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Academy of Natural Sciences Bicentenniel Symposium Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2010-185
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of records related to the Academy's Bicentennial Symposium. Materials include: correspondence between Goulden and the symposium speakers; brief biographical sketches of the speakers; symposium programs, brochures, invitations, and tickets; manuscripts and galley proofs of papers given at the symposium; a published symposium volume, edited by Goulden, entitled The Changing Scenes in the Natural Sciences 1776-1976; and six audio tapes of speakers at the symposium. The...
Dates:
1975-1977
American Medical Women's Association records
Collection
Identifier: WM-037
Overview
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) was founded on November 18, 1915, by a dedicated group of women physicians at the Chicago Women’s Club. Originally called Medical Women’s National Association (MWNA) until 1937, AMWA has advocated for women in the medical professions and the equal treatment of women in medicine since its inception. AMWA continues to serve the United States and the international community in medical service needs and acts as an important lobbying force for...
Dates:
1847 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1917-1978
Bradford collection of biographies of Homeopathic Physicians
Collection
Identifier: HU-064
Overview
Dr. Thomas L. Bradford (1847-1918) was a practicing homeopathic physician in Maine, Europe and Philadelphia. While practicing and teaching in Philadelphia he served as curator for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1916, he collected, organized and maintained material for 35 scrapbooks of biographical information about homeopathic physicians.
Dates:
1868 - 1918
Northwestern University Woman's Medical School records/Chicago Woman's Medical College
Collection
Identifier: WM-029
Abstract
The Woman’s Hospital Medical College of Chicago was founded in 1870 by Mary H. Thompson (1829-1895) and Dr. William Heath Byford (1817-1890) in order to provide equal education opportunities for female medical students in the Chicago area. In 1879, the name of the medical school was changed to the Woman’s Medical College of Chicago; and in 1892, it was taken over by the Northwestern University and renamed the Northwestern University Woman’s Medical School. Over the next ten years, financial...
Dates:
1870-1924, 1947
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
Francis Whittier Pennell Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0118
Scope and Contents
The Francis Whittier Pennell papers includes itineraries, field notebooks, manuscripts and research, and correspondence spanning Pennell’s 40 years in botany. It is divided into five series: field work, Scrophulariaceae work, scientific writing, biographies of botanists, and correspondence. Series I. Field Work, contains three subseries. A. Itineraries, which contains itineraries for Pennell’s collecting expeditions to Colombia, Peru, and Chile as well as expeditions to the...
Dates:
1874-1982; Majority of material found within 1908-1952
Constantine Hering and Calvin B. Knerr family papers
Collection
Identifier: HU-100
Overview
Dr. Constantine Hering (1800-1880), born and educated in Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833 and devoted his life to the study, practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States. As such, he is considered the father of homeopathy in America. Hering founded several schools and organizations devoted to teaching homeopathy, especially the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy, in 1836, and the Hahnemann Medical College of...
Dates:
1820 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1940
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
Longshore family papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-028
Abstract
The Longshore family was active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and the Longshore family papers includes material from Thomas Longshore, his brother Joseph Longshore, and his wife Hannah E. Myers Longshore. Thomas Longshore was a teacher and a supporter of women's education and social reform, especially abolition. Joseph Longshore (1809-1879) was a physician who supported women in acquiring quality medical education. He was active in founding the Female Medical College of...
Dates:
1819 - 1902
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0418
Abstract
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) was a naturalist who is best known for his contributions to scientific classification and nomenclature and giving Latin names to approximately 6,700 plants. While in the United States, he toured west of the Alleghenies and made important botanical discoveries in Kentucky and Illinois. This collection dates from 1818 to 1977 and consists of copies of Rafinesque's professional letters, family material, and research by F. W. Pennell regarding...
Dates:
1818 - 1977
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