Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
(2)
| | • | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes |
(1)
| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
(1)
| | • | Agriculture |
(1)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
(3)
| | • | Animals -- Habits and behavior of |
(1)
| | • | Anishinaabe |
(3)
| | • | Archaeology |
(1)
| | • | Arctic Indians |
(1)
| | • | Artifacts |
(1)
| | • | Astronomy - Research - England |
(1)
| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
(2)
| | • | Astronomy. |
(1)
| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America |
(1)
| | • | Auroras. |
(1)
| | • | Autopsy. |
(1)
| | • | Aymara Indians |
(1)
| | • | Aztecs. |
(1)
| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Biology, genetics, eugenics |
(1)
| | • | Birds -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| | • | Birds. |
(2)
| | • | Blowpipe. |
(1)
| | • | Boilers. |
(1)
| | • | Botanical gardens. |
(1)
| | • | Botanists. |
(1)
| | • | Botany |
(2)
| | • | Botany -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Botany -- Europe. |
(1)
| | • | Botany -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Botany. |
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| | • | Bridges. |
(1)
| | • | Cayuga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Chemistry |
(1)
| | • | Chemistry -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Cherokee Indians |
(1)
| | • | Choctaw Indians |
(1)
| | • | Cholic Acid |
(1)
| | • | Church and State -- Great Britain -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Cicada (Genus) |
(1)
| | • | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 |
(1)
| | • | Coinage. |
(1)
| | • | Columbidia |
(1)
| | • | Compass. |
(1)
| | • | Cooper Union |
(1)
| | • | Craniology. |
(1)
| | • | Craniometry |
(1)
| | • | Cuckoos |
(1)
| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
(1)
| | • | Cytology. |
(1)
| | • | Daguerreotypes |
(1)
| | • | Delaware Indians |
(1)
| | • | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
(1)
| | • | Dove |
(1)
| | • | Earthquakes -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| | • | Education |
(3)
| | • | Education -- United States. |
(2)
| | • | Egyptians |
(1)
| | • | Egyptology. |
(1)
| | • | Electricity - Experiments |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 |
(2)
| | • | Electricity -- Experiments |
(1)
| | • | Electricity. |
(1)
| | • | Electrophysiology. |
(1)
| | • | English language -- Dictionaries |
(1)
| | • | Ether |
(1)
| | • | Famines -- Ireland |
(1)
| | • | Fishes -- Research. |
(1)
| | • | France -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
(1)
| | • | Frogs -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Frost -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Gardening -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Gardens -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Geese |
(1)
| | • | Genetics. |
(1)
| | • | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey |
(1)
| | • | Geology |
(2)
| | • | Geology - Research - England |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Geology, Structural |
(1)
| | • | Geology. |
(2)
| | • | Girard College |
(1)
| | • | Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 |
(1)
| | • | Haida Indians |
(1)
| | • | Heatstroke |
(1)
| | • | History of science and technology. |
(2)
| | • | History, Ancient. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulturists. |
(1)
| | • | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
(2)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Louisiana |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Massachusetts |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
(2)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Ohio |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Physical characteristics |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Rhode Island |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Tennessee |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
(1)
| | • | Indians of South America -- Peru |
(1)
| | • | Indians of South America -- Physical characteristics |
(1)
| | • | Influenza -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Insects. |
(1)
| | • | Inuit -- Canada |
(1)
| | • | Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Iroquois Indians |
(1)
| | • | Isleta Indians |
(1)
| | • | Learned institutions and societies. |
(3)
| | • | Lighthouses |
(1)
| | • | Lightning |
(1)
| | • | Lightning rods |
(1)
| | • | Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Middle Atlantic states -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Machinery -- Drawings. |
(1)
| | • | Magnetism - Experiments |
(1)
| | • | Magnetism. |
(1)
| | • | Magnets |
(1)
| | • | Manufacturing processes. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine. |
(2)
| | • | Memorials -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Mercury |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Italy -- Observations |
(1)
| | • | Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
(1)
| | • | Micmac language |
(1)
| | • | Mineralogy |
(1)
| | • | Mineralogy. |
(2)
| | • | Mines and mineral resources -- Pennsylvania -- Phoenixville. |
(1)
| | • | Mining engineers. |
(1)
| | • | Miscegenation |
(1)
| | • | Mohawk Indians |
(1)
| | • | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 |
(1)
| | • | Morgan, Thomas Hunt |
(1)
| | • | Mound builders |
(1)
| | • | Museums -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Mythology, Egyptian. |
(1)
| | • | National Academy of Sciences |
(1)
| | • | Natural history |
(2)
| | • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Natural history. |
(9)
| | • | Naumkeag Indians |
(1)
| | • | Observatoire de Paris |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians |
(2)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa language |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwe people |
(2)
| | • | Oneida Indians |
(1)
| | • | Onondaga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ornithologists. |
(1)
| | • | Ornithology |
(1)
| | • | Ornithology. |
(2)
| | • | Osage Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ottawa Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ottawa language |
