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Size | 95 items |
Abstract | Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, was a geologist, chemist, author, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This collection chiefly contains family letters, 1869-1897, of LeConte to his daughter Emma LeConte (1847-1932), wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturalist. Letters relate to scientific work, teaching, university life, family life, and travels to Yosemite and other California and mountain areas. Also included are correspondence, 1870-1894, of Furman regarding his agricultural experiments with cotton and soil fertilization, and histories (photocopies) of the LeConte family and Stevens family by Walter LeConte Stevens, 1880-1910. |
Creator | Furman (Family : Milledgeville, Ga.)
LeConte (Family : LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, was a geologist, chemist, author, and professor at Franklin College, the University of Georgia, Oglethorpe University, the University of South Carolina, and the University of California at Berkley. Emma LeConte (Furman) was the daughter of Josephs LeConte and wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturist who conducted experiments on soil and fertilizer.
Back to TopThis collection chiefly contains family letters, 1869-1897, of Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, geologist, chemist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, to his daughter Emma (1847-1932), wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturalist. Letters relate to scientific work, teaching, university life, family life, and travels to Yosemite and other California and mountain areas. Also included are correspondence, 1870-1894, of Furman regarding his agricultural experiments with cotton and soil fertilization, and histories (photocopies) of the LeConte and Stevens families by Walter LeConte Stevens, 1880-1910.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1861-1879 |
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Folder 2 |
Papers, 1880-1882 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, 1883 |
Folder 4 |
Papers, 1884-1897 |
Folder 5 |
Photocopies |