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Science:
key figures
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| Title |
Description |
Call
Number |
Separate
Records Available? |
| Dana
family papers, 1859-1925 |
These papers relating to James
Dwight Dana, nineteenth-century naturalist, mineralogist,
and geologist, contain his correspondence and papers
documenting his teaching years at Yale University
and his scientific voyages, on a Mediterranean excursion,
1833-34, and as a member of the U.S. Exploring Expedition,
1838-1842. Correspondents included Louis Agassiz,
Harriet Dwight Dana, James Dana, Charles Darwin,
Timothy Dwight, Sr., Asa Gray, Arnold Guyot, Benjamin
Silliman, Sr., and Charles Wilkes. The papers of
Edward Salisburg Dana, 1849-1935, are also included.
Guide available. |
MICFILM 3411 |
No |
| The
papers of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1782-1878 |
The collection documents Schoolcraft's
career as glass manufacturer in Vermont and New
Hampshire. Mineralogy, geology and ethnolgy are
the subjects documented throughout the collection.
Schoolcraft's writings include material on American
Indians, his history, language, mythology, maxims,
characteristics, and potential. He also documented
the past and future roles of the federal government
and the Indian, Indian hieroglyphics and picture
writing, and religion as practiced by the Indians,
and Christian missionary work among the tribes. |
MICFILM 3547 |
No |
| Thomas
A. Edison papers: a selective microfilm edition |
The Edison Papers show
directly the interrelatedness of technological innovation
and cultural change. Edison’s development and promotion
of inventions such as the phonograph and the kinetoscope
and his marketing of sound recordings and motion
pictures both reflected and disrupted the cultural
practices of his time. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1505 |
No |
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