LeConte Family Papers, 1857-1949

Papers of Joseph LeConte

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Correspondence - See partial list of correspondents for further information

Outgoing, arrangement chronologically

Incoming, arranged alphabetically

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Muir, John, 1838-1914 1871-1874

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Letter from John Muir to Joseph LeConte with sketch of glacier flow of Yosemite basin (page 4). December 17, 1871 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Letter from John Muir to Joseph LeConte (page 1). April 20, 1872 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Include cross section sketch of west slope of Sierra Nevada Mountains through Merced Basin.

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Letter from John Muir to Joseph LeConte (page 1). April 27, 1872 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Letter includes sketch of cross section of Sierra Nevada Mountains with arctic plants.

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Vols. 1-2: Journal of three months personal experience during the last days of the Confederacy. 1864-1924

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Manuscript, illustrated with sketches, and typescript.

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Vol. 1: Journal of three months personal experience during the last days of the Confederacy. 1864-1865, 1878

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Joseph LeConte journal entry with tipped-in sketch (page 103). February 19, 1865 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Vol. 2: Journal of three months personal experience during the last days of the Confederacy (typescript). 1924

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Vols. 3-15: Notebooks: roll books, accounts, diaries. 1857-1900

Physical Description: 13 items

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Contains accounts of summer mountain trips, with pertinent information concerning geological formations.

Vol. 3:

1857: Law of Development in Geology 1857:

1858-ca. 1862: Roll book 1858-ca. 1862:

Vol. 4:

1871: Oregon, British Columbia 1871

1872: Yosemite, with mention of John Muir. Misc. notes 1872

Vol. 5:

1873: Oregon, with illustrations of mountains, down into California to Mount Shasta 1873

1874: Tahoe 1874

Also list of plants on Mount Diablo, and misc. notes

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1875: Yosemite. Includes list of articles taken on trip, and expenses 1875

Roll book, 1876-1881 1876-1881

1879: Trip to Sulpher Banks 1879

Vol. 7:

1878: McGillivray (near Auburn, California) 1878

1879: Nevada City, Mount Hughes 1879

1879: Oregon, British Columbia 1879

Also miscellaneous notes

Vol. 8:

1882: Nevada trip: geological surveys 1882

Accounts

Rollbooks: 1883-1887 1883-1887

Vol. 9:

1885: Mt. Shasta, then Oregon 1885

1887: Modoc 1887

Also miscellaneous notes

Vol. 10:

1887: Calico 1887

Notes, especially on religion

Vol. 11:

1889: Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite, High Sierra 1889

1893: Yosemite 1893

1900: King's River Canyon. Include lists of provisions, expenses 1900

Vol. 12:

1891-1892: Miscellaneous notes, addresses 1891-1892

Vols. 13-14:

1894: Yosemite 1894

Miscellaneous notes

Vol. 15:

Rollbook

A few accounts

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A brief confession of faith, written in 1890. Slightly revised and added to in 1897. Manuscript and two transcripts.

Golden wedding celebration: invitations to receptions, drafts of speeches (1897) (1897)

Lecture notes for geology, 1872, 1875, 2 vols., not in Joseph LeConte's writing

Miscellaneous notes

Certificates to various societies (see also oversize portfolio)

Miscellany: clippings, calling cards, etc. (1 folder)

Obituaries

Photocopy of school exercise

Letter from children of LeConte School, Berkeley, 1897 1897

Mainly papers of Caroline Eaton LeConte. Also genealogical material.

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Correspondence: See partial list of correspondents for further information

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LeConte, Caroline Eaton: Journals

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Vol. 1: Camping trip to Yosmite in 1878, original journal. 1878

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Journal includes pencil sketches. Members of the trip: family, friend Nana, and Capt. George Gordon Greenough.

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Vols. 2-3: Copy of Vol. 1: Camping trip to Yosemite in 1878, rewritten and enlarged.

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N.B. Photo negatives of sketches here are in picture index under LeConte, Caroline: neg. 5464 (1-49), picture drawer.

