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.
| Folder | 1 | Recollection of Paris | |
| Folder | 2 | Philosophic Reveries of Modern Mysteries | |
| Folder | 3 | On Progress of Society, 1841 | |
| Folder | 4 | A Pilgrimage to Penshurst | |
| Folder | 5 | Lecture, 1843 | |
| Folder | 6 | Lecture, no date | |
| Folder | 7 | Manuscript with pages missing, and a poem |
Box 1 of 1
| Folder | 8 | Alexandria Gazette, February 12, 1840, "A Day in London" | |
| Folder | 9 | List of translations, 1866-1870 |
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Revised: April 9, 2003