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Edmund W. Stiles Papers
Collection — Box: small accessions 4
Identifier: ANSP-2011-027
Dates:
1970s-1990s
Entomology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-144
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...
Dates:
1931-1995
George Humphrey, Essay "Collecting and preserving natural curiosities"
Collection — Box: Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0371
Scope and Contents
George Humphrey, dealer in natural curiosities, No. 70 St. Martin's Lane,
London, addressed this essay to collectors on board whalers coursing the
Atlantic Ocean, from the Str. of Magellan to Boston. These collectors were
under the direction of Mr. Stanesby, who decided whether to accept goods or
cash in return for the specimens. A postscript bears the date 25 Mar. 1776
and is initialed G. H. Full title, "Directions for Collecting and preserving all
kinds of natural curiosities, particularly...
Dates:
1776