(1)
| | • | Oxygen |
(1)
| | • | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology -- North America. |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology. |
(3)
| | • | Partridges |
(1)
| | • | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. |
(1)
| | • | Pendulum |
(1)
| | • | Penobscot Indians |
(1)
| | • | Pentland, Joseph Barclay |
(1)
| | • | Phlogiston |
(1)
| | • | Phosphorescence |
(1)
| | • | Phrenology |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Plains Indians |
(2)
| | • | Planetariums. |
(1)
| | • | Plant collectors. |
(1)
| | • | Plants -- Collection and preservation. |
(2)
| | • | Plants, Cultivated. |
(1)
| | • | Postal service -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Potatoes |
(1)
| | • | Printers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Publishers and publishing. |
(1)
| | • | Race |
(1)
| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
(2)
| | • | Railroads -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Rattlesnake |
(1)
| | • | Religion |
(2)
| | • | Reptiles |
(1)
| | • | Riots -- England -- Birmingham |
(1)
| | • | Sacco-Vanzetti case |
(1)
| | • | Science -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| | • | Science and technology |
(2)
| | • | Science publishing. |
(1)
| | • | Science. |
(1)
| | • | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Scientific apparatus and instruments. |
(2)
| | • | Scientists -- Great Britain. |
(1)
| | • | Scientists -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Sea monsters |
(1)
| | • | Secession -- Southern States |
(1)
| | • | Seed industry and trade -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Seed industry and trade -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Seneca Indians |
(1)
| | • | Shells. |
(2)
| | • | Skin -- Diseases-Treatment |
(1)
| | • | Skull. |
(1)
| | • | Slavery -- Barbados |
(1)
| | • | Slaves -- Emancipation-America |
(1)
| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
(3)
| | • | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Soap trade -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(1)
| | • | Solar eclipses. |
(1)
| | • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| | • | Southwest Indians |
(1)
| | • | Stars -- Magnitudes. |
(1)
| | • | Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean |
(1)
| | • | Steamboat disasters |
(1)
| | • | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
(1)
| | • | Sunspots |
(1)
| | • | Taxation |
(1)
| | • | Telegraph |
(2)
| | • | Telescopes |
(1)
| | • | Temperance. |
(1)
| | • | Tools -- Drawings. |
(1)
| | • | Tsimshian Indians |
(1)
| | • | Tuscarora Indians |
(1)
| | • | Tyrrhenians |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | United States Coast Survey |
(1)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) |
(2)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). |
(1)
| | • | United States History. |
(1)
| | • | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 |
(1)
| | • | Wallam olum |
(1)
| | • | Weights and measures. |
(2)
| | • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 |
(1)
| | • | Women -- Education |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 |
(1)
| | • | Yellow fever |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- Europe. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology. |
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| | | Author: | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Variation of the compass, 1773
| | | | Dates: | 1773 | | | | Abstract: | This slender volume is an essay by William Alexander, a prominent figure in New Jersey politics and business. Alexander wrote this essay with the hope that it would spur the American Philosophical Society to support the study of variations in compasses. Alexander's interest in this subject likely had to do with his background as a merchant. He realized compass variations created inefficiencies and risks for captains and the merchants that relied on them. Alexander appeals specifically to the APS's mission by stating that such a study would be "useful to mankind." Alexander's essays shows that he is conversant in many of the current theories about variations. He also proposed a plan for the APS to facilitate a systematic study of compass variations that he believed would produce a clear general law for variations in compasses.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.522.76.Al2 | | | | Extent: | 1 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | | Genre: | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- 18th century | Compass. | Learned institutions and societies. | |
| | Author: | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Collinson letters, [ca. 1740]-1770
| | | | Dates: | 1740-1770 | | | | Abstract: | The APS has a number of Collinson collections on microfilm. Its primary source holdings contain approximately thirty-seven letters written to Peter Collinson, a prominent figure in the eighteenth century British scientific community. Because of his networks in trade and science, he served as an important node in the conveyance of knowledge throughout the Atlantic World.The majority of the letters involve discussions of natural history. The letters offer a range of correspondence. There is a letter written about the culture of bathing in Wales in the 1730s to extended correspondence between Collinson and Lady Petre on the botanical gardens on the Petre's estate, and a series of letters from Spanish officials in the Caribbean relaying information to Collinson. There is also a notable amount of correspondence between Collinson and various nobility discussing horticultural issues.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C692 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Natural history | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Natural history. | |
| | Author: | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1809-1840
