Haldemann, Samuel Stehman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880)
Person
Dates
- Existence: August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
American Entomological Society Printing Blocks, Original Sketch, and Certificate Copy
Collection — drawer: 84
Identifier: ANSP-2010-077-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two printing blocks from the American Entomological Society. The large printing block was made from a sketch of the same design. The large printing block is to create certificates for members of the society. A metal printing plate is attached to a wooden block for support. The printing plate reads: The American Entomological Society Philadelphia. There are twelve names that make up the border of the printing block. The names are: Cresson, Uhler, Fitch, Edwards,...
Dates:
Circa 19th Century
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
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1849, 1876
File — Box: 1, Folder: 63
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:
1849, 1876
Helen E. Lawson, Illustrations, 1842-1857
Collection — Box: Small Collections 16
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0912
Overview
Helen Elizabeth Lawson, the second daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth De Scaife Lawson, was born in Philadelphia sometime in or about the year 1808. An accomplished scientific illustrator, her contemporaries described her work to be "so perfect as certainly leave nothing to be desired", and H.A. Pilsbry stated that he considered her illustrations for Amos Binney's The Terrestrial Air-breathing Mollusks of the United States, to be the finest shell illustrations ever made. This collection...
Dates:
1842-1857
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
Joseph Leidy Correspondence and Documents (Photocopies)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001-A
Overview
Joseph 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. This collection contains photocopies of correspondence and...
Dates:
1847-1924
Samuel Bell Waugh Painting of Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Item
Identifier: ANSP-2011-069
Dates:
Circa 1850
The American Entomological Society Membership Diploma Printing Block, Circa 1867
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 2010.077.001.Artifact
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains two printing blocks from the American Entomological Society. The large printing block was made from a sketch of the same design. The large printing block is to create certificates for members of the society. A metal printing plate is attached to a wooden block for support. The printing plate reads: The American Entomological Society Philadelphia. There are twelve names that make up the border of the printing block. The names are: Cresson, Uhler, Fitch, Edwards,...
Dates:
Circa 1867
Unrelated Letters from Various Authors
Collection — Box: small accessions 4
Identifier: ANSP-2012-046
Scope and Contents
This collection houses unrelated letters, a postcard, and a sketch from various authors.
Dates:
1876-1914
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- Collection 7
- Archival Record 2
- Subject
- Correspondence 3
- Drawings 2
- Membership 2
- Printing 2
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1
- Engraving 1
- Entomologists 1
- Illustration 1
- Medicine 1
- Mollusks 1
- Natural History 1
- Paintings, American 1
- Paleontology 1
- Postcards -- 1880-1900 1
- Shells 1
- Sketches 1
- Watercolor painting 1 ∧ less
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