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ANSP Collections - Mammals, Papers Pertaining to Type Specimens of Whales
Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0614
Scope and Contents
On October 1, 1891, a rorqual whale was cast up on the beach at Ocean City, New Jersey, was photographed by Joseph P. Remington and later described by E. D, Cope. This skeleton, along with other type specimens of whales occupied a great deal of space in the Academy and in 1951 it was planned to transfer them to some other museum in the United States. The present documents consist of 5 photographs and 37 letters. The latter constitute the correspondence carried on by the director H. Radclyffe...
Dates:
1891-1960
ANSP Collections- Mollusks and Other Invertebrates papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0201
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, lists, indexes and observations relating to the Academy's mollusks, Crustacea and chilopods. Includes also Isaac Lea's original list of soft parts of Unionidae, a collection presented to the Academy in January 1877. The notes by Lea begin with the date 1863. Also 33 labels by Lea, for the jars described in the list, that is, nos. 1-33 (except no. 28 which is missing) and an unnumbered label: Naiades, dried, on paper, from Chas. J. G. Lea, 1838. Many of these alcoholics are still in...
Dates:
1833-1959
ANSP Committee On Communications Read, Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0488
Scope and Contents
Reports of the committees appointed to review each paper read before the Academy, receipts of papers for the Proceedings and Journal and acknowledgements of manuscripts received, were all entered in bound ledgers of permanent records. Printed forms were used and numbered for each year beginning with Dec. 1st. The earlier rules called for the appointment of a committee to review and report upon each individual paper, after which the committee was dissolved. A change in the bylaws of May 5,...
Dates:
1818-1922
ANSP Conchological Section papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0081
Scope and Contents
In the collection are found two volumes of minutes, one ledger of nominations for membership, a comprehensive list of members from 1866-1888, correspondence, reports of financial affairs including treasurer's reports and rough notes from special committees, various records from the Pennsylvania Company, and reports of the publication committee with correspondence, both letters and a letterbook containing the replies of the recorder.List of signers: Allis, W. S. 1888; Andrews,...
Dates:
1866-1910
ANSP correspondence regarding the Eiler Lehn Schioler bird collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0236
Scope and Contents
[Correspondence regarding the acquisition of the Schioler collection]
List of signers: Bangs, Outram, 1930; Barker, Samuel H. (6) 1930; Cadwalader, C, M. B. 1930; Murphy, Robert Cushman (7) 1929-30; Reventlow, Aage, 1929; SchiGler, Eiler Lehn, Jr. (3) 1929-30; Stone, Witmer (4) 1929-30;
Taverner, P. A. (2) 1930.
Dates:
1929-1930
ANSP Corresponding Member Autobiographies
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0239
Scope and Contents
Collection of handwritten and typescript autobiographical sketches on approximately 182 corresponding Academy members active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The biographies were acquired at the request of the Academy's corresponding secretary, John Percy Moore.List of corresponding member names incldued in the collection:
Adams, Frank Dawson; Andrews, Charles William; Arthur, J. C.; Baltzer, A,; Bedel, L.; Boettger, Oskar; Bouvier, Louis Eugene; Boveri, Theodor;...
Dates:
1902-1929
ANSP Corresponding Secretary records of letters written
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0080
Scope and Contents
The four volumes include records of the Corresponding Secretaries, Harrison Allen, Edward D. Cope, Reuben Haines, Walter R. Johnson and Samuel G. Morton. The period 1814-73. The series is not complete, with some overlapping dates. Included are transcripts, resume's and notations of dates and addresses to whom letters were written. The transcripts in all amount to 121, whereas the total number of cards placed in our recipients file adds to 1406. While the same information was reported to the...
Dates:
1814-1873
ANSP Council Minutes and Related Documents
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0006
Scope and Contents
The Council was first mentioned in the bylaws of 1866. Since that time it has passed through many changes in its functions, responsibilities and authority. These are recorded in the editions of 1869, 1893, 1924 and 1951. The minutes of the Council meetings have been preserved in three folio minutebooks, covering the years 1870 to 1951. Also present are two categories of loose documents, i. 9. annual lists of members, 1887 to 1914, and the attendance rolls for the same years.
Dates:
1870-1951
ANSP Development Papers
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0592
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on fund raising for museum showcases
Dates:
1922
ANSP Diorama Machette of Serengeti, 1920s
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2012-032-Artifact
Dates:
1920s
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