Correspondence : Bigelow (John) and Engelmann (George), 1852-1874

Related Titles

Series: Connecting content : a collaboration to link field notes to specimens and published literature

Series: National leadership grant/ Institute of Museum and Library services

By

Bigelow, John M. 1804-1878

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John M. Bigelow, for 1852-1874. The correspondence relates to Bigelow's specimen collections as part of Whipple's survey of the American West and Southwest, discussions of Engelmann's and Bigelow's meteorological findings, as well as Bigelow's collection of water plants for Engelmann.

Folders contain original letters, as well as photocopies, transcriptions and summaries of the originals.

Subjects

(Charles Christopher), , (John Milton), , 1804-1878 , 1809-1884 , 1817-1863 , 1823-1890 , Aquatic plants , Astronomy , Bigelow, John M , Botanical specimens , Correspondence , Discovery and exploration , Engelmann, George, , Exploration and surveys , Pacific railroads , Parry, C. C., , Plant collecting , Plants , Southwest, New , United States , West (U. S.) , Whipple, Amiel Weeks,

BHL Collections

Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden

Call Number

Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 793341119