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Antique Spectrometer

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-100-Artifact
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one large wooden box with handle and one antique spectrometer with a metal base. Two scopes are attached to the spectrometer and a crystal sits in the center of the instrument. A Spectrometer is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials

Dates: 19th Century

Antique Spectrometer

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-097-Artifact
Scope and Contents

An instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. This antique spectrometer has two scopes, one attached and one loose. There is also no crystal to help reflect light. The spectrometer sits on a wooden base. The loose scope is attached to the wooden base.

Dates: 19th Century

Benjamin Sharp Papers and Glass Lantern Slides

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0349
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials primarily related to Academy of Natural Sciences sponsored expeditions to collect specimens and study the natural world in the West Indies in 1888, Greenland in 1891, and Hawai’i in 1893.

Dates: 1844 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1888 - 1894

Biographical Reference File

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1017
Scope and Contents This is a collection of reference files assembled by Library and Archives staff beginning in the 1980s documenting the activities of persons directly associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences and with the study of the natural world more generally. This includes early Academy members, staff, trustees, volunteers, donors, and others associated with the Academy and its specimen collections and environmental research. The collection provides background information often found in secondary...
Dates: circa 1915-2024

Communications Department Files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2012-077
Scope and Contents

This collection contains files transferred from the Communications Department pertaining to each scientific department, including reprints and press releases. Folder 2 contains reprints of various accounts of the Academy's history.

Dates: 1950-2012

Edward Drinker Cope Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0328
Abstract Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was one of the most distinguished American scientists of the 19th century. The bulk of his work was in the fields of paleontology, zoology, geology and anatomy. During his lifetime, he discovered and described over 600 new species and contributed over 1300 papers to scientific literature. The collection contains certificates and honors, medals, manuscripts of scientific papers, drawings, scientific photographs, biographical material, news clippings, account...
Dates: 1859-1907

Darwin Society Plaques

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-084-Artifact
Scope and Contents This collection contains two seperate plaques. The first plaque is a dedication plaque and reads: The Darwin Society, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia expresses its sincere appreciation to the Darwin Society for its guidance and support. Established 1980. The second plaque is a name plaque and it reads from top to bottom: Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. George E.Bartol III, Alan Crawford Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C.C.G Chaplin, J.T Dorrance Jr., Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram L....
Dates: 1980

Edward James Nolan, Commemorative volumes of the Centenary celebration of the Academy

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0431
Scope and Contents

This collection represents a specially prepared copy of Volume 15 of the Journal of the Academy, second series, 1912. The original letterpress copy is used as a base with interleaving and manuscript material inserted by the Recording Secretary, E. J. Nolan and presented to the Academy. The inserts consist of portraits, photographs, letters, reports, reminiscences, news clippings and many miscellaneous items. A total of 43 photographs, 53 letters, and 31 other items complete the volume.

Dates: 1912

Edward James Nolan Documents and Correspondence on the History of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0464
Abstract

Edward James Nolan (1846-1921) served as the librarian at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia from 1869 until his death. During his tenure as librarian, he performed research on and wrote the history of the Academy which was completed in 1909. This collection contains material collected by Nolan for his history, including transcriptions of early minutes, deeds, biographies, news clipppings, letters and reminiscences of colleagues.

Dates: 1846-1915

Foundation Meeting Minutes and Constitution

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0527
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of four drafts or copies of meeting minutes from January 25, 1812 when the founders of the Academy discussed forming a society "on subjects of natural science," two copies of which are signed by those in attendance. The collection also contains four drafts of the constitutional act dated March 17, 1812, establishing the Academy of Natural Sciences as an entity and outlining the organization's structure and operation.

Dates: January 25, 1812-March 17, 1812

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American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 1
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Names
Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 4
Moore, J. Percy (1869-1965) 3
Vaux, George (December 18, 1863-1927) 3
Cadwalader, C. M. B (Charles Meigs Biddle) (June 3,1885-1959) 2
Dixon, Samuel Gibson, 1851-1918 2
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 2
Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, 1862-1957 2
Rehn, James A.G. (James Abram Garfield) (b. 1881) 2
Sun Oil Company 2
The Women's Committee 2
United States. Bureau of Fisheries 2
University of Pennsylvania 2
Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Library and Archives 1
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Limnology 1
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
American Association of Museums 1
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1
American Entomological Society 1
American Geological Institute 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
American Philosophical Society 1
Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 1
Barringer, Brandon, 1899- 1
Belardo, Carolyn (Senior Communications Manager) 1
Benedict Estuarine Research Laboratory 1
Bennett, Thomas Peter (1937-) 1
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 1
Bok, Cary William (January 25, 1905 - December 29, 1970) 1
Bonner, David 1
Brakeley, John Price Jones Inc. 1
Brokaw, Howard P. (1916-) 1
Cadwalader, John, 1843-1925 1
Carpenter, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1860 1
Clark, George (1910-1998) 1
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 1
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 1
Cook, James, 1728-1779 1
Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker) (1840-1897) 1
Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926 1
Crunelle, Leonard 1
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 1
Davis, George M. (1938-) 1
Dixon, Edwin S. 1
Dolan, Brooke, II (1908-August 19, 1945) 1
Dupre, Lonnie (1961-) 1
Duran, Sean 1
Edwards, William Henry (March 15, 1822 – April 4, 1909) 1
Elliott, Stephen 1
Endeavor (Ship) 1
Fenjohn Underwater Equipment Company 1
Fitch, Asa (February 24, 1809 - April 8, 1879) 1
Flemming, Clare (1967-) 1
Geological Society of America 1
Geological Society of New Jersey 1
Gill, Frank B. 1
Gilliams, Jacob 1
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 1
Green, Harold T. (Harold Tichenor) (b. 1896) 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Haldemann, Samuel Stehman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880) 1
Harris, Thaddeus William (November 12, 1795 – January 16, 1856) 1
Heaps, Marvin 1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1
Henszey, William C. 1
Hoffman, Malvina (June 15, 1887 – July 10, 1966) 1
Horn, George H. (George Henry) (April 7, 1840 – November 24, 189) 1
Hoy, Philo R. (1816-1892) 1
International Union for Quaternary Research 1
Irving, Roland D. (1847-1888) 1
James W. Queen and Company 1
Johnson, E. R. Fenimore (Eldridge Reeves Fenimore), 1899- 1
Jonas Brothers 1
Knowlton, Hollister 1
Laessel, Paul (1908-1988) 1
Laessle, Albert (March 28, 1877 – September 4, 1954) 1
Laessle, Anna 1
Lapham, Increase A. (1811-1875) 1
LeConte, John Lawrence (May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883) 1
Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 1
Lloyd, H. Yates 1
Lucretius 1
Ludwick Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Maclure, William, 1763-1840 1
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) 1
Martindale, Isaac 1
Marvel, William [ADDED from ATLAS dataset] 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
Matthiessen, Peter (1927 - Present) 1
McGee, John 1
Medallic Art Company 1
Melsheimer, Frederick Ernest, 1782-1873 1
Minerva 1
Montgomery, Edward A. 1
Morgan State University. Estuarine Research Center 1
Morris, Effingham Buckley, 1856-1937 1
Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 1
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