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Edward Drinker Cope Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0328
Abstract
Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was one of the most distinguished American scientists of the 19th century. The bulk of his work was in the fields of paleontology, zoology, geology and anatomy. During his lifetime, he discovered and described over 600 new species and contributed over 1300 papers to scientific literature. The collection contains certificates and honors, medals, manuscripts of scientific papers, drawings, scientific photographs, biographical material, news clippings, account...
Dates:
1859-1907
Geology and Paleontology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0235
Overview
Although from its inception the Academy of Natural Sciences played a significant role in the field of geological paleontological research, this role was not organized within a specific department until 1936, when the Department of Geology and Paleontology was reactivated through the efforts of Edgar Howard. The Geology and Paleontology Department records document the history and activities of this department throughout the mid-20th century. This collection, which dates from 1838 to 1992,...
Dates:
circa 1978, circa 1980, 1992, 1994
Henry Steinhauer, Notebooks
Collection — Box: Small Collections 8
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0358
Scope and Contents
A Bethlehem, Pa. minister and amateur geologist, Steinhauer's 165 page notebook of information and observations on fossils, particularly those found in coal measures is not dated, but tentatively ascribed to the period following his publication in the American Philsophical Society's Transactions, 1817 and before his death. The Academy's 1835 catalogue of the library describes this item as: "Steinhaur, MS. Geological Notes of the late Rev. Henry Steinhaur."
Dates:
1818-1826
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
Richard Cowling Taylor, Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0361
Scope and Contents
An economic geologist and mining engineer of outstanding reputation, this Englishman came to America in about 1830. He published many scientific papers both in England and in the United States. His interests here were
especially in coal and his most important publication (754 p.), 'Statistics of Coal". A member of many scientific societies, he was elected to the Academy in 1832.The collection consists of four notebooks on mineralogy, geology and fossils; miscellaneous notes,...
Dates:
1815-49
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