Papers, 1823-1855 (inclusive) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Physical Description:23 volumes

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:422143002

Notes:

V. 1. Coleoptera: notes on individual species; general comments on insects; includes unmounted programs of Boston Society of Natural History, dated late 1860s, with lists of insects; p. 237: ms. of his preface to "Insects injurious ..." (apparently 1st ed.), with unrelated drawings and notes on insects; other mss. of writings at back -- v. 2. Lepidoptera I: similar notes; drawings -- v. 3. Lepidoptera II: primarily slips of paper with lists of insects and references to publications -- v. 4. Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera -- v. 5. Metamorphoses and drawings: description of Larvae; drawings -- v. 6. Entomological lectures -- v. 7. Zoological lectures (including entomological lectures); miscellaneous lists, notes, drawings -- v. 8. "State Rept. on Insects" (ms. for "Insects injurious" or the basis for it) -- v. 9. Lists of exchanges I -- v. 10. Lists of exchanges II -- v. 11. "Lists of insects of Mass., & c."

-- v. 12. "Letters I. Melsheimer, Herrick, Pickering" (includes letters to and from TWH) -- v. 13. "Letters II. Doubleday; Hentz"--V. 14. "Letters III. General" -- v. 15. "Letters IV. General" -- v. 16. "Tables & Abstracts" -- v. 17. "Alphabetical index to American coleoptera described by Say" -- v. 18. "Indices I. Cramer. Hubner" -- v. 19. "Indices II. Fallen. Donovan. Ochsenheimer" -- v. 20. "Extracts": notes and quotes from readings; drawings; clippings -- v. 21. "Descriptions of insects by Thos. Say" -- v. 22. "Miscellaneous": lists of insects; notes, extracts, diagrams, receipts, a few letters, clippings -- v. 23. Chronological catalogue of coleopterous insects in TWH's collection

Repository has name index to the TWH letterbooks by Clark A. Elliott (38 leaves, also available on CD-RW)