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Caroline Eaton LeConte journal entry with sketch of people cooking over a campfire at Tamarack Flat (two page spread). June 15-16, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Caroline Eaton LeConte journal entry with sketch of two women inside of a tent. June 17, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Caroline Eaton LeConte journal entry with sketch of shadows on a tent. June 17, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Shadows are of a woman bathing a child by candlelight in a tent.

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Caroline Eaton LeConte journal entry with sketches of people (two page spread). June 23, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Caroline Eaton LeConte journal entry with sketches (two page spread). July 3, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Vols. 4-6: Journal of Yosemite trip, with cousin John Lawrence LeConte, his son Jack and her father. 1882

Vol. 7: LeConte genealogical notes. 1901-1927

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Genealogical material: including original John Nisbet letter, Nov. 22, 1666, with transcript; photocopy of Guillame LeConte's last will; Emma (LeConte) Furman's Sketch of the LeConte family of the Nonant line in America, with a few miscellaneous notes relating to genealogy. Nov. 22, 1666

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LeConte family miscellany (6 items)

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Caroline's LeConte's copy of Horace, containing illustrations by Caroline. (Transferred from Archives)

Papers of Joseph Nisbet LeConte and his wife, Helen (Gompertz) LeConte

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Correspondence: See partial list of correspondents for further information

Outgoing

Incoming miscellany, single items A-Z

Incoming, alphabetically arranged

At end miscellaneous letters to Helen (Gompertz) LeConte

Papers of Joseph Nisbet LeConte: Notebooks, diaries, journals, 1887-1946 1887-1946

Physical Description: (46 volumes) (Some rehoused in boxes 4-5, as noted below)

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Vols. 1-2:

1887: Blue Lake, Modoc County 1887:

Appendix, a few notes on Electrical Engineering and calculations

Vols. 3-4: 1889: Sierra camping trip, Hetch-Hetchy and Yosemite 1889:

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Vol. 3: Notes

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Joseph Nisbet LeConte journal entry with sketch of climbing route (two page spread). July 16, 1889 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Vol. 4: Enlarged and with photographs

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Includes early circular Kodak snapshots.

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Our Party in the Tuolumne Meadows. July 1889 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Photograph in Joseph Nisbet LeConte's Sierra camping trip journal.

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Journal entry with two photographs from Joseph Nisbet LeConte's Sierra camping trip journal. July 9, 1889 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Incldues two early circular Kodak snapshots. Image 30: Hetch Hetchy Fall and the meadows of the upper valley. Image 31: Palache washing socks in the bread pan.

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Journal entry with photograph from Joseph Nisbet LeConte's Sierra camping trip journal (two page spread). July 25, 1889 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Includes early Kodak circular snapshot with caption: Palche asleep on the summit of [Mount] Dana.

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Outfit (packing list) from Joseph Nisbet LeConte's Sierra camping trip journal. 1889 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Vols. 5-9: 1890: High Sierra camping trip, with references to Prof. Davidson and the Utica mine 1890:

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Vol. 5: Notes on observations, latitude, azimuth, barometer readings

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Vol. 6: Original Notes

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Vol. 7: Copy of Vol. 6, with some photographs, and references to separate photograph album (see picture drawer)

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Joseph Nisbet LeConte journal entry with sketch (two page spread). July 17, 1890 BANC MSS C-B 452

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From Journal of Camping Trip amongst the Highest of the California Sierra. Sketch is map of the South Fork of King's River in King's Canyon

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Vol. 8: Typescript carbon

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Vol. 9: Mimeographed

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Vol. 10: 1892: Small daily diary, sporadically kept, relating to Mt. Ritter trip, Mt. Lyell, and Yosemite 1892:

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Vol. 11: 1893: Hetch-Hetchy, Yosemite 1893:

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Vols. 12-13: 1894 1894

Vol. 12: Yosemite, May

Vol. 13: Yosemite, July

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So-di-ack, the Guardian Angel of Lake Tenaya July 1893 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Sketch in Joseph Nisbet LeConte journal.

