| 1 | Author: | Anonymous | Add | | Title: | Dictionarioum Gallico Outaokum, interceptum Nov. 1771 [1771]
| | | Dates: | Circa 1771 | | | Abstract: | This dictionary of Native American language dates to 1771 and is from the Great Lakes region, an area often called the pays d'en haut. The dictionary is in French. The collection came to the APS from the Academy of Natural Sciences. It is bound in a rather unique white, soft leather cover.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.497.33.D564 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Ottawa language | |
6 | Author: | Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Add | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque Papers, 1808-1840
| | | Dates: | 1808-1840 | | | Abstract: | The Rafinesque Collection consists of two types of documents: correspondence and copies of his writings. The correspondence is separated into three distinct parts: general correspondence, correspondence with Augustin Pyramus de Candole (a Swiss botanist), and correspondence with John Quincy Adams. The copies of his writings consist of manuscript essays, notebooks, lectures, and other materials that discuss various scientific topics, especially botany.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.R124 | | | Extent: | 1.75 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | International Travel | Native America | Natural history | Science and technology | Travel | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials | Notebooks | Political Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Botany. | Culture, community, organizations | Delaware Indians | Indians of North America -- Louisiana | Ojibwa Indians | Osage Indians | Ottawa Indians | Plains Indians | Race, race relations, racism | Wallam olum | Zoology. | |
11 | Author: | Various authors | Add | | Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
| | | Dates: | 1668-1983 | | | Abstract: | J. Stephen Catlett wrote of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection that "there is no other way to describe these manuscript letters, essays, and other papers that are contained presently in 49 boxes." Catlett then listed a random assortment of names of authors found in the collection. Each individual item was catalogued in the card catalogue, but his data has now been put online. Rather than try to replicate that data, this entry will focus on some of the main themes of the collection and some of the most notable documents.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.200 | | | Extent: | 25 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Colonial Politics | Early National Politics | Natural history | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Scientific Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Arctic Indians | Autopsy. | Cayuga Indians | Cytology. | Egyptians | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Genetics. | History of science and technology. | History, Ancient. | Inuit -- Canada | Iroquois Indians | Isleta Indians | Micmac language | Mohawk Indians | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Mythology, Egyptian. | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa language | Ojibwe people | Oneida Indians | Onondaga Indians | Ottawa language | Penobscot Indians | Physics -- History. | Sacco-Vanzetti case | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seneca Indians | Southwest Indians | Tuscarora Indians | Tyrrhenians | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Women -- Education | World War, 1939-1945 | |
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