William Henry Pettee Papers: Finding Aid
Removed or Separated Material
- Pettee, William Henry. To Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1870, 1871, 1879. Letters tell of field work in California.
- Pettee, William Henry. To Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1871, Feb. 26 and June 11. These letters tell of visits to the home of J. Ross Browne for the wedding of Pettee's co-worker Alfred Craven to Browne's daughter.
- Gabb, William More. To Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878 (5 letters). Final letters from the young paleontologist before his sudden death.
- Goodyear, Watson Andrews. To Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 27. Letter concerning the naming of Mt. Whitney.
Arrangement
A-Pettee, William H. (misc. manuscripts)
Agassiz, Alexander. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Apr. 22
Angell, James Burrill. 3 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1875
Baird, Spencer Fullerton. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Bates, H. W. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1874, Feb. 26
Belcher, John A. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Bien, Julius. 4 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Boon, E. P. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Brewer, William Henry. 4 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Broadhead, Garland Carr. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 5
Brush, George Jarvis. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Carr, Lucien. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 13
Craven, Alfred. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Cutter, Charles Ammi. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Mar. 18
Dana, James Dwight. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Danforth, Allen. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 30
Denton, William. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 28
Desor, E. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Drown, Thomas Messinger. 3 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1877-1881
Drown, Thomas Messinger. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 28
Dunbar, Charles Franklin. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 6
Eliot, Charles William. 3 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1891-1893
Emmons, Samuel Franklin. 2 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1876-1880
Engelhardt, F. E. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 25
Frazier, B. W. 1 letter to Thomas Messinger Drown. 1881, Jan. 7
Fries, August. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Gabb, William More. 5 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Garrison, Wendell Phillips. 4 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1884-1890
Garrison, Wendell Phillips. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 28
Goodale, George Lincoln. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 4
Goodyear, Watson Andrews. 6 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Hall, James. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Mar. 15
Harris, C. M. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 7
Hastings, Serranus Clinton. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Mar. 12
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 20
Heard, John T. 2 letters to Henry Billings. 1868
Herrmann, Ch. W. A. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan.
Hoffmann, Charles Francis. 1 letterTo Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 15
Hooper, E. W. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Mar. 2
Houghton (H.O.) & Co. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 23
Isawa, S. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Jack, Robert L. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Apr. 3
Kerr, Washington Caruthers. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1876, Apr. 8
Lamberton, Robert Alexander. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1880, Nov. 18
Lane, H. B. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Langley, Samuel Pierpont. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1888, Jan. 13
Leckie, Robert G. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Apr. 16
Lesquereux, Leo. 8 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Littlehale, James. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 15
Macfarlane, James. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 10
Pach, G. W. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 4
Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 18
Peirce, James Mills. 1 letter to Asa Gray. 1878, June 3
Perkins, Frederic Beecher. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. c.1878
Pickering, Edward Charles. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 17
Pettee, Matilda (Sherman). 27 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1870-1871
Pettee, Otis, Estate of. Papers re estate settlement. 4 items. 1847-1860
Pettee, William Henry. Accounts, etc. from Germany. 3 items. 1865-1868
Pettee, William Henry. Article (draft) on Harvard University. 1 item. 1874, Nov. 18
Pettee, William Henry. Bank books. 3 items. 1875-1879
Pettee, William Henry. Lecture for course on Economic Development of Mineral Resources. 1883
Related Material
Pettee, William H. to Matilda (Sherman Pettee); Pettee, William H., to Josiah Dwight Whitney, 1869-1873
Pettee, William Henry. 16 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1865
Pettee, William Henry. 40 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1866
Pettee, William Henry. 44 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1867
Pettee, William Henry. 23 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1868
Pettee, William Henry. 16 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1869
Pettee, William Henry. 32 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1870
Pettee, William Henry. 35 letters to Matilda (Sherman) Pettee. 1871
Pettee, William Henry. 5 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1869
Pettee, William Henry. 32 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1870
Pettee, William Henry. 66 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1871
Pettee, William Henry. 65 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1872
Pettee, William Henry. 57 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1873
Pettee, William H., to Josiah Dwight Whitney, 1874-1884; Correspondence P-Z; Biographical Information; Photographs
Pettee, William Henry. 46 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1874
Pettee, William Henry. 9 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1875
Pettee, William Henry. 14 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1876
Pettee, William Henry. 6 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1877
Pettee, William Henry. 14 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Pettee, William Henry. 39 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1879
Pettee, William Henry. 13 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1880
Pettee, William Henry. 8 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1881
Pettee, William Henry. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1882
Pettee, William Henry. 9 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1883
Pettee, William Henry. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1884
Phillips, Wendell. 1 letter [Autograph]. 1860, May 27
Putnam, Earl B. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 8
Putnam, S. O. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 20
Rabe, Carl. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney? 1878, Jan. 17
Ratzel, Friedrich. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 12
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington. 2 letters to William Henry Pettee. 1891-1894
Richards, Robert Hallowell. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1894, Oct. 30
Stearns, Robert Edwards Carter. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Sturgis, Appleton. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 2
Thompson, Robert Means. 1 letter to Oliver Wolcott Gibbs. 1878, Apr. 1
Thompson, Robert Means. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Torrey, H. W. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Mar.
Voy, C. D. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Walker, Francis Amasa. 2 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Walkup, W. D. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Jan. 25
Walling, H. F. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Apr. 2
Watson, Sereno. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 7
Welch, Bigelow & Co. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Feb. 12
Westermann (B.) & Co. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
White, C. J. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1880, Mar. 20
White, C. J. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 21
White, Charles Abiathar. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, May 6
W[hitney?], Alice L. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, Apr. 17
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1877, Mar. 23
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1878, Mar. 24
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1879
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1881, Feb. 22
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1 letter to William Henry Pettee. 1882, Dec. 16
Whitney, William Dwight. 7 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1872-1878
Wilson, A. D. 3 letters to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878
Woods, W. L. 1 letter to Josiah Dwight Whitney. 1878, June 19
Biographical information. 11 items.
Photographs - Pettee, Sybil [anna] (Clarke). 1 item. c.1880
Photographs - Pettee, William Henry. 6 items. 1865-1875?
Photographs - Pettee, William Henry & others in California State Geological Survey?. 1 item. 1870-1871
Photographs acquired while studying in Europe. 38 items. 1865-1868
Oversize Manuscripts
Pettee, William Henry. To Josiah Dwight Whitney: Daily journal of field work for the California State Geological Survey in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, July 12-Dec. 14, 1870. 1871, June 17
Pettee, William Henry. To Josiah Dwight Whitney: Manuscript and sketches for Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California. 1880
Pettee, William Henry. Miscellaneous pages re auriferous gravels, altitude measurements, maps for 1871 Report (xerox copies).
Certificate of election to American Philosophical Society. 1898, May 20