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Vol. 14: 1895: Mt. Brewer and Mt. Whitney 1895:

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Vol. 15: 1896: Yosemite: observations, lists of photographs 1896:

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Vol. 16: 1891-1897: Record of Sierra trips 1891-1897:

1891: Yosemite via Lake Eleanor and Hetch-Hetchy 1891:

1892: Yosemite and Sierras, Mt. Lyell and Mt. Ritter 1892:

1893: Yosemite and surrounding country 1893:

1894: Yosemite, Hetch-Hetchy, Tuolumne Meadows (mentions Benjamin Pownall) 1894:

1895: Kings and Kern River Canyons, etc. 1895:

1896: Yosemite, King's River Canyon 1896:

1897: Yosemite, Tuolumne meadows, etc. 1897:

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Vol. 17: 1898: Yosemite 1898:

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Vol. 18: 1903: Kern, Whitney, and Kings Canyon 1903:

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Vol. 19: 1898-1903: Record of Sierra trips 1898-1903:

1898: Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows to King's River Canyon. Mention of Colby and Sierra Club 1898:

1899: Tehipitee Valley, King's River Canyon, and Mt. Tyndall 1899:

1900: King's River Canyon and Kearsage Pass 1900:

1901: King's River Canyon, wedding trip 1901:

1902: South and middle fork of King's River, Sierra Club 1902:

1903: Yosemite; Kern's River Canyon; King's River. Met President T. Roosevelt and John Muir. 1903:

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Journal entries from Joseph Nisbet LeConte's record of Sierra trips (two page spread). July 23-Aug 1, 1903 BANC MSS C-B 452

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Vol. 20: 1904: Yosemite to King's River 1904:

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Vol. 21: 1906: King's River Canyon and Simpson Meadow 1906:

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Vol. 22: 1904-1906 1904-1906

1904: Yosemite to King's River 1904:

1905: Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier and Mt. Shasta, with Sierra Club, Colby, Parsons 1905:

1906: King's River Canyon and Simpson Meadow 1906:

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Vol. 23: 1907: Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, Mono Lake and Mammoth 1907:

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Vol. 24: 1908: Yosemite, etc. 1908:

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Vol. 25: 1909: King's River Canyon 1909:

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Vol. 25a: Transcripts of Journals, 1891-1909 1891-1909

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Vol. 26: 1910: King's River Canyon 1910:

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Vol. 27: 1911: Yosemite to Blaney's Meadow 1911:

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Vol. 28: 1912: Yosemite 1912:

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Vol. 29: 1913: King's River Canyon 1913:

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Vol. 30: 1914: Trip to Europe 1914:

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Vol. 31: 1915: Yosemite 1915:

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Vol. 32: 1916: Yosemite 1916:

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Vol. 33: 1907-1916 1907-1916

1907: Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, Mono Lake and Mammoth; Sierra Club; Colby, Muir, Parsons 1907:

1908: Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy, High Mountain Route to King's River 1908:

1909: King's River Canyon, Simpson Meadow 1909:

1910: King's River Canyon; Sierra Club, Colby. 1910:

1911: Yosemite to Blaney Meadow 1911:

1912: Yosemite 1912:

1913: South and Middle Forks of King's River; Colby 1913:

1914: Europe 1914:

1915: Yosemite, Colby, Sierra Club, Mather, Marshall 1915:

1916: Yosemite, Tahoe; Marshall, Lewis 1916:

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Vol. 34: 1917-1919: Yosemite 1917-1919:

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Vol. 35: 1916-1920 1916-1920

1916: Yosemite (continuation of Vol. 33) 1916:

1917: Yosemite; Colby, Lewis, Sierra Club 1917:

1918: 1918:

Yosemite; Colby, Sierra Club

General Grant National Park

Tioga Road

Yosemite with Mather, Colby, Badè et al, winter trip

1919: 1919:

Yosemite, Tioga Road; Mather, Colby, Sierra Club

Yosemite Valley; Mather, Colby

1920: 1920:

Eel River Redwoods

Giant Forest (Sequoia Park); Mather

Horse Corral

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Vol. 36: 1920-1922 1920-1922

1920: Horse Corral 1920:

1921: Yosemite 1921:

1922: Redwoods in Humboldt 1922:

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Vol. 37: 1923: Yosemite 1923:

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Vol. 38: 1921-1924 1921-1924

1921: Yosemite; Ansel Adams; Hetch-Hetchy dam; Colby; Mather; Farquhar; Sierra Club, Marion Parsons 1921:

