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16 results for "Alexander Agassiz"

Following Alexander Agassiz to Michigan’s Copper Country

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The inscription on the Agassiz statue at Keweenaw National Historical Park describes Alexander Agassiz as “A man of science who developed a great mine and wrought the welfare of his people.” Those of us at the Museum of Comparative Zoology think of...

The MCZ Library turns 150!

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The Ernst Mayr Library Turns 150! In 1861 Louis Agassiz established the Library, later to be named in honor of Ernst Mayr, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Jacques Burkhardt Collection

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See also: Thayer Expedition Papers A Library Digital Initiative Jacques Burkhardt and the Thayer Expedition to Brazil (1865-1866) is a Harvard University Library Digital Initiative (LDI) project providing online access to the Ernst Mayr Library’s Jacques...

History of the Library

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In 1859, Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-American naturalist, founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Two years later, in 1861 he established the Library, later to be named in honor of Ernst Mayr, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, and Director...

Digital Collections

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Alexander Agassiz's Expedition and other images Thomas Barbour Travel Images Burkhardt Collection Burkhardt Scientific Drawings Thayer Expedition Mayr Library Flickr Mayr Library contributions to BHL Flickr Presentations Staff-only resources EML Calendar...

The Library Turns 150!

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Happy 150th Birthday to the MCZ Library! THE ERNST MAYR LIBRARY: A BRIEF HISTORY By Robert Young, Special Collections Librarian Two years after founding the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Louis Agassiz raised the funds to purchase Belgian paleontologist...

Mulliken Clock

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Celebrate the beginning of spring semester and the return of the "heartbeat" of the Ernst Mayr Library, the historic tall case clock. Made by Jonathan Mulliken (1746-1782) in Newbury, MA, this clock which belonged to Alexander Agassiz was given to the...

Thayer Expedition Papers

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Expedition Background In April 1865, Museum of Comparative Zoology founder and director Louis Agassiz set off for Brazil with his wife Elizabeth and a dozen assistants on a fifteen-month collecting expedition financed by Boston banker Nathaniel Thayer...

Illustrator James Henry Blake (1845-1941)

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Works by James Henry Blake (1845-1941) on display at the Ernst Mayr Library A new exhibit of drawings and watercolors by J.H. Blake, is now on display in the lobby of the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Join us for a reception in...