LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 Search this
Extent:
1 Microfilm reel (3 items on partial microfilm reel)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
1852
Scope and Contents:
This microfilm collection contains letters from Victor Audobon to John Lawrence LeConte concerning Audubon's father, John James Audubon.
Biographical / Historical:
Victor Audubon (1809-1862) was a painter and the son of illustrator and naturalist John James Audubon. Along with his brother, John Woodhouse Audubon, he assisted his father with the production and sale of The Birds of America and The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Audubon continued to manage the business aspects of his father's work after John James Audubon's death.
John L. LeConte (1825-1883) was an entomologist, an active member of the American Philosophical Society, and a founding member of the American Entomological Society.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilmed letters to Samuel G. Morton from Victor and John James Audubon, 1836-1840, and the microfilmed John James Audubon and Audubon family letters, [circa 1783-1845]. Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds the Victor Gifford Audubon collection, 1845-1859. The American Philosophical Society holds the John James Audubon Papers, 1821-1845; the John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897; and the LeConte family papers, 1827-1901.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by the American Philosophical Society for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Selected from ASP's John Lawrence LeConte papers.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
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The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected fr...
LeConte, John L (John Lawrence) 1825-1883 Search this
United States War Department Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the ... route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Search this
Notes on the geology of the survey for the extension of the Union Pacific Railway, E.D. : from the Smoky Hill river, Kansas, to the Rio Grande / By John L. Le Conte
Title:
Geology of the survey for the extension of the Union Pacific Railway, E.D
Author:
LeConte, John L (John Lawrence) 1825-1883 Search this
Genth, F. A (Frederick Augustus) 1820-1893 Search this
The natural history of Washington territory, with much relating to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, and California, between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, being those parts of the final reports on the survey of the Northern Pacific railroad route, containing the climate and physical geography, with full catalogues and descriptions of the plants and animals collected fr...
LeConte, John L (John Lawrence) 1825-1883 Search this
United States War Department Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the ... route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Search this
Genera des coléoptères d'Europe : comprenant leur classification en familles naturelles, la description de tous les genres, des tableaux dichotomiques destinés à faciliter l'étude, le catalogue de toutes les espèces, de nombreux dessins au trait de caractères / par M. Jacquelin du Val (Camille) ; et plus de treize cents types représentant un ou plusieurs insectes de chaque genre, dessinés...
Title:
Manuel entomologique
Manuel entomologique
Author:
Jacquelin Du Val, Pierre Nicolas Camille 1828-1862 Search this
