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This Collection has been fully Transcribed
Thank you to everyone who helped make this collection more accessiblePapers of Increase Allen Lapham, the most prominent figure in early scientific research in Wisconsin. The papers consist of personal and biographical papers, correspondence, and research and writing files. For more information about this collection, visit the Online Finding Aid
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All works are fully transcribed.
Box 14, Folder 5: Writings, Coleoptera
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder 5: Writings, Coleoptera Document Title: Box 14, Folder 5: Writings, Coleoptera Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains handwritten and published lists of beetles (Coleoptera) and butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)...
Box 14, Folder 6: Cranberries, 1875
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder 6: Cranberries, 1875 Document Title: Box 14, Folder 6: Cranberries, 1875 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contain a seed packet, notes and drawings on a variety of species of cranberries, compiled by Increase Allen...
Box 14, Folder 7: Crustacea N.D
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder 7: Crustacea N.D Document Title: Box 14, Folder 7: Crustacea N.D Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes on Crustacea. specifically, Lapham provides detailed notes on Coleoptera, a type of beetle. Subject:...
Box 14, Folder 8: Drought 1871
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder 8: Drought 1871 Document Title: Box 14, Folder 8: Drought 1871 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains two reports regarding the "Great Drought of September 1871" and its effects on fires later that year prepared by...
Box 14, Folder 9: Eclipse
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder 9: Eclipse Document Title: Box 14, Folder 9: Eclipse Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains diagrams, notes, and meteorological data taken and recorded during the solar eclipse on August 7th, 1869. State:...
Box 14, Folder14: Forest Trees 1867
Metadata: Title: Box 14, Folder14: Forest Trees 1867 Document Title: Box 14, Folder14: Forest Trees 1867 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, (1811-1875) Folder Description: This folder contains a copy of "Report on the Disastrous Effects of the Destruction of Forest Trees Now Going on so Rapidly...
Box 14,Folder 15: Fossils 1865-1870
Metadata: Title: Box 14,Folder 15: Fossils 1865-1870 Document Title: Box 14,Folder 15: Fossils 1865-1870 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains Increase Lapham's notes on fossils discovered in Wisconsin and Illinois as well as diagrams of a coal...
Box 15, Folder 10: Grand Rapids,1868
Metadata: Title: Box 15, Folder 10: Grand Rapids,1868 Document Title: Box 15, Folder 10: Grand Rapids, 1868 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains a newspaper clipping, lists, notes, and drawings regarding Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Subject: drawings...
Box 15, Folder 11: Grass like Plants of Wisconsin, 1855
Metadata: Title: Box 15, Folder 11: Grass like Plants of Wisconsin, 1855 Document Title: Box 15, Folder 11: Grass like Plants of Wisconsin, 1855 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes on the various grass like plants that are native to...
Box 15, Folder 12: Grass-Like Plants of Wisconsin
Metadata: Title: Box 15, Folder 12: Grass-Like Plants of Wisconsin Document Title: Box 15, Folder 12: Grass-Like Plants of Wisconsin Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, (1811-1875) Folder Description: This folder contains a book titled "The Grass-Like Plants (Cyperacea) of Wisconsin and the...