| | 24 | 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. | |
| 27 | Author: | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Maskell Patterson notebooks, 1810-1811
| | | | Dates: | 1810-1811 | | | | Abstract: | Previously catalogued as part of the the Robert Patterson Collection, this portion contains lecture notes on natural philosophy, death, mathematics, engineering, and other subjects. In addition to the notes, there is a class roster from the Universities of Pennsylvania and Virginia and copies of exams. There is also meteorological data for 1775 and 1776.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P275.n | | | | Extent: | 4 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Education | Natural history | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Educational Material | Meteorological Data | Notebooks | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Botany | Chemistry | Mineralogy | Physics | Zoology | |
| 29 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George B. (George Bacon) Wood papers, 1815-1913
| | | | Dates: | 1815-1913 | | | | Abstract: | The George Bacon Wood collection consists primarily of correspondence from George Wood to J.B. Lippincott. Some of the letters are co-signed by Franklin Bache. All of the letters date from 1860 onwards. The only early American materials are various diplomas and certificates from the 1810s and 1820s for Wood. These include a diploma from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and various certificates from places like the Philomathean Society at Penn and medical societies.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W84 | | | | Extent: | 30 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Medicine | | | | Genre: | Educational Material | Institutional Records | | | | Subjects: | Medicine. | Pharmacology. | |
| 38 | Author: | Taylor, Robert Eveleigh. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race, July 1800, 1830
| | | | Dates: | 1830 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains a manuscript copy of John Taylor's dissertation titled "An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race." Taylor delivered this lecture at the University of Edinburgh in July 1800 to fulfill one of the requirements for a medical degree. The essay touches on many of the prominent theories about racial differences then circulating in the Atlantic World. Taylor, for instance, discusses the influence of climate on the different races and how geography affects the health.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.572.2.T2li.b | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | African American | Beyond Early America | Medicine | | | | Genre: | Dissertations | Educational Material | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Blacks. | Race. | |
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