information

Physical description

80 items.

Provenance

Purchased from Phillips (N.Y. auction) and accessioned, 01/22/1980 (1980 138ms).

Indexing Terms


Family Name(s)

  • Le Métayer de Guichainville, -- Pro

Geographic Name(s)

  • North America -- Antiquities.

Subject(s)

  • Archaeology
  • Atlantis.
  • Earthquakes.
  • Evolution.
  • Indians of North America -- Antiquities
  • Lost continents.
  • Science -- United States -- 19th century.