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Samuel Stehman Haldeman papers

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Call Number:
Ms. Coll. 974
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Extent:
1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language Note:
Contains a single letter written in Greek
Preferred Citation:
Samuel Stehman Haldeman papers, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1840-1881 (inclusive)
Creator:
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman
Form:
Correspondence
Abstract:
Samuel Stehmen Haldeman (1812-1880) was an American naturalist and philologist. The collection consists primarily of letters addressed to Haldeman dating from 1840 to 1881. Topics include philology, phonography, ethnology, natural history and archeology.

Samuel Stehmen Haldeman (1812-1880) was an American naturalist and philologist. In 1851, he was appointed Professor of the Natural Science at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1855, he joined the faculty of Delaware College but in 1868, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania as the first chair of the Comparative Philology department, remaining at the University until his death. Haldeman published and lectured on a variety of topics, including malacology, orthography, geology, philology and chemistry.

The collection consists primarily of letters addressed to Haldeman dating from 1840 to 1881. Topics include philology, phonography, ethnology, natural history and archeology. Notable correspondents include Melvil Dewey, Francis March, C. & G. Merriam, Richard Owen, Noah Webster and William Wagner. The collection also includes invitations to lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, and a small amount of correspondence from the University relating to Haldeman's appointments to professorships in Comparative Philology and Natural History. This collection provides an interesting glimpse into Haldeman's professional life through letters sent to him. However, these letters do not provide significant content regarding his relationships with any one individual, nor do they provide much information about his appointments to professorships, his role as professor, or his membership in professional organizations.

Gift of Guy K. Haldeman, 1959.

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Justin A. Bortnick
Finding Aid Date
April 29, 2014
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Abbot, Charles C., 1849.
Box 1 Folder 1
Adair, James, 1863.
Box 1 Folder 2
Aikin, William E.A., [1857].
Box 1 Folder 3
Allen, George, 1855, 1864.
Box 1 Folder 4
Harrison, Allen, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 5
Allen, William H., 1851.
Box 1 Folder 6
Allibone, S. Austin, 1856.
Box 1 Folder 7
Andrews, S.P., 1846.
Box 1 Folder 8
Barker, E.A., 1879, 1880.
Box 1 Folder 9
Barnard, F.A.P., 1874, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 10
Barnard, Henry, 1866.
Box 1 Folder 11
Bartholomew, G.K., 1873, 1877.
Box 1 Folder 12
Baugher, H. Louis, 1878.
Box 1 Folder 117
Beardsley, M., 1847.
Box 1 Folder 13
Beck, J.M., 1870.
Box 1 Folder 14
Becker, Lawrence E.W.
Box 1 Folder 15
Beleke, C.W., 1851.
Box 1 Folder 16
Berlin, A.F., 1877.
Box 1 Folder 17
Bilger, John A., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 18
Bittle, L.F., 1871.
Box 1 Folder 118
Black, James W., 1879.
Box 1 Folder 19
Blakeslee, S.V., [1875].
Box 1 Folder 20
Bledsoe, A.F. , 1868.
Box 1 Folder 21
Bledsoe, Anna, 1879.
Box 1 Folder 22
Bleek, W.H.I., 1873.
Box 1 Folder 23
Bolles, Edwin C., 1869.
Box 1 Folder 24
Boyle, Augustus F., [1878].
Box 1 Folder 25
Boylle, George K., 1862.
Box 1 Folder 26
Braidwood, T.W., 1867.
Box 1 Folder 27
Brandt, H.C.G., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 28
Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1869, 1870.
Box 1 Folder 29
Brooks, George, undated.
Box 1 Folder 30
Brown, Geo. H., 1879.
Box 1 Folder 31
Brown, Nathan, 1869, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 32
Browne, P.A., 1850.
Box 1 Folder 33
Browne, Wm. Haud, 1868, 1871-1872.
Box 1 Folder 34
Brownell, F.C., 1856.
Box 1 Folder 35
Brunner, D.B., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 36
Buchanan, James, 1859.
Box 1 Folder 37
Buckingham, C.J., 1871.
Box 1 Folder 38
Budd, E.McV., 1858.
Box 1 Folder 39
Burns, Eliza B., 1876.
Box 1 Folder 40
Burrowes, Thos.H., 1847.
Box 1 Folder 41
Caldwell, M., 1847.
Box 1 Folder 42
Campbell, C.S., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 119
Cason, W.S., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 43
Chase, P.E., 1858.
Box 1 Folder 44
Child, F., [1868].
Box 1 Folder 45
Collins, C.
