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Portrait of John Torrey (1796-1873)

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
Engravings (prints); 6.5 x 4.25;
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1873
Before 1873
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27E_165]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_404272
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Portrait of John Torrey (1796-1873)

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
Cabinet photographs; 6.5 x 4.25;
Type:
Photographs
Date:
1873
Before 1873
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27E_167]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_404273
Online Media:

Agency history, 1885-1947

Creator:
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Subject:
Morton, C. V (Conrad Vernon) 1905-1972  Search this
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Killip, Ellsworth Paine 1890-  Search this
Leonard, E. C (Emery Clarence) 1892-1968  Search this
Standley, Paul Carpenter 1884-1963  Search this
Abrams, Le Roy 1874-1956  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Cook, O. F (Orator Fuller) 1867-1949  Search this
Pollard, Charles Louis 1872-1945  Search this
Rose, J. N (Joseph Nelson) 1862-1928  Search this
Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937  Search this
Painter, Joseph Hannum  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Parry, Charles Christopher 1823-1890  Search this
Ward, Lester Frank 1841-1913  Search this
Vasey, George  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
United States National Herbarium  Search this
United States Department of Agriculture  Search this
Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United States National Museum Department of Recent Plants  Search this
United States National Museum Department of Botany  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1885
1885-1947
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Botanists  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00057
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_218113

Report on the botany of the expedition / by John Torrey and Asa Gray

Author:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Gray, Asa 1810-1888  Search this
Physical description:
p. 119-132, [159]-178, [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1855
1855]
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Call number:
QK149 .D948 1855
QK149.D948 1855
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395311

A monograph of the North American species of Carex / by Lewis D. De Schweinitz ; edited by John Torrey

Author:
Schweinitz, Lewis David von 1780-1834  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
283-373 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1825
1825]
Topic:
Carex  Search this
Cyperaceae  Search this
Call number:
QK495.C997 T694 1836
QK495.C997T694 1836
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379396

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44. By Brevet Captain J. C. Frémont. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States

Author:
Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this
Physical description:
693 p. plates, maps (part. fold.) 23 cm
Type:
Observations
Place:
Oregon
California
Rocky Mountains
United States
West (U.S.)
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Date:
1845
Topic:
Paleontology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Geology  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F592 .F87 1845
F592.F87 1845
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_386457

A compendium of the flora of the northern and middle states : containing generic and specific descriptions of all the plants, exclusive of the cryptogamia, hitherto found in the United States, north of the Potomac / by John Torrey

Author:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
J. & J. Harper, Printers  Search this
Former owner:
Allen, J. A (Jonathan Adams) 1787-1848 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
6, [3], 14-403 [i.e. 14-407] p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Northeastern States
Middle Atlantic States
United States
Date:
1826
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Call number:
QK117 .T6X 1826
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_746668

Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the upper Mississippi River / made by I.N. Nicollet, while in employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers

Title:
Report of I.N. Nicollet to Colonel J.J. Abert, chief of the Corps of Topographical Engineers
Western explorations DSI
Nicollet Report 1841 DSI
Author:
Nicollet, J. N (Joseph Nicolas) 1786-1843  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Abert, John James 1788-1863  Search this
Geyer, Karl Andreas 1809-1853  Search this
United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers  Search this
United States Congress (26th, 2nd session : 1840-1841) Senate  Search this
Former owner:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Annotator:
Torrey, John 1796-1873 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Lubrecht, Harry 1908-1997 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
170 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
West (U.S.)
Mississippi River Valley
Northwestern States
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Minnesota
Date:
1843
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
F597 .N642 1843
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_896769

Catalogue of the cabinet of natural history of the state of New York, and of the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto. Printed by the order of the Regents of the university

Author:
State Cabinet of Natural History (N.Y.)  Search this
De Kay, James E (James Ellsworth) 1792-1851  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Beck, Lewis C (Lewis Caleb) 1798-1853  Search this
Mather, W. W (William Williams) 1804-1859  Search this
Emmons, Ebenezer 1799-1863  Search this
Vanuxem, Lardner 1792-1848  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
Former owner:
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Physical description:
34 p., 1 l., 61, 22, 53, 31, 28, 22 p. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1853
Call number:
QH71.N6 A3X
QH71.N6A3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90324

Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers / by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... ; accompanied by maps, sketches, views, and illustrations

Author:
Sitgreaves, Lorenzo 1811-1888  Search this
Woodhouse, S. W (Samuel Washington) 1821-1904  Search this
Hallowell, E  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Girard, Charles 1822-1895  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Former owner:
Mason, Otis T. 1838-1908 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
198 p., [79] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map, 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Zuni River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
United States
Date:
1854
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
F788 .S62 1854
F788.S62 1854
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_447163