1922: Redwoods, Humboldt Co.; Marion Parsons; South Fork of the San Joaquin 1922:

1923: Yosemite Valley, Porcupine and Lake Tahoe; Ansel Adams; Badè; Colby; Sierra Club 1923:

1924: Porcupine Flat 1924:

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Vol. 39: 1922-1926 1922-1926

1922: Redwoods, Humboldt Co. 1922:

1925: King's River District; Ansel Adams 1925:

1926: Ski Club House, (summit) King's River Region with Ansel Adams 1926:

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Vol. 40: 1927: Summit, Lake Tahoe 1927:

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Vol. 41: 1928: South and Middle Fork of King's River 1928:

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Vol. 42: 1929 1929

Grant Park

Summit

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Vol. 43: 1930: Grant Park 1930:

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Vol. 44: 1925-1930 1925-1930

1925: King's River Region with Ansel Adams 1925:

1926: Summit; King's River Region with Ansel Adams 1926:

1927: Summit, Lake Tahoe 1927:

1928: South and Middle Fork of King's River 1928:

1929: King's River Canyon Tahoe 1929:

1930: Grant Park; Horse Corral, Ansel Adams, King's River Canyon 1930:

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Vol. 45: 1931-1932: Trip to Europe 1931-1932:

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Vol. 46: 1931-1946 1931-1946

1931-1932: Europe 1931-1932:

1933: Summit 1933:

1934: House in Carmel; Summit 1934:

1935: Carmel 1935:

1936: Carmel, trip to the East 1936:

1937: Retirement, Carmel 1937:

1938: Grant Park, King's Canyon 1938:

1939: Summit 1939:

1940: Summit 1940:

1941: Summit, Tahoe 1941:

1942: Yosemite; Grant Park; Friant Dam; Yosemite 1942:

1943: Yosemite; Ansel Adams; Colby (2 trips) 1943:

1944: Yosemite, Colbys, Adams; 1944:

1945: Yosemite; Hetch-Hetchy; Adams 1945:

1946: Yosemite; the Colbys 1946:

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Vol. 47: "Recollections": Subtitled: a few notes descriptive of a happy life. Principally written in 1942, with notes added 1945-1949. Memories of early University of California, of Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco; Yosemite and Oregon trips; his scientific work; formation of Sierra Club; Clarence Cory; 1906 earthquake; John Muir; Stephen Mather; Ansel Adams; list of publications at end.

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Vol. 48: Tribute to Professor LeConte, 1937. Includes clippings, programs, lists of those who attended the memorial dinner and letters accepting or declining the invitation. 1937.

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Added to Box 5: 3 notebooks (Lists of Negatives, 1900-1947) of J. N. LeConte, transferred from Pictorial Collection (BANC PIC 1971.034) 1900-1947)

LeConte, Joseph Nisbet: Lecture notes, diagrams, Master's thesis, and miscellany (1889-1949) 1889-1949

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Vol. 1: Regular Mechanics

Vol. 2: Lectures in strength of materials

Vol. 3: Problems in hydrodynamics

Vol. 4: Advanced physical laboratory

Vol. 5: Electrical machinery

Vol. 6: Alternate current electric machinery

Vols. 7-9: Theory of electric measurements (3 vols.)

Vols. 10-11: Lab work in electrical measurements (2 vols.)

Vol. 12: Steam boiler design

Vol. 13: Steam engine efficiency

Vols. 14-15: Dynamo electric machinery (2 vols.)

Vol. 16: A physical study of the characteristics of a 40-ampere Edison Dynamo (Master's thesis, June 1892) June 1892)

Vols. 17-20: Notes on Kinematics, 1895/1896-1898/1899 (4 vols.) 1895/1896-1898/1899

Vol. 21: Record of snow depths, 1897-1949 1897-1949

Miscellaneous diagrams of boilers and engines

Miscellaneous papers, include themes written in 1889, some papers relating to year at Cornell, miscellaneous newspapers, miscellaneous personal papers. 1889

Portfolio

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Diplomas and certificates, belonging to Joseph LeConte. Also, Caroline Eaton LeConte's University of California diploma.

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