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 Collection Overview Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886 Shepard Papers 1826-1881 5 archives boxes + 1 bound volume (3.3 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Botanist, mineralogist, natural historian. Collection consists primarily of letters regarding Shepard's mineral collection, and also includes a few notebooks, a bound volume of pamphlets and miscellaneous other materials. English. Biographical Note

Charles Upham Shepard was born on June 29, 1804, and died on May 1, 1886. He spent one year at Brown University before entering Amherst in 1821. After graduation in 1824 he spent almost a year studying under Professor L. Nuttall and, after giving private lessons in Botany and Mineralogy for a few months in Boston, entered the laboratory of Professor Benjamin Silliman at Yale College where he remained for another two years. From 1830 to 1847 he was Lecturer on Natural History at Yale. While at Yale, in 1832-33, under a commission from the U.S. Government, Shepard investigated plans adopted in the culture of sugarcane and the manufacture of sugar in the southern United States, and incorporated the results of his observations in Professor Silliman's report to the Secretary of the Treasury in 1833. In 1835 he was the associate of Dr. Percival in the State Geological Survey of Connecticut. He was also Professor of Chemistry and Natural History in the Charleston (S.C.) Medical College from 1834 to 1861, and from 1865 to 1869. In 1845 he became Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Amherst College and retained that position until 1852. From 1852 to 1877 he was Professor of Natural History, and was Emeritus Professor from 1877 until his death in 1886 at Charleston, South Carolina.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection of Shepard's papers consists primarily of letters to him during the period 1830-1833 concerning his mineral collecting. There are some papers that he saved concerning the sugar industry as well as a few notebooks he used for Chemistry notes under Professor Silliman, and a bound volume of pamphlets by Shepard. At the end of the collection is a miscellaneous group of various materials such as old newspapers. The collection was the gift of the Pratt Geology Museum, November 1968.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into four series:

1. Letters, ca. 1830-1833 2. Papers, ca. 1826-1833 3. Miscellaneous Materials, ca. 1831-1840 4. Bound Manuscripts and Pamphlets, ca. 1833-1881 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

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 Search Terms Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886. Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864. Amherst College--Faculty. Amherst College--Students. Medical College of the State of South Carolina--Faculty. Yale University--Faculty. Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst. Natural history--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst. Lecture notes--Amherst College. Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864. Amherst College. Class of 1824. Shepard. Series 1: Letters, ca. 1830-1833 Sub-Series A: Incoming Correspondence 1 1 A-B 1 2 C-D 1 3 E-F 1 4 G-H 1 5 I-M 2 1 N-P 2 2 Q-S 2 3 T-Z 2 4 Unidentified correspondence Sub-Series B: Outgoing Correspondence 2 5 Letters from Charles Upham Shepard Sub-Series C: Other Correspondence 2 6 Miscellaneous letters to Benjamin Silliman, some referring to Charles Upham Shepard 3 1 Bills and Receipts 3 2 Bills and Receipts Series 2: Papers, ca. 1826-1833 3 3 Notes and extracts connected with chemistry 1826 3 4 Plan of Professor Silliman's lectures on chemistry 1826-1827 3 5 Papers relating to the Sugar Inquiry ca. 1833 3 6 Notes on chemicals 3 7 Notes on Botany 4 1 Pages from a scientific journal concerning Shepard's discovery of Danburite 4 2 Treatise on Mineral Water; Treatise on Geology; miscellaneous articles taken from journals 4 3 Newspaper, National