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1Author:  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. 
2Author:  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.