Box 97(OS)
Container
Contains 22 Results:
Letters of persons associated with Morse in Japan travels, 1882, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 1
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries A. Japan offers documentation of the years Morse resided in Japan as Professor of Zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo, and his 1882 ethnological expedition funded by the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of Salem. Documentation of his university tenure is sparse. Included are student papers and his teaching contract. Morse's sketches and notes reflect his eclectic curiosity. They include examples of shop signs, fireworks, hairpins, agricultural tools, and views of Noritane...
Dates:
1882, undated
Illustration, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 2
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries B. China contains similar materials, focusing on arrow-pullers, Korea, and roof tiling observations. Much of this series is written in Chinese.
Dates:
undated
Roofing tiles, sketches, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 3
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries B. China contains similar materials, focusing on arrow-pullers, Korea, and roof tiling observations. Much of this series is written in Chinese.
Dates:
undated
Lectures, regarding Japan, advertisements, Morse lectures, 1885-1887, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 8
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series VIII. Lectures includes notes and materials arranged topically. Through the popular Lowell Institute of Boston lecture series in 1882, Morse was able to introduce his American audience to an appreciation of oriental society and culture. Earlier undated lectures may reflect his itinerant teaching and his efforts to introduce Darwinian evolutionary theory and other scientific topics to academic as well as popular audiences.
Dates:
1885-1887, undated
Prints of plates, 1-2; 4-6; 10; 12; 14; 16-17, 1879
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 9
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
1879
Preliminary sketches, 12, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 10
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
undated
Preliminary sketches, 103, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 11
Identifier: 2.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
undated
Mechanicals, 19, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 12
Identifier: 2.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
undated
Mechanicals, 83-84, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 13
Identifier: 2.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
undated
Mechanicals, 103, undated
File — Box: 97(OS), Folder: 14
Identifier: 2.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Publications demonstrates Morse's prolific and versatile research on a variety of subjects. In addition to some fifty scientific papers relating to mollusca and brachiopoda, he produced numerous monographs of Asian ethnology and art, zoology, archeology, astronomy, and religion. Related correspondence is filed with the article or monograph. "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" (1879), describes Morse's identification and excavation of the group of Neolithic shell mounds...
Dates:
undated