The collection consists of ten bound volumes of autograph manuscript correspondence to and from American meteorologist William C. Redfield largely concerning steam navigation and weather phenomena including cyclones, hurricanes, storms, and typhoons. ...
Description:
William C. Redfield (1789-1857), American meteorologist and first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Redfield was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on March 26, 1789, and died in New York, New York, on February 12, 18...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., United States., Barbados, Bermuda Islands, and Malta
Subject (Name):
Becher, A. B. 1796-1876. (Alexander Bridport),, Coffin, James H. 1806-1873. (James Henry),, Clinton, DeWitt, 1805-1833., Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895., Gibbes, Robert W. 1809-1866. (Robert Wilson),, Hall, James, 1811-1898., Henwood, William Jory, 1805-1875., Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864., Lefroy, J. H. Sir, 1817-1890. (John Henry),, Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889., Martin, F. P. B., Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858., Piddington, Henry, 1797-1858., Preston, Samuel, 1756-1834., Redfield, John Howard, 1815-1895., Redfield, W. C. 1789-1857. (William C.),, Reid, Sarah Bolland, -1858., Reid, William, 1791-1858., Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864., Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885., Smith, Vivus Wood, 1804-1881., Verneuil, Édouard de, 1805-1873., Webster, Matthew Henry, 1803-1846., Whitney, Asa, 1791-1874., and Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886.
Subject (Topic):
Cyclones, Hurricanes, Meteorologists, Ocean currents, Railroads, Steam-navigation, Tornadoes, Description and travel, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Correspondence, 1886-1914 and undated; other papers, most relating to his work as in Yukon Territory, 1897-1901 and undated; and photographs, most of Yukon Territory scenes, ca. 1900-1901 and undated. Most correspondence concerns his work in Alaska f...
Description:
William Henry White graduated from Yale University in 1900. He went to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, arriving in August, 1900, and initially serving as a representative of a thawing machine company, involving R. M. Elliot, H. C. Elliot, and W...
Subject (Geographic):
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Yukon., Forty Mile (Yukon), Dawson (Yukon), Alaska, Waterbury (Conn.), and Yukon
Subject (Name):
Elliot, H. C., Elliot, R. M., McCracken, W. L., Wade, Mary Elizabeth., White, George L., White, George L., Mrs., White, William Henry., Yale University, and Yukon Territory. Office of the Gold Commissioner.
Subject (Topic):
Students, Gold discoveries, Mining districts, Description and travel, and Hunting
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the archi...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Manuscript journal of travel through France, Luxembourg, the Rhine Valley, the Alps, and Italy. Subjects include the conditions of the roads, conveyances and inns; traveling expenses; and baggage searches and repeated questioning by customs and border...
Description:
Annotation on p. 1 in pencil, in a later hand: "probably Warburton Davies."
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Davies, Warburton.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Influence, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Manuscript journal, by a woman, of travel with her husband George from Venice to Rome in the autumn and winter of 1828-29. Topics include sightseeing, excursions to Roman ruins and the Borghese Gardens; social events, including meetings with Sir Hump...
Description:
First few pages cut out.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Italy, and Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Camuccini, Vincenzo, 1771-1844., Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848., Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1766-1839., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829., Gibson, John, 1790-1866., Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., and Wyatt, Richard James, 1795-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Women travelers, and Description and travel
Manuscript copies of letters from Denison to her friend "Mary" in Bath, describing the last stages of an extended Continental tour. The first volume begins with the author's description of her family's three month tour of Switzerland, including their...
Description:
Binding: half morocco with marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Naples (Italy), and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Denison, Harriet.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Women travelers, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social conditions, and Social life and customs
Manuscript copies of letters from Denison to her friend "Mary" in Bath, describing the last stages of an extended Continental tour. The first volume begins with the author's description of her family's three month tour of Switzerland, including their...
Description:
Binding: half morocco with marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Italy, Naples (Italy), and Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Denison, Harriet.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Women travelers, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social conditions, and Social life and customs
