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Dana Family Papers


Call Number
MIC FLM
Q 143 D34X
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MIC FLM Q 143 34D GUIDE

Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895. Dana Family Papers; Edited by William E. Brown, Jr. and Kathleen Curran. New Haven, CT: Yale University Photographic Services, 1983. 

24 reels 35mm

      SCOPE:
                  
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, lectures, notebooks and miscellanea concerning family          members and the scientific papers of James Dwight and Edward Salisbury Dana in the fields of geology, mineralogy and natural          science. 

      ARRANGEMENT:
            The papers are arranged in four series with each series containing the papers of an individual family member:

                  Series 1 - James Dwight Dana (1813-1895)

                  Series 2 - Edward Salisbury Dana (1849-1935)

                  Series 3 - James Dana (1780-1860)

                  Series 4 - Maria Trumbull Dana (1867-1961)

FINDING AIDS:

 


                        Brown, Williams E. and Kathleen Curran. Dana Family Papers contain a reel guide, biographical sketches and brief             descriptions of the series. Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895. 

SUBJECT:

            Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895.
            Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935.
            Dana, James, 1780-1860.
            Dana, Maria Trumbull, 1867-1961.
            Scientists--United States--Biography--Sources