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Record Unit 7059
Charles Armistead Alexander Papers,
1840-1870

By Gerald Rosenzweig


Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. Texts of Lectures

  Series 2. Newspaper Articles and List of Translations



INTRODUCTION

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.


HISTORICAL NOTE

Charles Armistead Alexander (?- circa 1869) translated many foreign scientific papers for the Smithsonian, beginning about 1858. Most of the translations were published in the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report. Alexander also lectured at the Alexandria Lyceum during the 1840s.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These papers include texts of lectures, most of which were delivered at the Alexandria Lyceum. One was printed in the Alexandria Gazette in 1840. Also included are lists of translations Alexander did for the Smithsonian Institution, 1866-1870.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
Texts of Lectures

Box 1 of 1
Folder1   Recollection of Paris
Folder2   Philosophic Reveries of Modern Mysteries
Folder3   On Progress of Society, 1841
Folder4   A Pilgrimage to Penshurst
Folder5   Lecture, 1843
Folder6   Lecture, no date
Folder7   Manuscript with pages missing, and a poem

SERIES 2.
Newspaper Articles and List of Translations

Box 1 of 1
Folder8   Alexandria Gazette, February 12, 1840, "A Day in London"
Folder9   List of translations, 1866-1870


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