Charles Frederick Hartt papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 14-15-511

Scope and content

Letters about a proposed Brazilian expedition, geology, zoology, and related subjects from Joel Asaph Allen, James Dwight Dana, Arnold Henry Guyot, James Hall, Thomas Sterry Hunt, Alpheus Hyatt, Alpheus Spring Packard, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, Addison Emery Verrill, Jeffries Wyman, and other scientists; also notification of Hartt's membership in the Boston Society of Natural History, his US citizenship papers, and other documents.

Scope and content

Also, cloth poster of Brazilian native and sixteen posters depicting the fauna and flora of Brazil, used by Hartt for his public lectures.

Dates

1863-1874.

Creator

Hartt, Charles Frederick, 1840-1878. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

First professor of Geology at Cornell University.

Extent

1.4 cubic feet. (1.4 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also the Cornell Anthropology Collections for ceramics specimens collected by Hartt, including those pictured in his large illustrations within this collection.