American Postal Micro-Cabinet Club papers
Scope and Contents
The papers include rules of the club and lists of members; discussions of the slides with some drawings for the
years 1875-87; the 'Floral Diary" of E. A. Rau, 1865-76; and a list of plants collected by his father Simon Rau, for his 1837 and 1838 herbaria. News clippings about the Lehigh Valley, the Easton, and the Bethlehem Microscopical
Societies are tipped in. Linne's Dial of Flora is found on page 89 of the Floral Diary.
Signers of letters and documents: Rau, Eugene A. (2) 1865-76; Rau, Simon (3) 1837-38; Hervey, A. 1875; Ward, W. W. n. d.
Dates
- 1875-1887
Biographical note
Founded at Troy, New York, 1875, for the circulation, study and discussion of microscopic objects on slides.
Extent
1 file_folders (7 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Archived from the Botanical Department, 1952 and 1957, presumably donated to the Academy at the time Mr. Rau's papers came to this institution.
- Status
- In Process
- 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
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org