Ornithology Department Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of catalogs, information about special collections within our holdings, lists of birds offered for sale, donated, exchanged or discarded, various working notes of the curators, personnel of the department,
and general notes. The persons most concerned in this material are John Cassin, Elliott Coues, William A. Kite, Spencer Trotter, Mr. Hill and Wharton Huber, with Witmer Stone adding the later personal touches to the material describing our bird collection. Not only are the bird skins mentioned but collections of nests, eggs, skeletons and crania as well.
List of signers: Abbott, Gertrude, 1928; Cadwalader, C. M. B. (2) 1928; Cassin, John, 1863 ( ?); Clubb, Joseph A. 1926; Coues, Elliott, 1876 ( ?); Dixon, Fannie G. 1928; Dixon, Samuel G. ( 3 ) 1867-69; Kite, Wm. A. 1880; Lefevre, Rufus H. (10) 1927-28; Moffett, Lacy I. (4) 1927-28; Morris, Galloway, 1893; Penrose, R. A. F. (2) 1928; Rhoads, Samuel N. 1893; Smith, A. Russell, 1927; Stone, Witmer, 1926; Trotter, Spencer, 1878; Woolman, Ed. (2) 1928; Woolman, Lewis, 1893.
Dates
- 1863-2010
Creator
- Rice, Nate (Nathan Hartman) (1971-) (Person)
Extent
33.5 linear feet (42 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Academy staff integrated 2 finding aids describing Ornithology Deparmtent records into this finding aid in 2019.
Previous collections integrated and described as part of Coll 54
- Verreaux Shipping Manifests of the Ornithology Catalogues Purchased of Due de Rivoli and John Gould, Coll 53
- ANSP Bird Department Papers, Coll 297
Creator
- Rice, Nate (Nathan Hartman) (1971-) (Person)
- Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, 1879-1965 (Person)
- Fingerhood, Edward D. (Person)
- Vanderbilt, George (Person)
- Sheldon, Frederick H. (Person)
- Gill, Frank B. (Person)
- Stone, Witmer, 1866-1939 (Person)
- Rhoads, Samuel N. (Samuel Nicholson) (1862-1952) (Person)
- Title
- Ornithology Department Records
- Author
- Evan Peugh
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- January 2023: Revised by Jessica M. Lydon, Brooke Dolan Archivist to include list of previous finding aids describing materials integrated into Coll 54.
Repository Details
Part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Repository
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org