Tryon, George W. (George Washington), 1838-1888
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1838 - 1888
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
ANSP Agreements Documents and Papers Pertaining to Legal Matters
Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0575
Scope and Contents
This collection contains leases, contracts and disclaimers. They are concerned with building operations.
Assembled from various archival nooks in the Academy in 1960.
Dates:
1815-1875
ANSP Petitions and Resolutions Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0602
Scope and Contents
These petitions and resolutions are close pieces, possibly written by the person proposing the action, as a note for the secretary when copying his minutes. Most of them are transcribed into the Minutes of the Academy but
oftentimes changed in wording or intent. The petitions number only four and were made mostly to the legislature of Pennsylvania, or to some branch of the Federal Government, their inclusive dates being 1837-1876. The resolutions have been arranged in two groups, first those...
Dates:
1826-1895
Charles Eastwick Smith letters from botanists
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0132
Overview
Charles Eastwick Smith (1820-1900) was an engineer and inventor involved in railroad, ironworks and steel. His interest in botany led him to membership at the Academy of Natural Sciences where he held several positions from 1851 until his death. Over the years Smith compiled an herbarium of specimens found within 15 miles of Philadelphia, which he bequeathed to the Academy. The collection contains letters from botanists, a number of booksellers, and other correspondents. In addition to the...
Dates:
n.d., 1862-1899
Charles Lennig Chrome Ore Land Donation Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0549
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia businessman and president of the Tacomy Chemical Works, he joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1847. In 1867, when the trustees of the building fund were making a concerted effort to get money for the
new building, Charles Lennig donated to the Academy some chrome ore lands in Chester County. These were sold, but a royalty clause retained some income for the Academy besides the principle gift. These papers have one letter
from Lennig advising the sale of the property to...
Dates:
1867-1868
George Washington Tryon, Jr., Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0373
Scope and Contents
Gunsmith by trade, conchologist by avocation, Tryon's connections with the Academy extended from 1859-76, during which time he was a curator, secretary of the Board of the Building Fund, founder of the Conchological
Section and editor of the American Journal of Conchology and the Manual of Conchology. Deposited his collections and library in the Section, and set up a permanent trust fund towards its support.These papers concern the erection of the fund through the sale of Academy...
Dates:
1888
Joseph Leidy Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001
Overview
Joseph Mellick Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. The Joseph Leidy Correspondence collection contains...
Dates:
1845-1913, undated
Tryon, George W., Jr., 1861-1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 149
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 704 letters addressed to Haldeman, Constantine Rafinesque and Thomas Say, with a letterbook of 22 letters written by Haldeman. In subject, the letters refer to paleontology, conchology, entomology, ichthyology, to Indian relics and to spelling reform. A letter from Leidy is illustrated and several of those written by Haldeman bear pencil sketches. In his letterbook is information about a proposed U. S. Naval Expedition to South America with J.
G. Strain, and...
Dates:
1861-1880
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- Botanists 1
- Botany 1
- Conchologists 1
- Correspondence 1
- Educational fund raising 1