Box 1 Folder 46
Comfort, George F., 1870.
Box 1 Folder 46
Commiskey, J., 1872.
Box 1 Folder 47
Cork, Susan K., 1863, 1878.
Box 1 Folder 48
Corson, C.R., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 49
Corson, Hiram, 1866.
Box 1 Folder 50
Cox, Chris C., 1865.
Box 1 Folder 51
Dana, Francis, 1865.
Box 1 Folder 52
Davidson, James Wood, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 53
Davis, Charles H.S., 1877.
Box 1 Folder 54
DeVere, Schele, 1870-1871.
Box 1 Folder 55
Dewart, W.Z., 1870.
Box 1 Folder 56
Dewey, Melvil, 1877.
Box 1 Folder 57
Dohrn, C.A., 1868.
Box 1 Folder 58
Dole, Isaiah, 1857.
Box 1 Folder 59
Ebener, F., 1871.
Box 1 Folder 60
Eliot, A.G., 1875.
Box 1 Folder 61
Elliot, E.B., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 62
Ellis, Alex J., 1859, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 63
English, Wm. J., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 64
Eno, J.N., 1877.
Box 1 Folder 65
Ernst, C.W., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 66
Eyster, Nellie, 1874.
Box 1 Folder 67
Fetter, Geo. W., 1848.
Box 1 Folder 68
Feuling, J.B., 1871.
Box 1 Folder 69
Fisher, H.S., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 70
Fiske, Daniel W., 1863.
Box 1 Folder 71
Fiske, Willard, 1874.
Box 1 Folder 72
Foreman, E., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 73
Fradenbeirgh, I.N., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 74
Frey, S.L., 1874, 1879.
Box 1 Folder 75
Furnival, F.J., 1861.
Box 1 Folder 76
Galbraith, F.G., 1877.
Box 1 Folder 77
Garnett, J.W., 1975.
Box 1 Folder 78
Garrigue, Rudolph, 1850, 1851, 1880.
Box 1 Folder 79
Gatschel, Albert S., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 80
Gibbes, Lewis, [1853], 1854.
Box 1 Folder 81
Gibbon, I. H., 1858.
Box 1 Folder 82
Gibbes, Robert W., 1857, 1859.
Box 1 Folder 83
Gibbs, Walcott, 1866, 1867.
Box 1 Folder 84
Gilbert, Howard Worcester, 1858.
Box 1 Folder 85
Gill, Theodore, 1864.
Box 1 Folder 86
Gill, Wm. S., 1880.
Box 1 Folder 87
Goddard, P.B., 1861.
Box 1 Folder 88
Goodwin, Alice Peabody, 1877.
Box 1 Folder 89
Griffis, W.E., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 90
Hagan, O., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 91
Haldeman, J.H., 1853.
Box 1 Folder 92
Hall, S.M., 1877.
Box 1 Folder 93
Hamilton, A. Boyd, 1868, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 94
Hamilton, Hugh, 1869, 1874, 1880.
Box 1 Folder 95
Harkness, A., 1876.
Box 1 Folder 96
Hart, Samuel, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 97
Heefenstein, Wm. L., 1854.
Box 1 Folder 98
Heness, R. & H., 1856, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 99
Henry, Joseph, 1857.
Box 1 Folder 100
Henry, Nathanial S., 1861.
Box 1 Folder 101
Heyden, F.V., 1879.
Box 1 Folder 102
Hitchcock, Edward, [1855].
Box 1 Folder 103
Hodge, James T., 1849.
Box 1 Folder 104
Hoffman, W.J., 1844.
Box 1 Folder 105
Holcomb, W.P., 1854.
Box 1 Folder 106
Holloway, [Hewy], 1864.
Box 1 Folder 107
Holmes, George F., 1872.
Box 1 Folder 108
Horne, A.R., 1876.
Box 1 Folder 109
Horton, 1867.
Box 1 Folder 110
Houston, J.F., 1840.
Box 1 Folder 111
Howes, Mary A., undated.
Box 1 Folder 112
Hunter, James, 1880.
Box 1 Folder 113
Hurlburt, Thomas, 1871, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 114
Hoyt, A.H., 1878.
Box 1 Folder 115
Johnson, Alvin J., 1844, 1857, 1876, 1878.
Box 1 Folder 116
Johnson, George B., 1878.
Box 2 Folder 1
Johnson, Walter R., 1847.
Box 2 Folder 2
Jones, J.R., 1865.
Box 2 Folder 3
Jones, N.W., 1869.
Box 2 Folder 4
Keegan, M.R., 1858.
