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 Author:  Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782Requires cookie*
 Title:  Duhamel du Monceau/Fougeroux de Bondaroy papers, 1716-1789     
 Dates:  1716-1789 
 Abstract:  This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.D87 
 Extent:  14 Linear Feet 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Agriculture | Architecture | Bones. | Botany. | Chemistry | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Entomology. | Fruit trees. | Gardens -- France. | Mathematics. | Metallurgy. | Paleontology. | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Poisons. | Steam-engines -- Early works to 1850. | Taxidermy. | Temperature. | Ventilation. 
 Author:  Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860Requires cookie*
 Title:  Entomological drawings, n.d.     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  These eight volumes of John LeConte's work contain thousands of entomological drawings, some in color and others in black and white. A couple of drawings have been attributed to Titian Peale.

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 Call #:  Mss.595.7.L493 
 Extent:  8 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Art | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks 
 Subjects:  Beetles. | Diptera. | Entomology. | Flies. | Hemiptera. | Hymenoptera. | Insects. | Lepidoptera. | Myriapoda. | Natural history. | Spiders. 
 Author:  Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871Requires cookie*
 Title:  Sir Roderick Impey Murchison correspondence, 1829-1871     
 Dates:  1829-1871 
 Abstract:  This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.M93 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Entomology. | Geology -- Soviet Union -- Surveys. | Geology. | Glaciers. | Natural history | Zoology. 
 Author:  Say, Thomas, 1787-1834Requires cookie*
 Title:  Thomas Say papers, 1819-1883, 1955     
 Dates:  1819-1883 
 Abstract:  The Thomas Say Collection contains correspondence and scientific material relating to Say's work as a conchologist. The correspondence has a few items written to the New Harmony utopian community before Say decided to live there. The scientific correspondence contains letters to prominent fellow natural historians, such as Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The data includes sketches of shells, some in color. There is also a relatively detailed biographical profile, likely written in the late-nineteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.Sa95.g 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Land and Speculation | Natural history | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Maps and Surveys | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks 
 Subjects:  Entomology. | Mollusks. | Natural history. 
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