Overview The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is a natural history museum which was founded in 1812, “for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning.” The ANSP Board of Trustees, was established in 1925, as one of the institution’s primary administrative bodies. The Board of Trustees was charged with establishing financial policies, selecting the Academy President, assisting with fund raising and community relations, and serving as a...

Scope and Contents Philadelphia diatomist, elected to the Academy of Natural Sciences, February, 1892, and active in the Leidy Microscopical Society. Scrapbook contains orders and letters pertaining to his book: The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and vicinity, as well as letters of condolence addressed to Mrs. Boyer. Many items (47) were laid in and are filed separately.Gift of Mrs. Boyer in 1928, preserved by the Leidy Microscopical Society, later stored in the Limnology Department and archived in...

Scope and Contents In 1868, the Biological department of the Academy, through union with the Microscopical Society of Philadelphia became the Biological and Microscopical Section of the Academy. This continued to 1924, when the Section became the Leidy Microscopical Club. The minutes of the Club are contained in Coll. 295, relating to the Biological and Microscopical Section. This collection contains correspondence, a list of the Club's property (1930), an account of a meeting, and 5 letterpress annual...

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This collection contains scrapbooks relating to field trips, photographs, reports, accounts of expeditions, historical notes on the Society, programs, biographical information about members, and correspondence. See Coll. 88 for historical sketch of the Society.

Deposited by the Philadelphia Botanical Society, 1959.