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Hyatt and Mayer Collection
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Alfred Marshall Mayer (1836-1897) was a physicist; his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1868-1922) a biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902) a zoologist and paleontologist. The three corresponded among themselves and with other colleagues in the field about their expeditions in the Pacific, which included voyages to Japan, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, New Guinea, Tonga, and Samoa, among other places.
Consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayer (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Frederick A. P. Barnard, Francis Blake, John Alfred Brashear, William Cullen Bryant, Timothy Cole, Edwin Grant Conklin, Charles Darwin, Thomas A. Edison, William M. Evarts, Michael Faraday, John Thomas Gulick, Edward Everett Hale, Abram S. Hewitt, John Grier Hibben, Henry Holt, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Julia Ward Howe, William James, A. A. Michelson, Moses Taylor Pyne, John Tyndall, and Henry Van Dyke. Also included is a ledger of Alpheus Hyatt, containing various accounts (1865-1903), printed articles by Alfred G. Mayor, genealogies and photographs of the Mayer and Goldsborough families, 1865-1903, and eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor and Harriet Hyatt Mayor. Transfered from Mudd Library.
This collection was processed by Alexandra Lee Brandon and Matthew Fisherin 2004. Finding aid written by Alexandra Lee Brandon and Matthew Fisherin 2004.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838-1902
- Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897
- Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922
Subject
- Biology -- Experiments -- 19th century
- Biology -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Physics -- Experiments -- 19th century
- Physics -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean -- 19th century -- Photographs
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Alexandra Lee Brandon; Matthew Fisher
- Finding Aid Date
- 2004
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
Consists of the correspondence of Alfred Marshall Mayer, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, and Alpheus Hyatt with individuals such as Carl Barus, Anton Julius Carlson, and Charles Eugene Delauney, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of photograph albums of the years 1893-1900, including Fiji, Japan, the U.S., Australia, and New Guinea, as well as other places.
This series is arranged into eight subseries by volume.
Physical Description46 folios
Consists of photographs of people of places, including temples, in Japan during 1900.
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Consists of photographs of South Carolina, British Columbia, Fiji, Australia, New Guinea, Ceylon, and Hawaii during the years 1896-1897.
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The natives are painted with white pipe-clay.
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Consists of photographs of people and places in Fiji during the years 1897-1898.
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The houses show the influence of Tongan architecture.
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Consists of photographs of Australia, New Guinea, Samoa, Fiji, and Canada during the years 1896-1897.
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Consists of photographs of people and places in Hawaii during 1898.
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Consists of photographs of people and places in Hawaii and Fiji during the years 1897-1898.
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The lateral branches are stripped off so that the main trunk is straight. The tree is about 5 feet high.
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The leaves are cooked and eaten.
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Consists of photographs of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert Islands during the years 1897-1898.
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Consists of photographs of people and places in Fiji in 1893.
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