07014cpcaa2201081 4500 mm 77018986 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 770929|||||||||||| eng mm 77018986 ms 78001716 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Draper, John William, 1811-1882. John William Draper family papers, 1777-1951 (bulk 1860-1882). 16,100 items. 45 containers plus 2 oversize. 18.4 linear feet. Arranged 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. Open to research. Correspondence; 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(1860) before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and writings including the Life of Franklin (unpublished until 1977) and History of the American Civil War (1867-1870).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. Correspondents 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. Also 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. A map transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Scientist and historian. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014 Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916 Correspondence. Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 Correspondence. Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884 Correspondence. Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877 Correspondence. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 Correspondence. Barnard, F. A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889 Correspondence. Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 Correspondence. Bell, George, 1814-1890 Correspondence. Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 Correspondence. Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Correspondence. Cullum, George W. (George Washington), 1809-1892 Correspondence. Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 Correspondence. Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935 Correspondence. Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 Correspondence. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 Correspondence. Darling, William, 1802-1884 Correspondence. Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923 Correspondence. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Gibbon, John, 1827-1896 Correspondence. Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Correspondence. Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887 Correspondence. Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 Correspondence. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 Correspondence. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 Correspondence. Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865 Correspondence. Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885 Correspondence. Smyth, C. Piazzi (Charles Piazzi), 1819-1900 Correspondence. Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 Correspondence. Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908 Correspondence. Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Correspondence. Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 Correspondence. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Correspondence. Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 Correspondence. Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873. Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906 Correspondence. Youmans, William Jay, 1838-1901 Correspondence. Draper family. Ludlow family. Morey family. American Chemical Society. British Association for the Advancement of Science. New York Meteorological Observatory. New York University. Medical Department. Evolution (Biology) Medical colleges New York (State) New York. Meteorological stations New York (State) New York. Meteorology New York (State) New York. Science History 19th century. Universities and colleges New York (State) New York. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Historians. itoamc Scientists. itoamc Draper, Daniel, 1841-1931. Daniel Draper papers. 1861-1931. Draper, Henry, 1837-1882. Henry Draper papers. Draper, John C. (John Christopher), 1835-1885. John C. Draper papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014.3 39446 39446