Correspondence : Hilgard (Theodore) to Engelmann (George), 1846-1874

By

Hilgard, Theod. C. 1828-1875

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Theodore Charles Hilgard, for 1846-1874. The correspondence relates to collections for Engelmann with his brothers, Eugene and Julius; need for insect pins; need for Gray's text - using Beck; Siegman (courier) of Braun's whiskey transport are only means of sending collections; plans for leaving Washington to visit Julius and on to Germany; studying (in Heidelberg) botanical courses and obstetrics; sale of Fendler's collections in Philadelphia; medical practice; meeting of American Association of Physicians in Philadelphia; W. Hooker's unflattering comments about "outposts" of science. Regni Vegetabile Series Naturalis; treatment for a tooth problem - quinine, morphine and red wine; completion of index of U. S. Coast Survey publications; authorization by Prof. J. E. Hilgard to deposit the set of Coast Survey papers he has in St. Louis Academy of Science.

Folder contains original letters.

Original material in German, with typewritten English translation.

Subjects

(Eugene Woldemar), , (Julius Erasmus), , (Theodore Charles), , 1785-1865 , 1809-1884 , 1813-1883 , 1825-1891 , 1828-1875 , 1833-1916 , Academy of Science of St. Louis , American Association of Physicians , Botanical specimens , Collectors and collecting , Correspondence , Engelmann, George, , Fendler, Augustus, , Herbarium , Hilgard, Eugene W , Hilgard, J. E , Hilgard, Theod. C , Hooker, William Jackson, , Letters , Obstetrics , Orthodontics , Plants , Sir, , United States Coast Survey

BHL Collections

Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden

Call Number

Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1

Language

German

Identifiers

OCLC: 877166429