Box 2 Folder 5
Kenny, Chas. B., undated.
Box 2 Folder 6
King, Charles, B., 1864.
Box 2 Folder 7
King, D.B., 1880.
Box 2 Folder 8
King, William S., 1853.
Box 2 Folder 9
Kirkwood, Daniel, 1854, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 10
Knortz, Carl, 1871.
Box 2 Folder 11
Knudson, C.W., undated.
Box 2 Folder 12
Lamberton, Chas. L., 1862.
Box 2 Folder 13
Lamborn, Robb, undated.
Box 2 Folder 14
Lanman, Charles R., 1880.
Box 2 Folder 15
Lawrence, E.A., 1871, 1872, 1880.
Box 2 Folder 16
Lawrence, George N., 1875.
Box 2 Folder 17
Lehman, R.B. , 1880.
Box 2 Folder 18
Leigh, Edwin, 1869.
Box 2 Folder 19
Lepsius, R., 1860.
Box 2 Folder 20
Lightner, Louis, 1865, 1877.
Box 2 Folder 21
Lindsley, D.P., 1875.
Box 2 Folder 22
Liscomb, William S., 1873.
Box 2 Folder 23
Livingston, John, 1852, 1853.
Box 2 Folder 24
Lockling, L.L., 1846.
Box 2 Folder 25
Mallory, George S., 1860.
Box 2 Folder 26
March, Francis A., 1875, 1876, 1878.
Box 2 Folder 27
Marsh, George P., 1864.
Box 2 Folder 28
Mason, J.T., 1866.
Box 2 Folder 29
Masquerier, Louis, 1859.
Box 2 Folder 30
McKinley, James M., 1873.
Box 2 Folder 31
Mecutchen, Samuel, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 32
Merriam, G&C, 1860, 1866.
Box 2 Folder 33
Miller, Samuel D., 1872.
Box 2 Folder 34
Milne, A.R., 1872.
Box 2 Folder 35
Mitchell, A.G., 1857.
Box 2 Folder 36
Miltag, J.F.G., 1871, 1878, 1881.
Box 2 Folder 37
Morgan, L.H., 1872.
Box 2 Folder 38
Moore, R.D., 1852.
Box 2 Folder 39
Morison, V.H., 1870.
Box 2 Folder 40
Morris, P.D., 1862.
Box 2 Folder 41
Muller, H., 1862.
Box 2 Folder 42
Murray, Theo. C., 1878.
Box 2 Folder 43
Nelson, C.K., undated.
Box 2 Folder 44
New York Phonographic Society, Printed Circular, 1848.
Box 2 Folder 45
Newlin, E.J., 1858.
Box 2 Folder 46
Newlin, Jesse, 1868.
Box 2 Folder 47
Nortrop, N.B., 1858.
Box 2 Folder 48
Notestein, J.O., 1877.
Box 2 Folder 49
Nystrom, John W., 1877.
Box 2 Folder 50
Oldhoyd, O.N., 1880.
Box 2 Folder 51
Owen, Richard, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 52
Parker, Freeman, 1877.
Box 2 Folder 53
Parker, Wm. Henry, 1868.
Box 2 Folder 54
Parkhurst, Hewy M., 1876.
Box 2 Folder 55
Patterson, Robert, 1847.
Box 2 Folder 56
Peck, Tracy, 1873.
Box 2 Folder 57
Peirce, Benjamin, 1853.
Box 2 Folder 58
Pennington, J., 1852.
Box 2 Folder 59
Pesh, Stephen D., undated.
Box 2 Folder 60
Perry, George, 1875.
Box 2 Folder 61
Phelps, Almira Lincoln, 1861, 1869.
Box 2 Folder 62
Pierce, U.F., 1871, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 63
Pitman, Benn, [1858].
Box 2 Folder 64
Porter, Thos. C., 1853.
Box 2 Folder 65
Porter, S.K, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 66
Porter, W.F., 1856.
Box 2 Folder 67
Preston, J.W., 1850.
Box 2 Folder 68
Prime, Temple, 1865.
Box 2 Folder 69
Putnam, J.W., 1875, 1880.
Box 2 Folder 70
Rau, Charles, 1878.
Box 2 Folder 71
Rauch, E.H., 1877.
Box 2 Folder 72
Raymond, G.S., 1876.
Box 2 Folder 73
Reynolds, W.M., 1844.
Box 2 Folder 74
Richardson, W.G., 1875, 1880.
Box 2 Folder 75
Robbins, M. Inez, 1878.
Box 2 Folder 76
Roehrig, F.L.O., 1864, 1868, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 77
Rogers, Emma, 1875.