| | | | Dates: | 1809-1840 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of George William Featherstonhaugh Correspondence. Featherstonhaugh was a prominent British scientist who traveled to America numerous times and helped promote internal improvements. The single original letter is to Benjamin Franklin Peale and discusses mineralogy. The other documents, all photocopies of originals in private hands, discuss science and APS business and are from APS members Peter Du Ponceau, John Vaughan, and James Mease.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F31 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| | Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
| | | | Dates: | 1642-1841 | | | | Abstract: | The Papers of Benjamin Franklin are a rich source as varied and expansive as Dr. Franklin's storied life. The Collection has been calendared, catalogued, and much of it is transcribed in printed volumes and online at www.franklinpapers.org.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | | Extent: | 85.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Government Affairs | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | Pennsylvania History | Printing and Publishing | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Manuscript Essays | Political Correspondence | Printed Material | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Postal service -- United States | Printers -- Pennsylvania | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | |
| | Author: | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871
| | | | Dates: | 1834-1871 | | | | Abstract: | John Fries Frazer was a prominent Pennsylvania scientist in nineteenth century America, serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and very active in both the Franklin Institute and the APS. This large collection of his correspondence provides a snapshot of the growing scientific community in mid-nineteenth century America. Frazer's correspondence involves a wide range of topics: science and scientific institutions (shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, geology, geography, astronomy, chemistry, among others), although there are fragments of personal correspondence. His range of correspondents is as diverse as the topics, but there is a notably large collection of letters from scientific heavyweights Titian Ramsey Peale, Louis Aggasiz, Joseph Henry, and Alexander Dallas Bache.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F865 | | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Education | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Boilers. | Education -- United States. | Electricity. | Geology -- United States. | Haida Indians | Magnetism. | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Scientists -- United States. | Solar eclipses. | Tsimshian Indians | Weights and measures. | |
| | Author: | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887
| | | | Dates: | 1838-1887 | | | | Abstract: | This Collection consists of a variety of correspondence Asa Gray carried on with fellow scientists and collectors in the United States and Europe. Asa Gray was a leading nineteenth American botanist; securing a professorship at Harvard in 1842, he became perhaps the first professional botanist in America. The topic of the letters is almost exclusively botanical in nature. The correspondence includes discussions of publications, current specimens, and fossilized flora. Although Gray carried on extensive correspondence with Charles Darwin, none of that is in this manuscript collection, although the APS does have microfilm of Asa Gray's correspondence that contains some of this Darwin material.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G78 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Educational Material | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Botanical gardens. | Botany. | Education -- United States. | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Shells. | |
| | Author: | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel George Morton Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1850 | | | | Abstract: | The Samuel George Morton Collection provides a window into the life of this nineteenth century scientist, explorer, and natural historian. The collection holds a wide-range of materials, and the correspondence touches on many different subjects. The entry in MOLE contains an item level accounting of the collection and its contents. The collection begins in the 1820s, when Morton is just beginning his career and continues through to the 1840s. Letters touch on topics, such as the treatment of Native Americans, Indian burial grounds, discoveries of fossilized remains, and medical education. Material on the Wilkes Expedition and especially on Morton's early medical career is covered in depth. One letter contains a request from General Lafayette for a skull of an Indian for his own scientific collection. Most of the letters are to Morton and contain results of experiments or observations from travel and exploration. Additionally, the Diary to the West Indies form 1834 offers insight into the culture of the islands. Morton's own involvement in the scientific racism is prominent in much of his later writing. Included in the collection are sketches of his "craniometrical drawings," which were used by pro-slavery advocates.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M843 | | | | Extent: | 2.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | African American | Exploration. | International Travel | Travel | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Archaeology | Aymara Indians | Botany | Craniology. | Craniometry | Education | Egyptology. | Geology | Indians of North America -- Kentucky | Indians of North America -- Massachusetts | Indians of North America -- Mississippi | Indians of North America -- Ohio | Indians of North America -- Physical characteristics | Indians of North America -- Rhode Island | Indians of North America -- Tennessee | Indians of South America -- Peru | Indians of South America -- Physical characteristics | Medicine | Mineralogy | Miscegenation | Natural history | Naumkeag Indians | Ornithology | Paleontology | Pentland, Joseph Barclay | Phrenology | Race | Race, race relations, racism | Science and technology | Skull. | Slavery -- Barbados | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | |
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