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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Jay, Frank Webster. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Frank Webster Jay Collection contains letters written by scientists from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Correspondents include Nicolaas L. Burman, J. A. van Bemmelen, Hermann Boerhaave, Alexander Brongniart, Bory de St. Vincent, Edward Jenner, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Karl Peter Thunberg, and Casimir Christoph Schmidel. Some letters are in Dutch, others are in Danish, English, French, German, Italian, or Latin.
The collection is divided into six series: Series I: French Scientists; Series II: Dutch and Flemish Scientists; Series III: English and American Scientists; Series IV: German Scientists; Series V: Italian Scientists; and Series VI: Danish Scientists.