Gazette, Philadelphia, May 23 -- review of book by Shepard (p. 2, col. 2) Series 3: Miscellaneous Materials, ca. 1831-1840 4 4 Miscellaneous printed handbills and letters 4 5 Statement of Sugar Made in Louisiana in 1831 ca. 1831 4 6 Garden calendar 1833 4 7 Miscellaneous -- Almanac 1832, drawings of shells, notes on sugarcane, calling cards, questions on coal mines 1832, n.d. 4 8 Old newspapers: London Sun, June 22, 1840; New York Observer, June 29, 1839; London Journal of Commerce, August 29, 1840; London Sun, June 25, 1840 1839-1840 Series 4: Bound Manuscripts and Pamphlets, ca. 1833-1881 Sub-Series A: Manuscripts 4 8 Volume I: Lectures by Professor Shepard 1843 4 8 Volume II: On the supposed tadpole nests, or imprints made by the Patrachoides nidificans (Hitchcock) in the red shale of the New Red Sandstone at South Hadley, Massachusetts 4 9 Lectures by Professor Shepard 1844 5 9 Volume III: Catalogue of shells 5 9 Volume IV: Laboratory Memo Book 1836 5 1 Loose pages from a scientific journal: Article XXI "Description of the Skull of the Guadaloupe Fossil Human Skeleton" by James Moultrie, M.D. ... with introductory remarks by C.U. Shepard, M.D. 5 2 Meteoric Collection of Charles Upham Shepard, Jr. 1881 Jan 22 5 3 Contribution to Mineralogy (2 copies) Sub-Series B: Bound Pamphlets (These pamphlets are bound together in one volume.) Vol 1 Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane and the Fabrication and Refinement of Sugar. Washington, Francis Preston Blair, 1833. With diagrams. 1833 Vol 2 Address delivered before the New Haven Horticultural Society. New Haven, Babcock and Galpin, 1838. 1838 Vol 3 Report of the Managed of the Horticultural Fair. New Haven, Babcock and Galpin, 1838. 1838 Vol 4 Pages 133-162 from a journal - p. 134, Article XII: "Geology of Upper Illinois" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 5 Pages 161-168 from a journal - p. 161., Article XIII: "Calstronbarite, a New Mineral Species" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 6 An Address before the Agricultural Societies of Hampshire, Franklin, and Hamden Counties at their Anniversary Fairs. Northampton, John Metcalf, 1847. 1847 Vol 7 Pages 245-260 from a journal - p. 249, Article XXVI: "On New Minerals from Texas, Lancaster County, Penn." by C.U. Shepard. p. 251, Article XXVII: "An Account of the Meteorite of Castine, Maine, May 20, 1848" by C.U. Shepard. 1848 Vol 8 Report on American Meteorites. New Haven, B.L. Hamlen, 1848. 1848 Vol 9 Pages 325-328 of a scientific journal-, article by Henry Wurtz. n.d. Vol 10 Pages 38-44 of a journal - p. 38, Article III: "Reply to Dr. F.A. Genth's Remarks on the Minerals of the Canton Mine" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 11 Account of Three New American Meteorites with Observations Upon the Geographical Distribution of Such Bodies Generally. Charleston, S.C.: Steam power press of Walker and James, 1850. 1850 Vol 12 Pages 321-336 of a journal - p. 329: "A Notice of Foreign Meteorites" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 13 Pages 305-320 of a journal - p. 311: "An Account of Several New Mineral Species" by C.U. Shepard. p. 319: "On New Localities of American Minerals" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 14 Meteorites in the Cabinet of Charles Upham Shepard (1851). 1851 Vol 15 On Meteorites. n.d. Vol 16 Notice of Lion River, South Africa Meteoric Iron. New Haven, B.L. Hamlen, 1853. 1853 Vol 17 Catalogue of C.U. Shepard1s Meteoric Collection. n.d. Vol 18 Professor Shepard on the Canton (Georgia) Copper and SilverLead Mine. New Haven, Hayes, 1856. 