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Essays and letter concerning Ishi

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Description: This group of items includes two essays and a letter, all of which relate to the Yana Indian Ishi. One of the essays, written by anthropologist Darwin B. Lyon who assisted Professor T. T. Waterman with the examination of Ishi, describes Lyon's experiences with Ishi including the two of them creating a map of the area in which Ishi lived. Lyon also talks about the Indians in California and their history in general. The other essay and letter are written by Alfred Barstow and also talk about Darwin B. Lyon and Ishi; the letter is addressed to Leslie Edgar Bliss of The Huntington Library.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1949-1954.
Call number: mssHM 68201-68203
Provenance: Gift of Alfred Barstow, February 17, 1955.
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Letters and documents related to Charles Ben Darwin

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Group of letters and documents by and related to Charles Ben Darwin. Includes a poem by Darwin written "for Kate Snyder's album" (1853), a letter from W.H.L. Barnes referring to Darwin's defense of Martha Wilson (1885), a letter from Samuel Morgan Shortridge to Darwin asking for a recommendation to the General Land Office in the Arizona Territory (1889), 2 letters of recommendation for Darwin to the Iowa Delegation at Washington, a letter from Anna Darwin describing some Darwin family genealogy, and a letter from W. Kellogg to Darwin's widow Mary regarding the moving of remains from Old Laurel Hill cemetery in San Francisco (1947).

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Thomas Woolner letter to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

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This letter refers to Woolner's plans to visit Charles Darwin in order to model his bust of Darwin

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Charles Darwin letter to John Ralfs

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In this letter, written to English botanist John Ralfs, Darwin talks about his experiments and observations on insectivorous (carnivorous) plants, and his forthcoming book, Insectivorous plants, which was published in 1875. The letter was dictated to Darwin's son Frank, but is signed by Charles Darwin.

mssHM 76527

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William S. Dallas letter to Ernst Krause

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The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

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Charles Darwin letter to John Forbes Royle

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Charles Ben Darwin portion of a letter book

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This manuscript is a portion of a letter book composed of character references written by various individuals for Charles B. Darwin, recommending him for a federal legal appointment. Several of the letters are written by judges and members of the federal court in Iowa. A few of the letters are written in the same hand, so they may be copies.

mssHM 16769

Essays and letter concerning Ishi

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