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Samuel George Morton papers
Mainly the papers of Samuel George Morton of Philadelphia, physician, ethnologist, and professor of anatomy, Pennsylvania College. The papers are for the years, 1832-1851, when Morton devoted his research efforts almost exclusively to ethnology and to the collecting of human skulls for comparative...
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| Collection: | Samuel George Morton Papers |
| Collection Number: | LCP.in.HSP94 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Morton, Samuel George |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Samuel George Morton papers |f 1832-1862 | |
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| 520 | |a Mainly the papers of Samuel George Morton of Philadelphia, physician, ethnologist, and professor of anatomy, Pennsylvania College. The papers are for the years, 1832-1851, when Morton devoted his research efforts almost exclusively to ethnology and to the collecting of human skulls for comparative studies. Almost two-thirds of the papers consist of incoming correspondence, 1832-1851, relating to ethnology and such related interests as anthropology, craniology, paleontology, and Egyptology. His collection of crania involved a very extensive correspondence and many of the letters have to do with that project. Correspondents include Asa Gray, Samuel S. Haldeman, William B. Hodgson, Charles Lyell, and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. The remainder of Samuel Morton's papers is made up of research notes and manuscript copies of lectures and writings, including: "The origin and diversity of the human species"; "Inquiry into the distinctive characteristics of the Aboriginal race of America"; "On the size of the brain in various races and families of man"; "Racial abilities and characteristics"; "The origin of the black skin color"; "Cranial characteristics of Negroes"; "Hybridity in the human race." Of special interest are notes relating to two technical works Morton published based on his collection of crania: "Crania Americana" (1839) and "Crania Aegyptiaca" (1844). There is also a printer's manuscript (incomplete) of "Crania Americana"; and the Pennsylvania College, medical department, minutes of faculty meetings and miscellaneous accounts, 1841-1843 (1 v.). The collection contains a few papers of James St. Clair Morton (son of Samuel Morton) who was an engineer as well as author of works on engineering and fortifications. Papers include: letters to his father; records of Morton's survey of the Isthmus of Chiriqui, Central America, 1860, among which are the journal of the surveying party (1 v.) and field notes of Thomas Jekyll, assistant to Morton (2 v.); letterpress book, 1862, regarding Fort Mifflin, Fort Jefferson and other military matters; account books, 1862 (2 v.), kept while Morton was chief engineer, Army of the Ohio. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Robert P. Morton; 1883 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Craniology--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Ethnology--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Medicine--Study and Teaching--19th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Race--racial characteristics |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Race--racial characteristics--Afro-Americans |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Engineering |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fortifications |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Samuel George Morton Papers |c LCP.in.HSP94 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/LCP_LCPMorton |