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Scope and Contents This is a collection of correspondence and other records of the Entomology Department of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The records date from the 1940s to 1995, and include the correspondence of Harold J. Grant, David C. Rentz, Michael Emsley, and H. Radclyffe Roberts, among others. The correspondence discusses identification and exchange of specimens, taxonomy, Academy business, and publications. Other records in the departmental files include department reports, specimen...

Scope and Contents This is a collection of papers of H. Radclyffe Roberts. Materials include: professional correspondence (incoming and outgoing) with colleagues in the United States, Mexico, and South America. Many of the letters discuss the study and exchange of specimens of orthoptera. Other correspondence is related to an atlas of mosquitoes, and other publications. There are a small number of typescript and manuscript notes on collecting and funding policies for the Academy (from circa 1946). The...