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John Lawrence LeConte, Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0382
Scope and Contents
Trained as a physician, LeConte made his name in the world thru his collecting
and studying of Coleoptera. He has been referred to as the greatest
Coleopterist of the country and one of the finest systematists. Not only did
he make many collecting expeditions in this country but went to Central
America, to Europe, Egypt and Algeria. He was enlisted in the army medical
corps during the Civil War and later returned to Philadelphia as Assistant
Inspector of the Mint in that city. His extensive...
Dates:
1843-83
Portrait Collection
Collection — Box: Oversize Small Collections 6
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0457
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of single and group portraits of scientists (professional and amatuer), many affiliated with the Academy. When known, Academy affiliation and scientific field of interest is noted (botany, entomology, geology, paleontology, zoology, ichthyology, ornithology, diatoms, etc.). Portraits show scientists in the field and at work as well as posed portraits. Thus far, the collection includes 1680 persons or groups. Formats include photographic prints, cartes de visite,...
Dates:
c. 1835-1983, undated
Robert Thomas Allen Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1003
Scope and Contents
Series 1, Correspondence, relates directly to Robert Thomas Allen's work as an entomologist from the years 1963-1974. The correspondence relates to Allen's work with the United States Department of Agriculture, CIBA Agrochemical Company, the British Museum in London, Bowling Green State University, University of Arkansas, University of Illinois, University of Louisiana, Illinois State Natural History Survey, the Biosystematics Research Institute, The American Museum Natural History, Ohio...
Dates:
1963 - 1974
Eleanor Slifer Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1006
Overview
Dr. Eleanor Slifer (1900-1986) was a faculty member in the Department of Zoology, University of Iowa and a member of the Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Dr. Slifer’s groundbreaking work with insect chemoreceptors lead to over 100 published papers in professional journals. This collection dates from 1928 to 1980 and contains handwritten notes, illustrations, manuscripts and galley proofs relating to a number of Dr. Slifer's published papers....
Dates:
1928-1980
The American Entomological Society's Library Accession Ledgers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-108
Scope and Contents
The accession ledgers for the American Entomological Society's library comprise this small collection. The pages of each ledger have printed columns with handwritten contents. The entries of the first volume were entered well after the books were collected: a note on page 2 states, "Began giving accession numbers and entering 1/20 1909." The first book obtained by the AES -- Melsheimer's (1853)Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United...
Dates:
1859-1959
The Milliron Megabombus Journal
Collection — Box: small accessions 4
Identifier: ANSP-2011-018
Dates:
1961-1962
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- Calvert, Philip Powell (January 29, 1871- August 23,1961) 2
- Cowper, G. W. (Gregory William) (9/1/1948 -) 2
- Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926 2
- LeConte, John Lawrence (May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883) 2
- Aaron, Carrie Baily (1862?-1954) 1
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- Armstrong, Georgia P. 1
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- CIBA Corporation 1
- Carpenter, R. R. M. (Robert Ruliph Morgan), 1877-1949 1
- Edwards, William Henry (March 15, 1822 – April 4, 1909) 1
- Fitch, Asa (February 24, 1809 - April 8, 1879) 1
- Gelhaus, Jon K. 1
- Haldemann, Samuel Stehman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880) 1
- Harris, Thaddeus William (November 12, 1795 – January 16, 1856) 1
- Horn, George H. (George Henry) (April 7, 1840 – November 24, 189) 1
- Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 1
- Melsheimer, Frederick Ernest, 1782-1873 1
- Murray-Aaron, Eugene, 1852-1941 1
- Norton, Charles Benjamin 1
- Ridings, James (1803-1880) 1
- Roberts, H. Radclyffe 1
- Rutgers University 1
- Say, Thomas (June 27, 1787-October 10, 1834) 1
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- Slifer, Eleanor Heist (1900-1986) 1
- Stiles, Edmund W. (Edmund "Ted" W. Stiles) (1945-2010) 1
- Thomas Say Foundation 1
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