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George Vaux, Jr., Photographs of glaciers
Collection — Box: Oversize Small Collections 3
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0486
Scope and Contents
Lawyer and geologist, elected a member of the Academy in 1892 and its treasurer from 1894 to 1927. The five mounted photographs were to illustrate his 'Observations made in 1906 on glaciers in Alberta and British Columbia," published in the Proceedings for 1906.
Dates:
1906
President's Office and Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0990
Overview
The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP) was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents. From 1937 to 1995, there were four presidents and one acting president who left their administrations well...
Dates:
1907-2003; Majority of material found within 1939-1993
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