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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Division of Environmental Research Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0999
Overview
The Division of Environmental Research (DER) was established as a department of the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1947 by botanist and limnologist, Dr. Ruth Patrick. Originally called the Department of Limnology, the department was envisioned by Patrick as a multidisciplinary team of scientists devoted to helping protect the quality of the environment. Not only was environmental research a novel idea for the time, but the multidisciplinary nature of the research was also innovative. The...
Dates:
1952 - 1995
Horace G. Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0976
Overview
Horace G. Richards (1906-1984) was a geologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and an authority on the geologic formations of the Atlantic coastal plain. His research specialty focused on geology and paleontology of the Quaternary Period (approximately the past 1.8 million years), but his research interests also included Cenozoic mollusca, and marine Pleistocene geology and paleontology of the Atlantic coastal plain. Additionally, he studied climate change and coastal...
Dates:
1928-1984
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- Photograph albums 1
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- Project files 1
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- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Limnology 1
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1
- American Geological Institute 1
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 1
- Benedict Estuarine Research Laboratory 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
- Geological Society of America 1
- Geological Society of New Jersey 1
- International Union for Quaternary Research 1
- Morgan State University. Estuarine Research Center 1
- Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 1
- Patrick, Ruth, 1907-2013 1
- Philadelphia Geological Society 1
- Potomac Electric Power Company 1
- Sage, Louis E. 1
- Shell Oil Company 1
- Shorelines Commission of INQUA 1
- Stroud Research Center 1
- United States. Bureau of Fisheries 1
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