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A partial diary of this trip, 1891-92 is preserved, some letters and other papers and documents regarding his official duties at the Academy. Writings and personalia complete the collection.

List of signers: Binder, Jacob, n. do; Bryant, Henry G. 1893; Hart, Gavin W.; Heilprin, Angelo (9) 1892-94; Morris, Charles, n.d.; Nolan, E. J. (2) 1892.

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The Delta Sigma Phi photographs include five photographs of the class rosters between 1967-1972 (1968 is omitted), and seven photographs illustrating the fraternity's homecoming displays in 1968 and 1969. The collection also includes one small notebook that contains information on restaurants from around the world.

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This collection represents a specially prepared copy of Volume 15 of the Journal of the Academy, second series, 1912. The original letterpress copy is used as a base with interleaving and manuscript material inserted by the Recording Secretary, E. J. Nolan and presented to the Academy. The inserts consist of portraits, photographs, letters, reports, reminiscences, news clippings and many miscellaneous items. A total of 43 photographs, 53 letters, and 31 other items complete the volume.

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...

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,...

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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.

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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.

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The Sigma Alpha Mu records primarily consists of fraternity memorabilia produced between 1962-1976. It specifically comprises of one baseball cap, one coloring book, five tshirts, and one wooden cork screw. There are also two photographs of Austin Craley, chapter president during the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Scope and Contents Ruschenberger, a native of New Jersey and a graduate in medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, was commissioned as a surgeon in the Navy in 1831, holding that position until his retirement in 1869. He wrote several books about his travels over the world during those years; thereafter settled in Philadelphia and became actively associated with several institutions. He was at different times president of the Academy, president of the College of Physicians, and vice-president of the...