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David Lowenthal Papers
Collection
Identifier: mss-1008
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of David Lowenthal, a scholar in the fields of history, heritage, environmental perception, and Caribbean studies and a biographer of George Perkins Marsh. The contents are comprised of personal and professional correspondence; published and unpublished written works, as well as materials related to the publication of Lowenthal’s works; notes, clippings, and other research materials; souvenirs from lectures and other academic events he attended;...
Dates:
1843-2018
George Perkins Marsh Collection
Collection
Identifier: mss-985
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, diaries (1864-82), notebooks (1834-86), and published works, relating to protective tariff, founding of Smithsonian Institute, Mexican War, Civil War, and other political issues during Marsh's congressional career; his impressions of Garabaldi and Italian unification while U.S. minister to Italy (1860-82); and comparative philosophy, Near Eastern Studies, Scandanavian Studies, conservation, book collecting, and other scholarly interests. Includes papers of...
Dates:
1812-1929
William H. Meyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: mss-054
Abstract
Meyer served as U.S. Representative from Vermont, [1958-1965]. Collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, statements. printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other material, on such topics as agriculture, conservation, civil liberties ,and nuclear disarmament. Bulk of the collection is made up of congressional papers with materials on legislation, committee work, public opinion polls conducted by Meyer in Vermont, and the plan for peace which Meyer worked in as a member of...
Dates:
1958-1965
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