George L. Harrison, Jr., Photographs from Hunting Expeditions, 1903-1914
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2012-049
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 1300 glass and nitrate film negatives taken by and of George L. Harrison, Jr., and his wife Mary Ingalls Harrison, on their expeditions and travels in the early 20th Century. Importantly, a number of Academy specimens (mammals and birds, at least) were collected by Harrison et al. and remain in the Academy collections today.
Further, the collection includes an external hard-drive with a set of digital images of the negatives, professionally prepared by Chicago Albumen Works.
Dates
- 1903-1914
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1500 item(s) (Approximately 1300+ photographic negatives .... containers TBD upon delivery of collection.)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- George L. Harrison, Jr., Photographs from Hunting Expeditions, 1903-1914
- Status
- In Process
- Author
- Brandon Zimmerman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Repository
Contact:
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org