1856 Vol 19 On a New Locality of Meteoric Iron in the Orange River Country, South Africa. n.d. Vol 20 Pages 96-100 of a journal - p. 96, Article X: "Five New Mineral Species" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 21 On a New Locality of Meteoric Iron in the Orange River Country, South Africa (duplicate). n.d. Vol 22 On the Rutherfordton, N.C. Meteoric Iron [sic] and the Charleston, S.C. Shooting Star. n.d. Vol 23 Notice of Collections in Natural History preserved in the Shepard Cabinet at Amherst College. n.d. Vol 24 Pages 203-208 of a journal - p. 204, Article XIX: "Notices of Several American Meteorites" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 25 Catalogue of the Meteoric Collection of Charles Upham Shepard. n.d. Vol 26 Meteoric Collection of Charles Upham Shepard, Massachusetts Professor of Natural History in Amherst College, U.S.A. n.d. Vol 27 Report of Prof. Charles Upham Shepard's Analysis of the East Whately Ochre and Sienna Mine. n.d. Vol 28 A Description of the Emery Mine of Chester, Hamden County, Massachusetts, USA. London, Taylor and Francis, 1865. 1865 Vol 29 New Classification of Meteorites with an Enumeration of Meteoric Species. n.d. Vol 30 Pages 249-252 of a journal - p. 249, Article XXXIX: "Brief Notices of Several Localities of Meteoric Iron" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 31 Pages 245-248 of a journal - p. 246, Article XXXVIII: "Mineral Notices" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 32 New Classification of Meteorites with an Enumeration of Meteoric Species (duplicate). n.d. Vol 33 Pages 230-248 of a journal - p. 230: "Notice of New Meteoric Irons in the United States" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 34 Pages 1-8 of a journal - p. 1, Article XII: "Mineralogical Contributions" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 35 Pages 129-144 of a journal - p. 133, Article XX: "Notice of the Meteoric Stone of Searsmont, Maine" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 36 On the Corundum Region of North Carolina and Georgia. n.d. Vol 37 Catalogue of the Meteoric Collection of Charles Upham Shepard deposited in the Wood's Building of Amherst College, Mass. n.d. Vol 38 Catalogue of Minerals Found within about 75 miles of Amherst College, Ms. n.d. Vol 39 Additional Notice of the Estherville Meteorite of May 10, 1879. 1879 Vol 40 On Aerolites. Read before the Connecticut Academy of Science, June 18, 1879. 1879 Jun 18 Vol 41 The Rural Carolinian, January 1870, p. 217 "The Agricultural School of Moscow" by C.U. Shepard. 1870 Jan Vol 42 The Rural Carolinian, March 1870, p. 332 "Sources of Plant Food by C.U. Shepard. 1870 Mar Vol 43 The Rural Carolinian, May 1870, p. 469 "Guanape Island Guano" by C.U. Shepard. 1870 May Vol 44 The Rural Carolinian, June 1872, p. 477 "On the So-called 'Reduced' Phosphate" by C.U. Shepard. 1872 Jun Vol 45 The Rural Carolinian May 1871, p. 438 "On the Phosphate Sands of South Carolina" by C.U. Shepard. 1871 May Vol 46 Mineralogical Notes. n.d. Vol 47 Pages 347-350 from The American Journal of Science-Second Series. Vol.XLII, No. 126, Nov. 1866.- p.347, Article XLVII: "New Locality of Meteoric Iron in Cohauila, Northern Mexico" by C.U. Shepard. 1866 Nov Vol 48 Pages 311-320 from a journal - p. 311: "An Account of Several New Mineral Species" by C.U. Shepard. P. 319: "On New Localities of American Minerals" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 49 Pages 113-128 of a journal - p. 116, Article X: "On the Want of Identity between Microlite and Pyrochlore" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 50 Pages 35-40 of a journal - p. 36, Article VII: "On Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, and Tetradymite in Georgia" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 51 Pages 35-40 of a journal - p. 36, Article VII: "On Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, and Tetradymite in Georgia" by C.U. Shepard, (duplicate). n.d. Vol 52 Pages 38-44 of a journal - p. 38, Article III: "Reply to Dr. F.A. Genth's Remarks on the Minerals of the Canton Mine" by C.U. Shepard (duplicate). n.d. Vol 53 Pages 245-246 of a journal - p. 246, Article XXXVIII: "Mineralogical Notices" by C.U. Shepard (duplicate). n.d. Vol 54 Pages 277-280 of a journal - p. 278: "Mineralogical Notices" by C.U. Shepard. n.d. Vol 55 Pages 369-372 of a journal - p. 369, Article XXXVIII: "Notice of Three Ponderous Masses of Meteoric Iron at Tucson, Sonora" by C.U. Shepard. n.d.