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- catalog abstract "Consists of 53 letters in French from Louis Agassiz to Pedro II, mainly concering Agassiz's expedition to Brazil (to collect specimens for the Harvard Museum in Cambridge, Mass.). His letters are written from the U.S., Brazil and on board ship and give progress reports on his trips to the Amazon and other areas in Latin America. He also discusses American literary figures, such as Longfellow and Emerson, with Pedro II. A few other letters in the collection are from Alexander Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz and John Greenleaf Whittier.".
- catalog contributor b751965.
- catalog contributor b751966.
- catalog contributor b751967.
- catalog contributor b751968.
- catalog contributor b751969.
- catalog coverage "Amazon River Region.".
- catalog date "1863".
- catalog description "Agassiz was born in Switzerland; taught at Neuchâtel from 1832 to 1845; and in 1846 moved to the United States to teach natural history at Harvard. Agassiz and his wife, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, spent 19 months in Brazil (1865-1866) to collect zoological specimens for the Harvard Museum. An account of this expedition is found in A Journey to Brazil (1868) written mainly by Elizabeth. Agassiz's collections formed the basis of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.".
- catalog description "Consists of 53 letters in French from Louis Agassiz to Pedro II, mainly concering Agassiz's expedition to Brazil (to collect specimens for the Harvard Museum in Cambridge, Mass.). His letters are written from the U.S., Brazil and on board ship and give progress reports on his trips to the Amazon and other areas in Latin America. He also discusses American literary figures, such as Longfellow and Emerson, with Pedro II. A few other letters in the collection are from Alexander Agassiz, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz and John Greenleaf Whittier.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01253".
- catalog description "Louis Agassiz Letters to Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1863-1882 (MS Am 1282). Houghton Library, Harvard University.".
- catalog description "Originals of the letters are in the Imperial Museum, Petrópolis, Brazil.".
- catalog description "Unpublished printed finding aid available in the Houghton Accessions Records, 1951-1952, under *52M-77".
- catalog extent "1 box (.5 linear ft.)".
- catalog hasFormat "Color digital images available of collection; see finding aid.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Color digital images available of collection; see finding aid.".
- catalog issued "1863".
- catalog language "Includes materials in French and English.".
- catalog language "fre eng".
- catalog language "fre".
- catalog relation "Color digital images available of collection; see finding aid.".
- catalog spatial "Amazon River Region.".
- catalog spatial "Brazil.".
- catalog subject "Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Museums.".
- catalog subject "Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891.".
- catalog subject "Scientific expeditions Brazil.".
- catalog subject "Zoological specimens Collection and preservation.".
- catalog title "Louis Agassiz letters to Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1863-1882.".
- catalog type "collection".