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Virginia Orr Maes papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0979
Scope and Contents
The Virginia Orr Maes papers houses the records of Virginia Orr Maes. This collection, which dates from 1950 to 1987, consists of notes, writings, negatives, illustrations, subject files, correspondence, ephemera, biographies, and photographs, and evinces the research of Virginia Orr Maes while she was associated with the Academy until her death in 1986.This collection is arranged into three series: “Series I. Research, 1950-1983,” “Series II. Correspondence, 1956-1986,” and...
Dates:
1950 - 1987
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
Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0200
Scope and Contents
The Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers houses the papers of Henry Augustus Pilsbry. This collection, which dates from 1878 to 1986, with bulk dates from 1878 to 1957, consists of correspondence, notes, index cards, manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, illustrated and photographic publication plates, photographs, negatives, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and wooden printing blocks.This collection is arranged into six series: “I. Correspondence, 1882-1977,“ “II. Writings,...
Dates:
1878 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1878 - 1957
Yoichiro Hirase collection
Collection — Box: Small Collections 10
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0411
Scope and Contents
Typescript biography of eminent Japanese conchologist, Yoichiro Hirase, b. 1858 (9 pages). Illustrated with 4 mounted photographs of Hirase at work in his study and of his collections.
No information on provenance, but probably from the papers of H.A. Pilsbry
Dates:
c. 1910-1914
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