Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history)
Person
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Copy letters from Charles Lyell to Bates, Henry Walter, 2 September 1866
File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/3
Scope and Contents
Written by Arabella Buckley and summarised as 'on delata of Amazons & Agassiz's glacial of Brazil'.
Dates:
2 September 1866
Correspondence - Letters from Sir Charles Lyell to others, 1829-1874
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B3
Scope and Contents
A series of letters sent by Charles Lyell, to others. Some of these correspondents also appear in the two A-Z series. It is not clear why these letters have been separated from earlier series of records, however they may have been gathered together by Katharine Lyell in her editorial of 'Life, Letters and Journals', with some marked 'not copied', published or unpublished.
Agassiz Memorial Fund
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Dates:
1829-1874
Correspondence of Alexander E.R. Aggasiz
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-96
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Alexander E. R. Agassiz is mainly about coral reefs. There are letters to Sir Charles Wyville Thomson and to Sir John Murray (1841-1914). There is also material on Agassiz's life and scientific work.
Dates:
circa 1867-1910
Letter to Agassiz Memorial Fund, from Charles Lyell. , 8 April 1874
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/1
Scope and Contents
Lyell's receipt on making a contribution to the Memorial Fund. Signed Sebastian Schlering, Treasurer.
Dates:
8 April 1874
Letters from Agassiz, Alexander to Charles Lyell, 1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/4
Scope and Contents
Letters from Agassiz on Temnechinus [Sea Urchin] of Crag, dredged off of Florida, and Salensia of Chalk. Makes reference to D'Archiac's research on Nummulites of India and similarities with Florida. Dredge depths given. Letters also on Glacial of America. On the death of his father, he writes to ask Lyell for any correspondence between him and his father, or reviews or publications, as he and his mother are compiling his father's biography. Final letter thanks Lyell for his contribution...
Dates:
1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874
Letters from Agassiz, Louis, to Charles Lyell, 9 March 1855
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/2
Scope and Contents
1) On Prof. Agassiz filling the Natural History Chair at the University of Edinburgh; 2) Synopsis of various lectures given by the author
Dates:
9 March 1855
Letters from Gould, Augustus Addison to Charles Lyell, May 1842 - April 1865
File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/96
Scope and Contents
This correspondence from A.A. Gould to Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with meetings, writings, and work of their mutual colleagues and friends. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
'Dr. Gould List of Massach[usetts] shells' May 1842
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Dates:
May 1842 - April 1865
Letters from Jackson, Charles Thomas to Charles Lyell, 22 March 1845 - 20 September 1866
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/142
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between Charles Thomas Jackson and Charles Lyell mainly concerns the geology of the United States and Jackson's discoveries. Specific subjects include: Ether, New Brunswick, Paleonisci, and Abraham Gesner. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
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Dates:
22 March 1845 - 20 September 1866
Letters from Redfield, William Charles to Charles Lyell, 28 October 1841 - 28 June 1853
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/222
Scope and Contents
The correspondence from W.C. Redfield to Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with his geological discoveries and the activities of their mutual friends. Specific subjects include: catopterus macrucrus, drift, and William King. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
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Dates:
28 October 1841 - 28 June 1853
Letters from Ticknor, Prof. George (of Boston, Massachusetts), to Charles Lyell, 14 December 1843 - 20 January 1861
File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/96
Scope and Contents
Large folder of letters written from Boston, Massachusetts, including letter from Anna Ticknor to Mary Lyell:
Letter relates to the history of slavery in the United States, with commentary on current affairs, with references to Nat Turner's Rebellion [Southampton Insurrection], abolitionism, slavery, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Virginia Debate of 1832. First eight pages are in the handwriting of...
Dates:
14 December 1843 - 20 January 1861
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