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James Aitkin Meigs, Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0389
Scope and Contents
Physician, physiologist, ethnologist and teacher, Meigs was associated with the Jefferson Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences. His interest in craniography resulted in his
compilation of a 'Catalogue of Human Crania, in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1857." He became a member of the Academy in 1852, was elected to the Standing Committee on Ethnology in 1854, becoming its chairman three years later, which...
Dates:
1852-77
Malacology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0804
Overview
Scientists have been studying shells from the very beginning of the Academy of Natural Science’s long history. Thomas Say, Isaac Lea, and Timothy Abbott Conrad are just a few examples of Academy scientists who made important contributions to the field of conchology before there was an official department at the Academy. On December 26, 1866, the Conchological Section was formally established at the Academy, creating a departmental unity under curator George Washington Tryon, who led...
Dates:
1848-2012
Merida Gray Worth, Botanical collection catalog
Collection — Box: Small Collections 10
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0405
Scope and Contents
This catalog was apparently a field book made on a collecting trip to Mexico, chiefly the Veracruz River and State, Feb. 24 to April 9, 1942. Worth made his collections in two types of surroundings, either in open country or in the Cerros (forested hills between 50 and 500 feet high). One hundred and forty entries are given with the type of plant, date, location and unnamed description.
Dates:
1942
Ornithology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0054
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of catalogs, information about special collections within our holdings, lists of birds offered for sale, donated, exchanged or discarded, various working notes of the curators, personnel of the department,
and general notes. The persons most concerned in this material are John Cassin, Elliott Coues, William A. Kite, Spencer Trotter, Mr. Hill and Wharton Huber, with Witmer Stone adding the later personal touches to the material describing our bird collection. Not only...
Dates:
1863-2010
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