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Agassiz family
Agassiz family papers, 1817-1910 (bulk 1847-1910).
The Agassiz family papers reflect Louis Agassiz's activities and affiliations with other scientists in most areas of the natural sciences, in both the United States and Europe, including correspondence documenting the founding of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1859 and the Anderson School of Natural History on Penikese Island, MA in 1873 by Agassiz. Also materials relating to several of the collecting expeditions led by him, such as the Thayer Expedition to Brazil in 1863. The correspondence of Alexander Agassiz reflects his wide-ranging involvements, including funding and direction of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; planning and leadership of research expeditions to the Caribbean, Pacific and Great Barrier Reef, Australia; his concern with the development and support of science in the United States and participation in professional associations both nationally and internationally; and some documentation of his administration of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. Also correspondence documenting the research of other early oceanographers, such as Sir John Murray, and the exchange of scientific information with other zoologists. Photographs in the papers include about 200 images (ca.1859-1910) from Alexander Agassiz, including portraits, views of the Newport Laboratory, coral reefs, and oceanographic expeditions, and approximately 50 photographs (1854-1872) of Louis Agassiz, including portraits and a few pictures of the Hassler Expedition.
Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873. Zoologist, geologist. Educated at University of Munich, Germany (M.D., 1827), University of Erlangen, Germany (Ph.D. ,1829). Professor of Natural History, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (1832-1846); Professor of Zoology and Geology, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard (1848-1873); founder and director of Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1859-1873). For further information see: Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910. Zoologist, Oceanographer. Son of Louis and Cecile Agassiz. Attended Harvard (A.B., 1855), Lawrence Scientific School (1857). Assistant in Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1860-1865); developer and director of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Lake Superior. Director of Museum of Comparative Zoology (1874-1898).
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907.
Agassiz family
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Clark, Elizabeth Hodges.
Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914.
Thomson, Charles Wyville, Sir.
Ward, Henry Augustus, 1834-1906.
Anderson School of Natural History.
Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.
Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Lawrence Scientific School.
Newport Laboratory (R.I.)
Smithsonian Institution
United States Fish Commission.
Blake cruise to the Caribbean (1878).
Blake cruise to the Atlantic Coast (1880).
Blake cruise to the Gulf of Mexico (1877-1878).
Hassler Expedition to Cape Horn (1871-1872).
Thayer Expedition to Brazil (1863).
Challenger (Steamship).
Coral reefs and islands.
Geology -- Study and teaching (Higher).
Oceanography
Paleontology.
Scientific expeditions.
Museums
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photographic prints. ftamc
Zoologists. lcsh
Educators lcsh
Capitalists and financiers. lcsh
Geologists. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Collections. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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