John Torrey / Ian MacPhail

Author:
MacPhail, Ian 1923-  Search this
Subject:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
40 p. : port. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Bibliography
Date:
1992
Call number:
QK31.T7 M17 1992
QK31.T7M17 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_450188

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains

Author:
Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this
Physical description:
327 p. maps, plates. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
West (U.S.)
Pacific States
Rocky Mountains
Date:
1966
1845
[1966]
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F592 .F87 1845a
F592.F87 1845a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_44042

Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific railroad : near the thirty-second parallel of latitude, from the Red river to the Rio Grande / by Brevet Captain John Pope, Corps of Topographical Engineers

Title:
H. doc. 129
Pacific R.R. explorations near 32th [i.e. 32nd] parallel, John Pope & Jno. G. Parke DSI
Author:
Pope, John 1822-1892  Search this
Addressee:
Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Byrne, J. H. active 1855  Search this
Marcou, Jules 1824-1898  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Booth, James Curtis 1810-1888  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Supporting host:
United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers  Search this
Physical description:
324 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Texas
Date:
1855
Topic:
Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F865 .W73 1855
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_455172

Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains / by Howard Stansbury ; printed by order of the Senate of the United States

Title:
Stansbury's Expedition to the Great Salt Lake
Author:
Stansbury, Howard 1806-1863  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Girard, Charles 1822-1895  Search this
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman 1812-1880  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
Gale, Leonard D (Leonard Dunnell) 1800-1883  Search this
United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers  Search this
Lithographer:
Ackerman, James 1815 or 1816-1864  Search this
Former owner:
Rau, Charles 1826-1887 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
487 pages, [57] leaves of plates (4 folded) : illustrations (lithographs), map ; 26 cm + 1 atlas (2 folded maps ; 26 cm)
Type:
Books
Place:
Utah
West (U.S.)
Great Salt Lake (Utah)
United States
Date:
1852
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Discoveries in geography--American  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F826 .S792 1852
F826.S792 1852
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_450559

Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers / by Captain L. Sitgreaves ... ; accompanied by maps, sketches, views, and illustrations

Author:
Sitgreaves, Lorenzo 1811-1888  Search this
Woodhouse, S. W (Samuel Washington) 1821-1904  Search this
Hallowell, E  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Girard, Charles 1822-1895  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers  Search this
Physical description:
190, [2] p., [76] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southwest, New
Date:
1853
Topic:
Zuñi-Colorado Expedition, 1851  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Call number:
F788 .S62 1853
F788.S62 1853
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_446914

Sketch of the life and labors of Prof. John Torrey : of Columbia College, New York, United States assayer, and for many years an esteemed collaborator of the Smithsonian Institution / by Asa Gray

Author:
Gray, Asa 1810-1888  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution  Search this
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences  Search this
Subject:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
p. [211]-218 ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1873
1873?]
Call number:
Q143.P9 C99
Q143.P9C99
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_404122

MS 4441 The Age of Science; A Satire in Ten Numbers

Creator:
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864  Search this
Names:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891  Search this
Butler, B.  Search this
Cass, Lewis  Search this
Dix, John A.  Search this
Hall, Frederick, 1780-1843  Search this
Hoffman, Charles F.  Search this
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859  Search this
Skinner Dr.  Search this
Torrey, John, 1796-1873  Search this
Extent:
42 Items (ca. 42 pages)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
February 1840
Scope and Contents:
Verses to Washington Irving, George Bancroft, B. Butler, John Torrey, Frederick Hall, Dr Skinner, Charles F. Hoffman, John A. Dix, Henry Inman and Lewis Cass.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4441
Citation:
Manuscript 4441, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4441
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37a72019d-ba5d-448a-a7e4-cdf7f45ad1ab
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4441

Folder 38 Torrey, John (1796-1873). Biographical sketches, 1874, and undated.

Container:
Box 16 of 17
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7320, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals, Biographical File
See more items in:
Biographical File
Biographical File / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru7320-refidd1e9203

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 : and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44 / by Brevet Capt. J.C. Frémont ; under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau ; printed by order of the House of Representatives

Author:
Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this
Former owner:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Lithographer:
Edward Weber & Co.  Search this
Physical description:
583 p., [25] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill. (lithographs, some col.), maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Observations
Place:
Oregon
California
Rocky Mountains
United States
West (U.S.)
Pacific States
Date:
1845
Topic:
Discoveries in geography--American  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Geology  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F592 .F87 1845b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_811059

A flora of the middle and northern sections of the United States, or, A systematic arrangement and description of all the plants hitherto discovered in the United States north of Virginia / by John Torrey

Author:
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1823
1823-
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Call number:
QK117 .T694 1823
QK117.T694 1823
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_374313

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