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John Torrey Collection of Letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0364
Scope and Contents

Originally assembled by Torrey as an autograph collection from which a series was chosen for the Academy, perhaps purchased by John Redfield who combined it with the Elias Durand collection of 109 letters and enlarged it to the present proportions. Most of the letters are dated 1809-1859, with six earlier and two later ones. A typescript index and a microfilm copy of the originals are on file, Analyzed from A through J only.

Dates: 1765-1894; Majority of material found within 1809-1859

Lexerd photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PC-00-019
Overview

This collection consists of photographs, proof sheets, zip disks and CDs of pictures taken for the Lexerd yearbook. The date range is from 1962 to 2007, but the bulk of the items are from 1999 to 2007. Some of the photographs in this collection can also be found in the Lexerd yearbooks. Subjects of the photographs include athletics, views of the city and campus, Drexel events, faculty and academic departments, fraternities and sororities, and student organizations.

Dates: 1962 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2017

Lucy Way Say, Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0433
Overview The first woman to be elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Lucy Say was an accomplished nature artist and scientific collaborator with her famous husband Thomas Say. She made 66 of the 68 delicate and accurate drawings of North American mollusks for Thomas Say's American Conchology, at New Harmony, and did most of the painstaking coloring of the plates. This collection consists of 25 drawings (pencil and watercolor), seven hand colored plates of North American...
Dates: 1822-85

Morris Longstreth Parrish "Hunting on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1912" papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0027
Scope and Contents His daily record of hunting events and animals seen was prepared in letterpress, but not published, being in fact a scrapbook, with maps, pictures and photographs tipped in. A snapshot of Parrish is dated Sept. 25, 1912. Only a few copies of the book were prepared, but Charles Sheldon had a personal one made from Parrish's manuscript. The photographic prints were made by the U. S. Biological Survey.Signers of letters: Beech, Robert J. 1913; Cadwalader, Charles M. B. 1942; Holman,...
Dates: circa 1912-circa 1942

Nicholas Reitter III memorabilia

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MC-00-099
Content Description

The collection includes thirteen captioned photos of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity parties and other events at Drexel, 1961-1964; two issues of Dragon Tales, newsletter of the Alpha Phi Omega's Zeta Theta chapter, 1964-1965; one issue of Torch and Trefoil, Alpha Phi Omega's national magazine, 1964; a Drexel homecoming tour guide information sheet, 1964; and other items.

Dates: 1961-2002; Majority of material found within 1961-1965

Peary Greenland Expedition Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0145
Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters, reports, both administrative and scientific, lists of specimens taken and observed, photographs of the staff, equipment and area traversed. Original outline map of expedition routes drawn by R. E. Peary. Much information about the part played by the Academy of Natural Sciences, is preserved in its Publicity Scrapbooks. Peary flag, previously on display in the Museum, has been added to this collection.

Dates: 1890-1894

Phi Kappa Sigma records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-13-013
Scope and content note

The Phi Kappa Sigma records include a membership manual, a 10th anniversary celebration program, newsletters, one Class of 1983 roster photograph, and two fraternity jackets, one embroidered on the front with "Mike" and the other with "Patrick."

Dates: 1980-1995

Phi Sigma Kappa records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-13-007
Overview The Phi Sigma Kappa records provide evidence of various events and activities of the fraternity from the 1960s to 2004. The bulk of the items are from the 1960s and were donated by Charles A. Ruhl, former fraternity officer. The collection documents various aspects of the fraternity during the 1960s which include social events, governance, and publications. The collection includes a number of items from Delta Kappa Rho, a local Drexel fraternity that later joined Phi Sigma Kappa. Also...
Dates: 1956-2004

Phi Sigma Sigma records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UR-13-011
Overview

The Phi Sigma Sigma records primarily consists of sorority memorabilia and printed materials produced in the 1960s and 1980s. It specifically comprises of one beanie, one 1982 pledge pin, pledge notebook and manual, wooden paddle, one issue of the Sphinx newsletter from 1994, clipping of the Cinderfella fundraising campaign, a 1965 class roster photograph, as well as programs, menus, and invitations to various sorority events in the 1960s.

Dates: 1964-1994

Pi Kappa Phi records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-13-001
Scope and content note This collection consists of records of the Alpha Upsilon chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, also known as Pi Kapp. This is an artificial collection, consisting of material donated by Drexel Pi Kapp alumni. Currently, the collection consists of show programs, sheet music and lyrics, photographs and a scrapbook. The scrapbook covers the early days of the Kappa Sigma Delta fraternity, founded at Drexel in 1919, through its affiliation with the national Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 1933....
Dates: 1928-circa 2004; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1969

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