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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:  Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872Requires 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:  Hays, Isaac,1796-1879.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers     
 Dates:  Circa 1820-1925 
 Abstract:  Isaac Hays was a Philadelphia ophthalmologist who was also deeply involved in natural history. The Isaac Hays material has two discreet sections: a volume of correspondence for 1824-1855 and a collection of loose manuscripts. The first part of the collection is a bound volume that contains the correspondence Hays carried on with other prominent naturalists in the nineteenth century from 1824–1855, although the bulk come from the 1820s and early 1830s. Prominent correspondents in this series include Charles Lucien Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles Lesueur. All of the correspondence is incoming, addressed to Hays. Occasionally the correspondence involves commentary on other current events in addition to the obvious scientific nature of the correspondence. A letter from Bonaparte, for instance, discusses the rivalry between the Philadelphia and New York orchestras. The Ord correspondence, written mostly from Europe, makes reference to Audubon, Ord's ornithological rival, and scientific publications and thought prominent in Europe. The Say correspondence, written from New Harmony, also provides insight on that utopian experiment and his relationship with Lesueur, who also settled in New Harmony. There are only a few Lesueur letters, all of which are in French and written from New Harmony.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.H334 
 Extent:  1.75 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Natural history | Science and technology | Social Life and Custom 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. | Medical publishing -- United States. | Medicine -- Societies, etc. | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. | Medicine -- United States. | Natural history. | Paleontology. 
 Author:  Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875Requires cookie*
 Title:  Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874     
 Dates:  1806-1874 
 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.L981 
 Extent:  0.75 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Evolution. | Geology. | Natural history. | Natural selection. | Paleontology. | Science -- Great Britain. | Scientists -- Great Britain. 
 Author:  Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899Requires cookie*
 Title:  Othniel Charles Marsh papers, 1817-1899     
 Dates:  1817-1899 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.H.S.Film.37 
 Extent:  29 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Natural history. | Paleontology. 
 Author:  Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851Requires cookie*
 Title:  Samuel George Morton papers, 1838-1844     
 Dates:  1838-1844 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.1413 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Archaeology | Craniology. | Education. | Egyptology. | Geology. | Indians of North America | Medicine. | Mineralogy. | Paleontology. | Phrenology. 
 Author:  Royal Society (Great Britain)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900     
 Dates:  1662-1900 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.H.S.Film.1 
 Extent:  10 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Geology. | Indians of North America | Meteorology. | Paleontology. | Potash. | Tar. 
 Author:  Stauffer, Jacob,b. 1808.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Jacob Stauffer Papers, 1844-1879     
 Dates:  1844-1879 
 Abstract:  The Jacob Stauffer Collection contains correspondence about science and scientific institutions in the United States. Only one letter dates to before the 1850s (1844).

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 Call #:  Mss.B.St15 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Learned institutions and societies. | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Zoology. 
 Author:  Wheatley, Charles M. (Charles Moore), 1822-1882Requires cookie*
 Title:  Charles M.(Charles Moore) Wheatley papers, 1840-1882     
 Dates:  1840-1882 
 Abstract:  This collection contains the correspondence of Charles Wheatley. The correspondence captures his scientific undertakings in the mid/late-nineteenth century. Wheatley was based in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and he was active in Philadelphia's scientific community.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.W558 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Philadelphia History | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Mineralogy. | Mines and mineral resources -- Pennsylvania -- Phoenixville. | Mining engineers. | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Shells.