Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (American naturalist and industrialist)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt, 17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt sub-series consists of:
- 20 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1860-1900)
Dates:
17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900
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
Postcard to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander Agassiz, c1861-c1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/2
Scope and Contents
Postcard to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander Agassiz thanking him for a copy of James Hutton's work Theory of the Earth, ( 1795) for the library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Dates:
c1861-c1873
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