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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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Box 16, Folder 3: Grasses of Wisconsin 1854
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 3: Grasses of Wisconsin 1854 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 3: Grasses of Wisconsin 1854 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains two articles written by Increase Allen Lapham. The first, entitled "The Grasses of...
Box 16, Folder 4: Grasses of the United States, 1857, 1864
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 4: Grasses of the United States, 1857, 1864 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 4: Grasses of the United States, 1857, 1864 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes, charts and lists on grasses of the United...
Box 16, Folder 5: Grasses of the United States, 1856
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 5: Grasses of the United States, 1856 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 5: Grasses of the United States, 1856 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, (1811-1875) Folder Description: This folder contains a handwritten copy of Grasses of the U. S., 1856 by Increase Allen...
Box 16, Folder 6: Grasses of the U.S. Illustrations
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 6: Grasses of the U.S. Illustrations Document Title: Box 16, Folder 6: Grasses of the U.S. Illustrations Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains numerous illustrations (hand drawn and printed) of various types of...
Box 16, Folder 7: Great Lakes, 1867
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 7: Great Lakes, 1867 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 7: Great Lakes, 1867 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes on the Great Lakes include observations on the tide, temperature and currents of the various...
Box 16, Folder 8: Immigration 1867
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 8: Immigration 1867 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 8: Immigration 1867 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains articles and notes written by Increase Allen Lapham on the issue of immigration, the resources needed,...
Box 16, Folder 9: American Indians, 1870
Metadata: Title: Box 16, Folder 9: American Indians, 1870 Document Title: Box 16, Folder 9: American Indians, 1870 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875; Blossom, Levi; Dousman, G, Geo Folder Description: This folder contains two copies of an essay Lapham coauthored entitled, 'A Paper on...
Box 17, Folder 1: Iron 1866
Metadata: Title: Box 17, Folder 1: Iron 1866 Document Title: Box 17, Folder 1: Iron 1866 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes, articles, clippings, and tables relating to iron ore in Wisconsin, particularly iron ores discovered in the Iron...
Box 17, Folder 2: Kilbourn City Dam, 1866
Metadata: Title: Box 17, Folder 2: Kilbourn City Dam, 1866 Document Title: Box 17, Folder 2: Kilbourn City Dam, 1866 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains notes, drawings, mathematical notations and scientific notations on the dam at Kilbourn City,...
Box 17, Folder 3: Lead Mines 1865-1874
Metadata: Title: Box 17, Folder 3: Lead Mines 1865-1874 Document Title: Box 17, Folder 3: Lead Mines 1865-1874 Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 Folder Description: This folder contains drawings and geological notes on the Council Hill Lead Mines. Furthermore, included in this folder...