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Found in 6 Collections and/or records:

 Collection
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
 Collection
Found in: Manuscript Division

George F. Becker Papers

Identifier: MSS12229
Abstract

Geologist, mathematician, engineer, and physicist. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, notebooks, notes, memoranda, maps, charts, tables, landscape sketches, and printed matter primarily relating to Becker's service at the United States Geological Survey, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and as president of the Geological Society of America.

Dates 1814-1928; Majority of material found within 1870-1919
 Collection
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

Henry L. Dawes Papers

Identifier: MSS17988
Abstract United States representative and senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, reports, notebooks, biographical material, family papers, photographs, citations, congressional commissions, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and an incomplete biography of Dawes by his daughter, Anna Laurens Dawes. The collection documents mainly Dawes's career as a federal legislator and his work on issues relating to the American Indian, including his tenure as...
Dates 1833-1933; Majority of material found within 1833-1903
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Found in: Manuscript Division

John William Draper Family Papers

Identifier: MSS18986
Abstract

Scientist and historian. Correspondence, family papers, subject files, manuscript and printed copies of speeches, articles, and books, financial papers, and miscellany relating to Draper's scientific work and as a historian and including the papers of his son, Daniel Draper (1841-1931), and other family members.

Dates 1777-1951; Majority of material found within 1860-1882
 Collection
Found in: Manuscript Division

Anita Newcomb McGee Papers

Identifier: MSS32110
Abstract Anthropologist and physician. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, writings, scientific and medical data, and miscellaneous material pertaining to McGee's studies of communistic societies in the United States such as the Shakers and the Bethel and Oneida communities, to her duties as acting assistant surgeon, U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War; and to the formation of the Women's Anthropological Society of America. Contains family correspondence of McGee's grandfather, Charles A....
Dates 1688-1932; Majority of material found within ( 1869-1932)
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