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Harry C. Rippel papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-088
Abstract
Harry Conrad Rippel (1926-2004) worked as a principal engineer at Franklin Institute Research Laboratory from 1952 to 1984 and was a leading authority on tribology, the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings. He studied mechanical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and then a master’s degree in 1957. This collection contains the academic, professional, and personal papers of Mr. Rippel, spanning from 1943-2004,...
Dates:
1943-2004; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1984
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
Henry N. Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: 2020-010
Overview
Henry (Hal) Williams, MD, practiced homeopathic medicine out of his home office in Lancaster, PA from 1950 to 1993. Collection reflects Williams’ practice and interest in anthroposophical medicine, historical homeopathic texts, homeopathic journals, and homeopathic remedies. There is also documentation reflecting the activity of his wife, Dorothea Weiand Williams, his daughters, and his father, James M. Williams, professor of sociology at Hobart College. Materials include wooden homeopathic...
Dates:
1850-1989
Horace G. Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0976
Overview
Horace G. Richards (1906-1984) was a geologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and an authority on the geologic formations of the Atlantic coastal plain. His research specialty focused on geology and paleontology of the Quaternary Period (approximately the past 1.8 million years), but his research interests also included Cenozoic mollusca, and marine Pleistocene geology and paleontology of the Atlantic coastal plain. Additionally, he studied climate change and coastal...
Dates:
1928-1984
J. Percy Moore papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0505
Overview
John Percy Moore (1869-1965) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1939, an Assistant Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1902 to 1938, and held several positions between 1920 and 1956 at the Ludwick Institute, which offered free lectures and courses in the natural sciences. He was also a world recognized authority on leeches. During his career, Moore named six genera, 229 species, five subspecies and four varieties of polychaetous annelids, or...
Dates:
1847 - 1963
James Abram Garfield Rehn (1881-1965) Papers.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0734
Dates:
1881-1965
Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0200
Scope and Contents
The Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers houses the papers of Henry Augustus Pilsbry. This collection, which dates from 1878 to 1986, with bulk dates from 1878 to 1957, consists of correspondence, notes, index cards, manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, illustrated and photographic publication plates, photographs, negatives, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and wooden printing blocks.This collection is arranged into six series: “I. Correspondence, 1882-1977,“ “II. Writings,...
Dates:
1878 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1878 - 1957
Lida Poynter collection on Dr. Mary E. Walker
Collection
Identifier: WM-026
Abstract
The Lida Poynter collection on Dr. Mary E. Walker consists of Poynter’s unpublished manuscript and research notes on the life of Dr. Mary E. Walker. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a physician who served as a surgeon during the Civil War. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service and remains the only woman to have received the Medal. Throughout her life, she wrote, lectured and taught on medicine, dress reform, suffrage, and women’s rights, in general. In addition to Poynter's...
Dates:
circa 1850-1946
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