Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, Early Chronicler of Plants, Rocks, Rivers, Mounds and All Things Wisconsin
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PrintBiography of the nineteenth century Wisconsin naturalist Increase Lapham who was a founder of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, among many other institutions. His surveys of Indian mounds were published by the Smithsonian in 1855 as "The Antiquities of Wisconsin." He was also a volunteer weather observer for Secretary Joseph Henry's Meteorological Project and was a natural history correspondent for Assistant Secretary Spencer F. Baird. He also provided examples of Indian effigy mounds for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Smithsonian History Bibliography
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
2015
Wisconsin
First Edition
Number of pages: 423; Page numbers: 1-410