John William Draper family papers
Contributors: Draper, Daniel, 1841-1931; Draper, Henry, 1837-1882; Draper, John C. (John Christopher), 1835-1885
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16100
Subjects: Correspondence; New York University. Medical Dept.; New York University; American Chemical Society; Science; Evolution (Biology); Meteorology; Medical colleges; British Association for the Advancement of Science; New York Meteorological Observatory; Meteorological stations; Universities and colleges; History
Description: Correspondence; manuscript and printed copies of speeches, articles, and books; subject files; financial records; family papers; and other papers relating to Draper's career as a scientist and historian.  Documents his work as president of the New York University Medical Dept. (1850-1882), nomination as president of the American Chemical Society, address (1860) before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and writings including the Life of Franklin (unpublished until 1977) and History of the American Civil War (1867-1870).  Subjects include the exchange between Samuel Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley on Darwin's theory on the origin of species.

Correspondents include Alexander Agassiz, Benjamin Alvord, Theodorus Bailey, George Bancroft, F.A.P. Barnard, George Bell, Schuyler Colfax, George W. Cullum, John Adolphus B. Dahlgren, James Dwight Dana, William Darling, Charles Darwin, John Gibbon, W.E. Gladstone, Ulysses S. Grant, William Babcock Hazen, John F.W. Herschel, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benson John Lossing, Valentine Mott, Simon Newcomb, William T. Sherman, Benjamin Silliman, Herbert Spencer, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Edwin McMasters Stanton, John Tyndall, Gideon Welles, J.D. Whitney, Thomas John Wood, and William Jay Youmans.

Also includes papers of Draper's sons, John C. Draper, Henry Draper, and Daniel Draper; and other members of the Draper, Maury (Morey), and Ludlow families.  Papers of Daniel Draper relate to his work (1869-1911) with the New York Meteorological Observatory and include correspondence with Cleveland Abbe, Alexander Graham Bell, James McKeen Cattell, Gustave Eiffel, Valentine Mott, C. Piazzi Smyth, and John Tyndall.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Daniel C. Draper, 1973-1974.

transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Scientist and historian.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.