Box 2 Folder 78
Rogers, Fairman, 1879.
Box 2 Folder 79
Rosengarten, J.G., 1841.
Box 2 Folder 80
Rust, Horatio, 1876.
Box 2 Folder 80
Samford, Wm. F., 1867.
Box 2 Folder 81
Saunders, William, 1858.
Box 2 Folder 82
Scott, Adrian, 1876.
Box 2 Folder 83
Scott, J.M., 1850.
Box 2 Folder 84
Sedgewick, Stephen J., 1853, 1854, 1880.
Box 2 Folder 85
Sharswood, William, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1877.
Box 2 Folder 86
Shelly, John S., 1866.
Box 2 Folder 87
Shepherd, H.E., 1872.
Box 2 Folder 88
Sherwood, Charles, 1857, 1873.
Box 2 Folder 89
Sherwood, Geo., 1880.
Box 2 Folder 90
Smalley, Dan S., undated.
Box 2 Folder 91
Smith, Sanderson, 1878.
Box 2 Folder 92
Spaugler, S.M., 1850, 1852.
Box 2 Folder 93
Southworthy, A., 1874, undated.
Box 2 Folder 94
Spencer, Edward, 1874.
Box 2 Folder 95
Squier, E. Geo., undated.
Box 2 Folder 96
Steiner, Lewis H., 1865, 1875, 1876.
Box 2 Folder 97
Stevens. W. LeConte, 1870.
Box 2 Folder 98
Stille, C.J., 1871.
Box 2 Folder 99
Stoddard, J.M., 1889.
Box 2 Folder 100
Storer, Horatio R., 1847.
Box 3 Folder 1
Street, J.T., 1865.
Box 3 Folder 2
Stuart, J.P., 1859.
Box 3 Folder 3
Stubbs, Charles H., 1877.
Box 3 Folder 4
Sutton, James N., 1855.
Box 3 Folder 5
Tayler, Franklin, 1879, undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
Taylor, E., undated.
Box 3 Folder 7
Taylor, R.W., 1875.
Box 3 Folder 8
Taylor, W.I., 1857.
Box 3 Folder 9
Thomas, Henry, undated.
Box 3 Folder 10
Thompson, C.W., 1871.
Box 3 Folder 11
Thompson, G.W., 1860.
Box 3 Folder 12
Thompson, R.E., 1878.
Box 3 Folder 13
Toll, C.W., 1872.
Box 3 Folder 14
Treyvalyan, W.C., 1858, 1860, undated.
Box 3 Folder 15
Trubner, N., 1869, 1870.
Box 3 Folder 16
Trumbull, J.H., 1875.
Box 3 Folder 17
Trunnell, W.C., 1875.
Box 3 Folder 18
Tucker, Gilbert M., 1879.
Box 3 Folder 19
University of Pennsylvania , 1833-34, 1846, 1850, 1851, 1870, 1878.
Box 3 Folder 20
Vaux, Wm. S., 1878.
Box 3 Folder 21
Venable, Richard M., 1869.
Box 3 Folder 22
Vickory, J.R., 1869.
Box 3 Folder 23
Wagner, Wm., 1855.
Box 3 Folder 24
Walker, Robert C., 1855, 1857.
Box 3 Folder 25
Walsh, Benjamin D., 1865.
Box 3 Folder 26
Ward, James W. , 1868.
Box 3 Folder 27
Waring, W.G., 1876.
Box 3 Folder 28
Warren, M.A., 1869, 1871.
Box 3 Folder 29
Watts, H., 1856.
Box 3 Folder 30
Webster, I.W., 1848.
Box 3 Folder 31
Webster, Noah, 1840.
Box 3 Folder 32
Welling, J.C., 1868.
Box 3 Folder 33
Westlake, J. Willis, 1876.
Box 3 Folder 34
Wheeler, William A., 1869.
Box 3 Folder 35
Whitney, W.D., 1859, 1865, 1872.
Box 3 Folder 36
Wisckensham, J.P., 1886.
Box 3 Folder 37
Wightman, J. Colver, 1876.
Box 3 Folder 38
Willerd, Emma, 1861.
Box 3 Folder 39
Windle, Wm. S., [1828].
Box 3 Folder 40
Witmer, Tobias, 1870.
Box 3 Folder 41
Woodruff, W.W., 1864, 1865.
Box 3 Folder 42
Young, Joseph, 1873.
Box 3 Folder 43
Zeigler, Daniel, 1872.
Box 3 Folder 44
Unidentified, 1840, undated.
Box 3 Folder 45

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