Draper, John William 1811-1882 creator mixed material monographic eng 16,100 45 2 18.4 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(1860) before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and writings including the Life of Franklin (unpublished until 1977) and History of the American Civil War (1867-1870).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. Open to research. 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 Scientists Draper, Daniel, 1841-1931 Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 Draper, John C. (John Christopher), 1835-1885 mm 77018986 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014.3 Open to research. DLC 770929 20260227111617.0 mm 77018986