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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by Katharine Lyell in her editorial of 'Life, Letters and Journals', with some marked 'not copied', published or unpublished.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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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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Archival Object 22
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Subject
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 7
Slavery--United States 3
Angus (Scotland) 2
Fossil Coral 2
Lectures and Lecturing 2
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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence from 2
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) 1
Alabama (United States) 1
America 1
American (cultural identity) 1
Appomattox River (Va.) 1
Aquia Creek (Va.) 1
Arran Buteshire Scotland 1
Astronomy 1
Bowood House (England) 1
California (United States) 1
Chesterfield County (Va.) 1
Cholera 1
Coral Reefs and Islands 1
Corporate Minutes 1
Cotton farmers 1
Drift 1
Durham England 1
Edinburgh -- Scotland 1
Egypt 1
Ethers 1
Falkland Islands 1
Falun (Sweden) 1
Geological Maps 1
Giraffidae 1
Glacial Theory 1
Irish Studies 1
Isle of Bute Buteshire Scotland 1
Labrador (N.L.) 1
Lake District (England) 1
Lake Superior, Michigan, USA 1
Limestone 1
Lowell Institute lectures 1
Marine biology | 1
Massachusetts -- Harvard 1
Meetings 1
Megatherium 1
Membership 1
Mildenhall (Suffolk, England) 1
Mine Safety 1
Mineralogy 1
Minerals 1
Minerals, Collection and Preservation 1
Moraines 1
Museums 1
Naturalists 1
New Brunswick 1
New England (United States) 1
New Jersey (United States) 1
Nominations for Membership 1
North Berwick (Scotland) 1
North Carolina United States of America 1
Nova Scotia (Canada) 1
Osteichthyes 1
Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) 1
Pepperell (Mass. : Town) 1
Planters 1
Plesiosaurus 1
Religion and science 1
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 1
Science Publishing 1
Scotland 1
Sea Serpents 1
Sea life 1
Shells 1
Sidlaw Hills (Scotland) 1
Sivatherium 1
Societies, Geological 1
Sweden 1
Travel writing 1
Trilobites 1
Unitarianism 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- Mississippi -- Philadelphia 1
United States of America -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
Universities 1
Virginia (United States) 1
Wigtownshire (Scotland) 1
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