All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 4 Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 2 Amherst College. Class of 1849. Hitchcock 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911 1 Williston Seminary (Easthampton, Mass.) 1 Topic 4 Identification 2 Shells 2 Correspondence 1 Nautilus 1 Format 1 Pen and ink on linen 1 Part Of 2 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings 1 Genre 3 Correspondence 1 Cross sections 1 Scientific illustrations 1 Subject 5 Shells – Identification 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911 – Correspondence 1 Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 – Correspondence 1 Nautilus – Identification 1 Williston Seminary (Easthampton, Mass.) 1 Edward Hitchcock, Jr. letter to Orra White Hitchcock, 1845 March 4 Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911 A letter to Orra White Hitchcock in which Edward Hitchcock, Jr. writes about his room at Williston Seminary and his studies there. He also describes in detail some shell specimens he "found in the canal" that he plans to send home and hopes that C.B. Adams [presumably the naturalist Charles Baker Adams], who Orra had mentioned would be coming to Amherst, will be able to identify. Edward Hitchcock, Jr. letter to Orra White Hitchcock, 1845 March 4 Orra White Hitchcock drawing of nautilus shell Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 One of 61 drawings done by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history. Orra White Hitchcock drawing of nautilus shell
