Manuscripts
Original colored drawings of Indian Ocean fish made from life by Col. Pike
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Nicholas Pike flora and fauna of Mauritius
Manuscripts
The collection includes the manuscript, with accompanying illustrations, of volume two of Nicholas Pike's Flora and Fauna of Mauritius. The watercolor drawings include butterflies, fish, insects, and spiders; the drawings also include leaves, spider webs, trees, and flowers. The drawings were made by Pike and his wife, Maria Louisa Pike. Also included are research notes, correspondence, and printed material.
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Complete manuscript (13 chapters) of 2nd volume Flora and Fauna of Mauritius by Nicolas Pike
Manuscripts
Box also includes front matter for the volume, research notes, printed material, and watercolor drawings of birds, flora, corals, and algae.
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Portfolio of colored drawings of butterflies
Manuscripts
Box also includes two unidentified photographs and list of butterfly drawings.
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Louis Pasteur Collection
Manuscripts
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, printed material, research notes and drawings, and photographs related to French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). The collection consists of the following: Box 1: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts and printed material, 1823-1873. Box 2: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1874-1886. Box 3: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1887-Undated; 1970-2006. This box also includes the Alain Brieux Catalogue, lists of items purchased and Burndy Library exhibition material. Box 4: Enamel portrait and volumes, 1871-[before 1896]. The volumes include Pasteur's working notebooks and his address book. Box 5: Empty vin rouge bottle. This item is fragile and requires curatorial approval for paging.
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Works, projects, and research materials
Manuscripts
Will Alexander's written works and collaborative projects: primarily typescript drafts or copies of typescripts; printed proofs; and some handwritten drafts. Many of the typescripts and printed drafts include handwritten notes and corrections. There are also copies of reviews of Alexander's work, and reviews by him of others' work. Interspersed with these works are Alexander's research materials, usually printouts of articles and information from the internet that influenced and inspired his writing. Boxes 10-12 consist entirely of research materials. There is a small amount of correspondence and biographical material also interspersed with the works, which is noted in the individual boxes. Box 5 includes the bulk of the correspondence; box 8 includes Sotère Torregian signed poems and correspondence. Box 3 also includes a few drawings.
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Burke E. Casari Papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of one manuscript by Richard F. Burton, and letters and documents, by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, William Marcus Coghlan, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Quentin Keynes, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Mary Lovell, Victoria L. Maylor, Edwards H. Metcalf, Edward Henry Palmer, Bernadette Rivett, Stephen Tabachnick, John Hanning Speke, Henry M. Stanley, and William H. Wood. The collection also includes artwork, lithographs, maps, photographs, printed material and Burton related research material gathered by Burke Casari. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscript, Correspondence, Documents & Photographs (Boxes 1-2) are arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes one manuscript by Richard Burton and letters and documents by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Victoria L. Maylor, Edward Henry Palmer, John Hanning Speke and Henry M. Stanley. This series also includes photographs of Isabel Burton, Emin Pasha, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) and David Livingstone. 2. Oversize Correspondence, Etching, Lithographs, Maps & Printed Material (Box 3) is arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes correspondence between William Marcus Coghlan and Peter M. Melvill, Frederick Leighton's portrait of Burton, Vanity Fair lithographs, as well as maps of Africa, India and Sierra Leone dating from 1748-1880. This series also includes various Burton-related pages from the Illustrated London News. 3. Research Material (Box 4 - Red Slip Case). This series includes original published pages from The Athenæum, with articles by and about Richard Burton; including reviews of his publications and contributions by Burton, (1852-1906), 362 pages. 4. Research Material (Boxes 5-7) is arranged by subject and format. This material was collected by Burke Casari during his Burton research; it includes correspondence, printed material, photocopies of Burton articles and manuscripts, prints of Burton images, modern photos, research notes and clippings. The correspondence includes, among others, Quentin Keynes, Mary S. Lovell, Edward H. Metcalf, Bernadette Rivett and Stephen E. Tabachnick. 5. Kama Sutra (Box 8). Bound volume of a manuscript copy by an unknown author. 6. Correspondence and Research Material (Box 9) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to William Martin Wood and his wife, Mrs. William Martin Wood. This correspondence was removed from the Album now cataloged as Box 10. This series also includes research material collected by Burke Casari in support of his acquisition of the Kama Sutra and the album of correspondence; it includes email, photocopies and autograph notes. 7. Album (Box 10). Leather album and box; originally contained Burton and Wood correspondence.
mssHM 78795-78885, 80305-80324