Photographs, 1849-1899, undated

Photographs of geological sites near New Comerstown, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska. An additional photograph of an unidentified site was originally with a manuscript of “Geologic Time” by C.B. Shedd (1846-1935, A.B. 1868). Three photographs of fossils were given to Wright by Sam Huston of Stubenville, Ohio. Also included is a photograph of botanist and Christian Darwinist Asa Gray, his wife Jane Loring Gray, and third person identified simply as Professor Hooker. An 1899 photograph shows Wright on an excursion with unidentified students. Series VIII. Miscellaneous Materials includes a tintype of an unidentified woman that is pasted inside the front cover of a New Testament. Five cased images dating from about 1849 were received in 2015. These are three hand-tinted ambrotypes and two daguerreotypes, including a portrait of William W. Wright. All but one of these portraits are of unidentified individuals.