Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,000 18 5 7.2 Correspondence, a journal, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, a partial index, and miscellaneous material reflecting Bache's service as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey (1843-1867), member of the U.S. Light-House Board, and U.S. superintendent of weights and measures, his work at the Dudley Observatory in Albany, N.Y., and his European trip as president of the proposed Girard College to study educational methods. Topics include the survey's publication of navigation charts and maps of the East Coast of the U.S., astronomical research, scientific developments, and foreign affairs. Correspondents include John J. Crittenden, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, James Dwight Dana, Charles Henry Davis, George W. Dean, Blandina Bleecker Dudley, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Benjamin Peirce, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., and George E. Waring. Open to research. Microfilm edition of part of these papers available, no. 16,511. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Photograph transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Scientist, educator, and superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007077 Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan) 1787-1863 Correspondence Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard 1809-1870 Correspondence Dana, James Dwight 1813-1895 Correspondence Davis, Charles Henry 1807-1877 Correspondence Dean, George W. (George Washington) 1825-1897 Correspondence Dudley, Blandina Bleecker 1783-1863 Correspondence Gould, Benjamin Apthorp 1824-1896 Correspondence Henry, Joseph 1797-1878 Correspondence Peirce, Benjamin 1809-1880 Correspondence Silliman, Benjamin 1816-1885 Correspondence Waring, George E. (George Edwin) 1833-1898 Correspondence United States. Light-House Board. Dudley Observatory. Girard College Presidents United States Coast Survey. Astronomy Research Discoveries in science Education Europe Methodology International relations Navigation Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Weights and measures United States Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Maps Europe Description and travel Educators Scientists mm 75011494 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007077 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007077.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007077 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007077.3 Open to research. DLC 760517 20260227111615.0 mm 75011494