Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/001723373/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 28 of
28
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "The Subscription records for the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History contain subscription papers and lists, receipts, and letters documenting the fund raising efforts of the founders of the Professorship and Botanic Garden at Harvard University from 1802 to 1813. The records contain the names of donors and their individual contributions.".
- catalog alternative "Formerly described as: Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records: Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History.".
- catalog alternative "Harvard Corporation. Professorships Papers.".
- catalog contributor b2469978.
- catalog contributor b2469979.
- catalog contributor b2469980.
- catalog date "1802".
- catalog description "Detailed inventory available on paper in the Harvard University Archives or electronically: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua52011".
- catalog description "Harvard University. Corporation. Subscription records for the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, 1802-1813. UAI 15.997, Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "In 1801 the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture donated $500 for the establishment of a Professorship of Natural History and for the support of a Botanic Garden at Harvard University to promote commerce, agriculture, medicine, and the arts through the study of zoology, botany, and mineralogy. A committee of Society members was appointed to circulate subscription papers and obtain funds for the Professorship. Fund raising was essentially complete by 1804, and in March 1805 William Dandridge Peck (1763-1822) was appointed the first (and only) Massachusetts Professor of Natural History. A Board of Visitors was organized in April 1805, to supervise Peck's activities and the Botanic Garden.".
- catalog description "The Subscription records for the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History contain subscription papers and lists, receipts, and letters documenting the fund raising efforts of the founders of the Professorship and Botanic Garden at Harvard University from 1802 to 1813. The records contain the names of donors and their individual contributions.".
- catalog extent ".14 cubic feet (1 flat box)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. University records. hua".
- catalog issued "1802".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
- catalog subject "Botany Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Entomology Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Corporation.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History.".
- catalog subject "Mineralogy Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Natural History Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Zoology Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog title "Formerly described as: Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records: Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History.".
- catalog title "Subscription records for the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, 1802-1813.".
- catalog type "Subscription lists. aat".
- catalog type "collection".