Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894 |
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| Span Dates | 1793-1894 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1838-1894) |
| ID No. | MSS22707 |
| Creator | Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
| Extent | 5,700 items |
| Extent | 16 containers |
| Extent | 3 linear feet |
| Extent | 8 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004009 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77022707 |
| Summary | 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 and the Smithsonian Institution. |