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Academy of Natural Sciences Printing Blocks and Plates

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-090-Artifact
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of single and group printing blocks and plates commissioned for use by the Academy of Natural Sciences. The plates and blocks range from animal figures, signature plates, letterhead, to special invitations. The printing blocks are made of wood with metal outlines fastened to the wood. There are solid metal printing plates and also metal roller printing plates. Each block or plate has a general note attached to it with more detail.

Dates: Circa 20th Century

Henry Skinner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0920
Scope and Contents

Trained as a medical man, Skinner devoted much of his later life to entomology, his research interests being in Lepidoptera. He edited Entomological News from 1890-1910. This collection contains correspondence, a bibliography of his writings, a notebook on Lepidoptera, scientific articles and annotations. The latter appear in his Catalogue of North American Rhopalocera, and in Dyar's Catalogue of North American Lepidoptera.

Archived from the Department of Insects, 1960.

Dates: 1879-1925