Martindale, Isaac
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
ANSP Treasurer Reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0605
Overview
This collection contains the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Treasurers' reports and other financial documents. Annual reports, appropriation documents, a budget report, two building fund reports, minutes, correspondence, one Treasurer's final account and a Trustees lease are included from the timeperiod of 1815 through 1927. The largest portion of the collection consists of Treasurers' annual reports. The financial documents in this collection provide a unique view into the...
Dates:
1815-1927
Eugene Murray Aaron Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0637
Scope and Contents
A local entomologist, Aaron wrote up a Record of captures, 'pinnumbers" and field notes of his collection, 1882-89, covering the nearby New Jersey and Philadelphia locale. Isaac C. Martindale obtained specimens from Aaron, borrowed the "Record" and made the present transcript for his own use. Aaron was an early editor of Entomological News and much of the included correspondence pertains to matters of editorial interest. In later life this Aaron changed his name to the hyphenated form...
Dates:
1882-1901
Isaac C. Martindale Papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0533
Scope and Contents
While fundamentally a banker and businessman, Martindale was an accomplished naturalist, with interests largely in the fields of botany and entomology. Once treasurer and councilman of the Academy, vice-president of the American Entomological Society and Corresponding secretary of the Botanical section; also a member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. His collection of insects was purchased by the Academy. His botanical collection is a prized possession of the...
Dates:
1871-1893
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
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