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Benjamin Smith Lyman papers

Correspondence of Benjamin Smith Lyman, Pennsylvania geologist and mining engineer, on natural science, geology, and literature; letters from Japan on Oriental culture; letters from B. Franklin Sanborn, notes on vegetarianism.

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Main Author: Lyman, Benjamin Smith 1835-1920 (Creator)
Collection:Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers
Collection Number:0388
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Geology > 19th century
Japan > Description and Travel > 19th century
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100 1 |a Lyman, Benjamin Smith  |d 1835-1920  |e creator 
245 1 |a Benjamin Smith Lyman papers  |f 1851-1918 
300 |a 3.11 Linear feet  |f ; 9 boxes 
520 |a Correspondence of Benjamin Smith Lyman, Pennsylvania geologist and mining engineer, on natural science, geology, and literature; letters from Japan on Oriental culture; letters from B. Franklin Sanborn, notes on vegetarianism. 
520 |a Box listing with notes on Japanese and Japan-related items Box 1: Mixed papers, 1854-1916 [Japanese items in folders 2-3] Box 2: Correspondence, 1850-1874 [Japanese items in folder 6] Box 3: Correspondence, 1875-1885 [Japanese items in folders 1-7] Box 4: Correspondence, 1886-1898 [Japanese items in folders 1-13] Box 5: Correspondence, 1899-1906 [Japanese items in folders 2, 5] Box 6: Correspondence, 1907-1913 [Japanese items in folders 1-4, 6] Box 7: Correspondence, 1914-1919 [Japanese items in folders 2-6] Box 8: Miscellaneous [Folder 6 titled “Miscellaneous notes on Japan and the Japanese – on rice paper”] Box 9: Clippings and notes, mostly on food and vegetarianism (removed from Box 8), circa 1900-1920 
650 7 |a Geology--19th century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Japan--Description and Travel--19th century  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers  |l 0388 

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