Joseph Henry to Peter Parker

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Description

Title
Joseph Henry to Peter Parker
Creator
From the Collection: Parker, Peter, 1804-1888
Contributor
From the Collection: Lam, Qua
Published / Created
1876 January 20
Description
Physicist Joseph Henry was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance
Manuscripts were donated by Peter Parker of Barrington, Illinois, May 16, 1960. Portraits and urinary calculi donated in the late nineteenth century by Peter Parker to the Medical School through Moses C. White, professor of pathology and a former missionary to China. These were later transferred by the Medical School to the Historical Library. Some materials, including photographs, were donated in 1966 by Catharine J. Cadbury, widow of William W. Cadbury, an early twentieth century medical missionary to Canton.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Ms Coll 6
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Citation
Peter Parker Collection, Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

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Object ID (OID)
16808601

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