TY - GEN AU - Draper,John William AU - Draper,Daniel AU - Draper,Henry AU - Draper,John C. TI - John William Draper family papers, KW - Abbe, Cleveland, KW - Agassiz, Alexander, KW - Alvord, Benjamin, KW - Bailey, Theodorus, KW - Bancroft, George, KW - Barnard, F. A. P. KW - Bell, Alexander Graham, KW - Bell, George, KW - Cattell, James McKeen, KW - Colfax, Schuyler, KW - Cullum, George W. KW - Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, KW - Dana, Edward Salisbury, KW - Dana, James Dwight, KW - Darwin, Charles, KW - Darling, William, KW - Eiffel, Gustave, KW - Franklin, Benjamin, KW - Gibbon, John, KW - Gladstone, W. E. KW - Grant, Ulysses S. KW - Hazen, William Babcock, KW - Herschel, John F. W. KW - Holmes, Oliver Wendell, KW - Huxley, Thomas Henry, KW - Lossing, Benson John, KW - Mott, Valentine, KW - Newcomb, Simon, KW - Sherman, William T. KW - Silliman, Benjamin, KW - Smyth, C. Piazzi KW - Spencer, Herbert, KW - Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, KW - Stanton, Edwin McMasters, KW - Tyndall, John, KW - Welles, Gideon, KW - Whitney, J. D. KW - Wilberforce, Samuel, KW - Wood, Thomas John, KW - Youmans, William Jay, KW - Draper family. KW - Ludlow family. KW - Morey family. KW - American Chemical Society KW - British Association for the Advancement of Science KW - New York Meteorological Observatory KW - New York University KW - Medical Department KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Medical colleges KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Meteorological stations KW - Meteorology KW - Science KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Universities and colleges KW - United States KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Historians KW - itoamc KW - Scientists N1 - Open to research N2 - 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(1860) before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and writings including the Life of Franklin (unpublished until 1977) and History of the American Civil War (1867-1870).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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011014.3 ER -