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Angelo Heilprin papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0147

Scope and Contents

A partial diary of this trip, 1891-92 is preserved, some letters and other papers and documents regarding his official duties at the Academy. Writings and personalia complete the collection.

List of signers: Binder, Jacob, n. do; Bryant, Henry G. 1893; Hart, Gavin W.; Heilprin, Angelo (9) 1892-94; Morris, Charles, n.d.; Nolan, E. J. (2) 1892.

Dates

  • 1871-1896

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Geographer, explorer and geologist, Heilprin was prominent in scientific circles in Philadelphia, founding the Geographical Society and instigating the dispatch of the so-called relief expedition to rescue Peary in Greenland. A partial diary of this trip, 1891-92 is preserved, some letters and other papers and documents regarding his official duties at the Academy. Writings and personalia complete the collection.

Extent

2 linear_inches (34 items)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Laurence Heilprin, Dec. 16, 1954, through courtesy of H. G. Richards.

Author
Venia T. Phillips and Maurice E. Phillips (1963)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Repository

Contact:
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