Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 211 drawings by Leidy: 27 drawings of termite parasites, 177 drawings of Rhizopods, 4 drawings of human cerebrum, 2 teaching diagrams (of protozoa and Lucanus cervus), a pencil drawing of his home on Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and a sketchbook filled with 14 pages of 65 sketches of shells, done by Leidy at the age of 10. Leidy's drawings were done in pencil, many include watercolor, and a few include ink. All drawings include Leidy's notes in pencil or pen, and...

Overview Most popularly known as the Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology, Joseph Leidy was also the Founder of American Parasitology, a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, a pioneering protozoologist, an influential teacher of Natural History, a passionate microscopist, an accomplished scientific illustrator, and an expert on a variety of subjects. He published scientific papers on more than a thousand extinct and living protozoa, fungi and animals as well as an assortment...