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Robert Kennicott correspondence, 1857 - 1864

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kennicott-Bannister Papers constitute a small but valuable collection, especially for the history of American science. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters and diaries of the two explorers between 1857 and 1873.The Kennicott correspondence is all incoming, and concerns the establishment of the natural history museum at Northwestern and the classification of various flora and fauna. The Kennicott materials also include a copy of his Alaska journal as printed in the...
Dates: 1857 - 1864