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Cocos (Keeling) Islands stamp and photograph collection

 Collection — Box: Small Collections 17
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0993
Scope and Contents

This collection contains negatives and print photographs of fish from Cocos (Keeling) expedition 1974 September. Underwater shots are by Patrick L. Colin (restricted). Others are by William Smith-Vaniz. Also included in this collection are stamps sent to and collected by Thomas P. Bennett.

This collection can be found with the small collections

Dates: 1974, 1979

President's Office and Administrative Records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0990
Overview The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP) was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents. From 1937 to 1995, there were four presidents and one acting president who left their administrations well...
Dates: 1907-2003; Majority of material found within 1939-1993