Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, 1862-1957
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1957
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Sharp Papers and Glass Lantern Slides
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0349
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials primarily related to Academy of Natural Sciences sponsored expeditions Benjamin Sharp was a part of to collect specimens and study the natural world in the West Indies in 1888, to Greenland in 1891 along with Robert Peary, and to Hawai’i in 1893.
Dates:
1844-1952; Majority of material found within 1888-1894
Francis Whittier Pennell Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0118
Scope and Contents
The Francis Whittier Pennell papers includes itineraries, field notebooks, manuscripts and research, and correspondence spanning Pennell’s 40 years in botany. It is divided into five series: field work, Scrophulariaceae work, scientific writing, biographies of botanists, and correspondence. Series I. Field Work, contains three subseries. A. Itineraries, which contains itineraries for Pennell’s collecting expeditions to Colombia, Peru, and Chile as well as expeditions to the...
Dates:
1874-1982; Majority of material found within 1908-1952
Henry A. Pilsbry's Leather Case
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-091-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This leather briefcase belonged to Henry Augustus Pilsbry while he worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences. The leather briefcase must be handled with care. It is fragile, torn, and folded in half. The leather has torn away from the stitching on the bottom sides of the case. The zipper is undone and a small tagged attached reads: Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry @ 2244 Franklin Avenue, Morton, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
Circa 1890
Leidy Memorial Fund Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0582
Scope and Contents
The deed of gift made by Joseph Leidy, I1 in 1923 to the Academy states that the fund was to be known as, "The Joseph Leidy Memorial Fundn. A bronze medal and an honorarium, not to exceed $100 was to be awarded every
third year. Conferred "As a Reward for the Best Publication, Exploration, Discovery or Research in the Natural Sciences in such particular branches thereof as may be designated . . .". Later, an additional sum was supplied by
members of the Leidy family, especially by Philip...
Dates:
1923-1942
Letters from Emperor Hirohito of Japan to Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry
Collection — Folder: FF71
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0459
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of a letter in Japanese in black brush work on accordion folded paper from Hirohito, His Highness the Prince Regent, dated December 21, 1926 thanking Pilsbry for a copy of the Manual of Conchology, published by the Academy. An English translation of the letter was included on letterhead of the Japanese Embassy, Washington, and signed by Count Sutemi Chinda, Lord Steward to the Crown Prince. Also included is a letter, dated October 28, 1949 sent to Pilsbry,...
Dates:
1926, 1949
Malacology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0804
Overview
Scientists have been studying shells from the very beginning of the Academy of Natural Science’s long history. Thomas Say, Isaac Lea, and Timothy Abbott Conrad are just a few examples of Academy scientists who made important contributions to the field of conchology before there was an official department at the Academy. On December 26, 1866, the Conchological Section was formally established at the Academy, creating a departmental unity under curator George Washington Tryon, who led...
Dates:
1848-2021
Pennell-Pilsbry Expedition to Mexico Papers
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0903
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous papers relating to the joint botanical and conchological expedition of the Academy, to Mexico in 1934. Cyril H. Harvey accompanied the group as amateur photographer. Included are memoranda, certificates, accounts, application for grant, agreements and correspondence.
Dates:
1934
Pennell-Pilsbry, Mexico ANSP Expedition Lantern Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2009-013
Scope and Contents
Between 1934 and 1935, Academy members Henry A. Pilsbry, Curator of Mollusks (1862-1957) and Francis W. Pennell, Curator of Botany (1886-1952) led an expedition to Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Slide 178 contains a Map of Mexico with the route taken by Pilsbry and Pennell during the summers of 1934 and 1935. Along the route black and white photographs (by Cyril Harvey) were taken of landscapes, people, cities, flora, fauna, and other areas of interest. Many of the slides are hand-colored....
Dates:
1934 - 1935
Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0200
Scope and Contents
The Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers houses the papers of Henry Augustus Pilsbry. This collection, which dates from 1878 to 1986, with bulk dates from 1878 to 1957, consists of correspondence, notes, index cards, manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, illustrated and photographic publication plates, photographs, negatives, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and wooden printing blocks.This collection is arranged into six series: “I. Correspondence, 1882-1977,“ “II. Writings,...
Dates:
1878 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1878 - 1957
Additional filters:
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- Collection 10
- Archival Record 1
- Subject
- Correspondence 4
- Field notes 3
- Malacologists 2
- Malacology 2
- Maps 2
- Photographs 2
- Research notes 2
- Administrative records 1
- Alaska 1
- Biographies 1
- Biological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
- Bivalves 1
- Blue Mountains (Jamaica) 1
- Botanists 1
- Botany 1
- Briefcases 1
- Cartago (Costa Rica) 1
- Catalogues 1
- Chestervale (Jamaica) 1
- Chile 1
- Colombia 1
- Colon (Panama) 1
- Conchologists 1
- Cristobal (Panama) 1
- Greenland 1
- Guapiles (Costa Rica) 1
- Havana (Cuba) 1
- Hawaii 1
- Indigenous people 1
- Japan 1
- Kingston (Jamaica) 1
- Lantern slides 1
- Leather 1
- Leprosy -- Patients 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Mexico 1
- Microscopes 1
- Microscopy 1
- Mollusks 1
- Morces Gap (Jamaica) 1
- Negatives (photographic) 1
- Pacayas (Costa Rica) 1
- Peru 1
- Photographic Plates 1
- Port Limon (Costa Rica) 1
- Portland (Jamaica) 1
- Publications 1
- Reports 1
- Saint Helen's Gap (Jamaica) 1
- San Jose (Costa Rica) 1
- Scarborough (Trinidad and Tobago) 1
- Schistosoma 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Scrophulariaceae 1
- Shells 1
- Siberia (Russia) 1
- West Indies 1
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1 ∧ less
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