MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aDraper, John William,$d1811-1882.
245 00 $aJohn William Draper family papers,$f1777-1951$g(bulk 1860-1882).
300 $a16,100$fitems.
300 $a45$fcontainers plus$a2$foversize.
300 $a18.4$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 4 series. Series 1: John William Draper Papers, 1811-1924; Series 2: Daniel Draper Papers, 1861-1931; Series 3: Other Draper Family Papers, 1777-1951; and Series 4: Oversize.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence; manuscript and printed copies of speeches, articles, and books; subject files; financial records; family papers; and other papers relating to Draper's career as a scientist and historian. Documents his work as president of the New York University Medical Dept. (1850-1882), nomination as president of the American Chemical Society, address (1860) before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and writings including the Life of Franklin (unpublished until 1977) and History of the American Civil War (1867-1870). Subjects include the exchange between Samuel Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley on Darwin's theory on the origin of species.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Alexander Agassiz, Benjamin Alvord, Theodorus Bailey, George Bancroft, F.A.P. Barnard, George Bell, Schuyler Colfax, George W. Cullum, John Adolphus B. Dahlgren, James Dwight Dana, William Darling, Charles Darwin, John Gibbon, W.E. Gladstone, Ulysses S. Grant, William Babcock Hazen, John F.W. Herschel, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benson John Lossing, Valentine Mott, Simon Newcomb, William T. Sherman, Benjamin Silliman, Herbert Spencer, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Edwin McMasters Stanton, John Tyndall, Gideon Welles, J.D. Whitney, Thomas John Wood, and William Jay Youmans.
520 8 $aAlso includes papers of Draper's sons, John C. Draper, Henry Draper, and Daniel Draper; and other members of the Draper, Maury (Morey), and Ludlow families. Papers of Daniel Draper relate to his work (1869-1911) with the New York Meteorological Observatory and include correspondence with Cleveland Abbe, Alexander Graham Bell, James McKeen Cattell, Gustave Eiffel, Valentine Mott, C. Piazzi Smyth, and John Tyndall.
541 $cGift,$aDaniel C. Draper,$d1973-1974.
544 $3A map$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544 $3Some photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aScientist and historian.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aAbbe, Cleveland,$d1838-1916$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAgassiz, Alexander,$d1835-1910$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAlvord, Benjamin,$d1813-1884$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBailey, Theodorus,$d1805-1877$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBancroft, George,$d1800-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBarnard, F. A. P.$q(Frederick Augustus Porter),$d1809-1889$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBell, Alexander Graham,$d1847-1922$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBell, George,$d1814-1890$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCattell, James McKeen,$d1860-1944$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aColfax, Schuyler,$d1823-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCullum, George W.$q(George Washington),$d1809-1892$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard,$d1809-1870$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDana, Edward Salisbury,$d1849-1935$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDana, James Dwight,$d1813-1895$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDarwin, Charles,$d1809-1882.
600 10 $aDarwin, Charles,$d1809-1882$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDarling, William,$d1802-1884$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEiffel, Gustave,$d1832-1923$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790.
600 10 $aGibbon, John,$d1827-1896$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGladstone, W. E.$q(William Ewart),$d1809-1898$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHazen, William Babcock,$d1830-1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHerschel, John F. W.$q(John Frederick William),$cSir,$d1792-1871$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHolmes, Oliver Wendell,$d1809-1894$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHuxley, Thomas Henry,$d1825-1895.
600 10 $aLossing, Benson John,$d1813-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMott, Valentine,$d1785-1865$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNewcomb, Simon,$d1835-1909$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSherman, William T.$q(William Tecumseh),$d1820-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSilliman, Benjamin,$d1816-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSmyth, C. Piazzi$q(Charles Piazzi),$d1819-1900$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpencer, Herbert,$d1820-1903$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpofford, Ainsworth Rand,$d1825-1908$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStanton, Edwin McMasters,$d1814-1869$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTyndall, John,$d1820-1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWelles, Gideon,$d1802-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWhitney, J. D.$q(Josiah Dwight),$d1819-1896$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilberforce, Samuel,$d1805-1873.
600 10 $aWood, Thomas John,$d1823-1906$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aYoumans, William Jay,$d1838-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aDraper family.
600 30 $aLudlow family.
600 30 $aMorey family.
610 20 $aAmerican Chemical Society.
610 20 $aBritish Association for the Advancement of Science.
610 20 $aNew York Meteorological Observatory.
610 20 $aNew York University.$bMedical Dept.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aMedical colleges$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
650 0 $aMeteorological stations$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
650 0 $aMeteorology$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
656 7 $aHistorians.$2itoamc
656 7 $aScientists.$2itoamc
700 1 $aDraper, Daniel,$d1841-1931.$tDaniel Draper papers.$f1861-1931.
700 1 $aDraper, Henry,$d1837-1882.$tHenry Draper papers.
700 1 $aDraper, John C.$q(John Christopher),$d1835-1885.$tJohn C. Draper papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014