Phillip Henry Gosse Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fifty-eight color transparencies and color prints made in 1994 and 1999 from Gosse's works in the British Museum. These document Alabama's moths, butterflies, caterpillers, dragonflies, mantises, crickets, beetles, and various plants.
Dates
- 1838
- Publication: 1994
- Publication: 1999
Conditions Governing Access
For inspection in archives only.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Gosse sketched and hand-colored the drawings in 1838 while he briefly lived in Alabama. These drawings are only a small part of the 233 sketches contained in his unpublished Entonologia Alabamensis which is in the British Museum in London, England.
Extent
58 Items
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Accession 94-56 was processed by unknown.
Finding aid entered into archivesspace by Tori Buchanan 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Phillip Henry Gosse Papers
- Subtitle
- 961
- Status
- Under Revision
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
