Manuscripts
[Ship's Journal] No. 1 of Le Jeune Louis: [Logbook] from French Clandestine Slave Trade papers
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mssHM 43974-44029
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Letters (including one volume of the captain's letterbook) and documents concern slaves and the slave trade, including the purchase and treatment of slaves; the equipment, crew, activities, and finances of a slave ship; precautions taken to disguise the true nature of the voyage. The record of the voyage extends from November, 1824 through October, 1825.
mssHM 43974-44029
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Logbook of whaling ship Hillman of New Bedford :
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Typescript copy of a logbook kept by an unidentified person onboard the whaling ship Hillman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, captained by Christopher Cook. The generally brief entries from July 11, 1851 to March 17, 1854 mention the ship's position, weather, prevailing winds, ships sighted, whales encountered and results, and some shipboard activity. The Hillman travels across the Atlantic Ocean to the Azores then south to Cape Horn and to the Pacific Ocean. Destinations in the Pacific Ocean include the Galapagos Islands, Byron's Bay (presumably Byron Bay, Australia), the Sandwich Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk and the islands of Onekotan and Paramushir, and Talcahuano and Valparaiso on the coast of Chile. Entries occasionally mention supplies procured at ports and locals interacted with, but there are no detailed descriptions of shore visits. The typescript is bound; an additional unbound typescript copy is available.
mssHM 16764
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Louis Janin Papers (Addenda)
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This collection contains 18 diaries of American mining engineer Louis Janin (1837-1914). The diaries contain descriptions of mines, notes of mine surveys, and accounts of trips to survey mines in California, Nevada, Japan, and Mexico. Five of the volumes deal with Janin's 1873 stay in Japan, and include details regarding the management of mines in Japan. The diaries also include some personal and family information.
mssHM 64294-64311
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Logbook of whaling ship from New Bedford to the South Pacific
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Logbook kept by an unidentified person onboard the whaling ship Three Brothers of New Bedford, Massachusetts, captained by James M. Witherell (listed as James L. Witherell in logbook). The generally brief entries date from October 12, 1869 to August 18, 1873 and mention the ship's position, weather, prevailing winds, ships sighted, whales encountered, and some shipboard activity. A few entries mention anchoring and shoreleave but most do not give the location. Some entries appear to be in different hands, with one dated June 18, 1873 including a note regarding an officer's conduct signed by captain J.M. Witherell. Volume is bound and covered in cloth; the inside front cover has an advertising insert for C.R. Sherman & Co. Navigation Store, New Bedford.
mssHM 263
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Manuscript and letters of Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
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The manuscript, entitled "Questions de démographie et correspondence avec Bertillon père," appears to contain problems related to demographic statistics by mathematician E. Bernes. It appears that Bertillon was seeking the assistance of a mathematician to review and possibly correct the articles he was writing for Le dictionnaire encyclopedique des sciences medicales. Some of the problems discussed include formula of survival such as calculation of the population after births and deaths and the probability of death of an individual for a given age at a determined time. He also writes of the statistical significance of marriage and response to criticism by fellow French statistician Irénée-Jules Bienaymé. There are five loose items in the manuscript, including one graph. There are also four letters: three by Louis-Adolphe and one by his son Jacques, all addressed to E. Bernes. The items are all in French.
mssHM 78315-78319
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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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