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Found in 12 Collections and/or records:

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Found in: Manuscript Division

Cleveland Abbe Papers

Identifier: MSS10025
Abstract

Astronomer and meteorologist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating mainly to Abbe's career with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps, his participation in the West African Eclipse Expedition (1880s), and his career in the United States Weather Bureau.

Dates 1850-1954; Majority of material found within 1850-1916
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Found in: Manuscript Division

A. D. Bache Papers

Identifier: MSS11494
Abstract

Scientist, educator, and superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Correspondence, a journal, and miscellaneous material reflecting Bache’s service with the United States Coast Survey, his work at the Dudley Observatory, and his European trip to study educational methods.

Dates 1828-1863; Majority of material found within ( 1836-1863)
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers

Identifier: MSS51268
Abstract Inventor and educator. Correspondence, diaries, journals, laboratory notebooks, patent records, speeches, writings, subject files, genealogical records, printed material, and other papers pertaining primarily to Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876, his contributions to the education of the deaf, and his interests in a wide range of scientific and technological fields, including aviation, eugenics, and marine engineering. The collection includes the papers of other members of the Bell,...
Dates 1834-1970; Majority of material found within 1855-1922
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Found in: Manuscript Division

W. W. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS16899
Abstract

Financier and philanthropist. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts.

Dates 1791-1896; Majority of material found within 1849-1888
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Lewis Reeves Gibbes Papers

Identifier: MSS22707
Abstract Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Dates 1793-1894; Majority of material found within ( 1838-1894)
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Institute of the Aerospace Sciences Archives

Identifier: MSS10694
Abstract Historical records of the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences. Biographical and corporate files including correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, biographical data and sketches, genealogical records, financial reports, broadsides, charts, press releases, newspaper clippings, blueprints, cartoons, maps, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, airplane specifications, prints, engravings, illustrations, sketches, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous...
Dates 1783-1962
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Montgomery C. Meigs Papers

Identifier: MSS32540
Abstract

Army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist. Correspondence, diaries and journals, notebooks, family papers, military papers, drawings and plans, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Meigs's work in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, his service as quartermaster general during the Civil War, and family matters.

Dates 1799-1971; Majority of material found within 1849-1892
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Samuel Finley Breese Morse Papers

Identifier: MSS33670
Abstract Artist and inventor. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers. Includes letters from Samuel Finley Breese Morse to his family describing his studies in England during the War of 1812 and his subsequent struggle to support himself as a portrait painter in the United States; correspondence and other papers relating to Morse's invention of the telegraph, lawsuits over patents, and his dispute with Joseph Henry who also claimed to have...
Dates 1793-1944; Majority of material found within 1807-1872
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers

Identifier: MSS39115
Abstract Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, author, ethnologist, explorer, geologist, glass manufacturer, and Indian agent; his first wife, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, the Ojibwe author Bamewawagezhikaquay, which translates in English as "Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky"; and his second wife, Mary Howard Schoolcraft. Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscripts of magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports, American Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other papers...
Dates 1788-1941; Majority of material found within 1820-1856
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Found in: Manuscript Division

E. G. Squier Papers

Identifier: MSS41087
Abstract Archaeologist, diplomat, author, editor, and businessman. Correspondence, business records, diplomatic records, articles, lectures, and other writings, reference and bibliographic notes, drawings, maps, scrapbooks of clippings, and other papers relating to Squier's diplomatic career as U.S. chargé d'affairs in Central America (1849-1858), U.S. commissioner to Peru (1863-1865), and Honduran consul general in New York, N.Y. (1863-1873), and Squier's studies and writings in archaeology and...
Dates 1809-1888; Majority of material found within ( 1846-1874)
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Found in: Manuscript Division

Joseph Meredith Toner Collection of Manuscripts

Identifier: MSS43059
Abstract

Physician, author and collector. Correspondence, diary, notes, lists, bibliographical material, printed matter, and other papers reflecting primarily the personal and professional life of Toner, the history and practice of medicine in the United States, and the life and times of George Washington.

Dates 1741-1896
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Found in: Manuscript Division

United States Naval Observatory Records

Identifier: MSS52837
Abstract

Official correspondence and administrative records of offices of the Naval Observatory, located in Washington, D.C., including of the superintendent, Nautical Almanac, librarian, and the superintendent of compasses and instruments, concerning activities of the observatory and tracing its development from its origin in the Depot of Charts and Instruments.

Dates 1830-1900
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