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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

ANSP Publication Committee papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0292
Scope and Contents The ANSP Publication Committee Papers consists of reports, minutes, stock books, subscribers lists, correspondents, and financial documents related to the functions of the Academy's Publication Committee. The papers record approval of articles for Academy publications, costs of the publications, and distribution of publications.Most of the documents not bound into books have a number written in pencil in an upper corner. The papers are not in numerical order according to those...
Dates: 1822-1960

ANSP Publications, Mailing Books

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0342
Scope and Contents The ANSP Publications, Mailing Books collection consists of four bound volumes containing lists of individuals and instutions who recieved Academy publications between 1859 and 1947. The lists include addresses, dates of shipping, and status of accounts. The volumes include dates between 1959 and 1947 with some overlap of dates between the volumes. The first three volumes are organized by name first and then chronology. Volume four is organized chronologically in the manner of a daybook. ...
Dates: 1859-1947

ANSP Publications, Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0412
Scope and Contents The ANSP Publications Papers collection includes record books, subscription lists, prospectuses, financial documents and policies regarding the publications produced by the Academy of Natural Sciences. The collection is divided into four series. Series I. Subscription Record Books and Documents contains account books with the names and payments of subscribers. The books are arranged chronologically according to the earliest date of each book. Many of the account books overlap in terms of...
Dates: 1817-1961

Charles Eastwick Smith letters from botanists

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0132
Overview Charles Eastwick Smith (1820-1900) was an engineer and inventor involved in railroad, ironworks and steel. His interest in botany led him to membership at the Academy of Natural Sciences where he held several positions from 1851 until his death. Over the years Smith compiled an herbarium of specimens found within 15 miles of Philadelphia, which he bequeathed to the Academy. The collection contains letters from botanists, a number of booksellers, and other correspondents. In addition to the...
Dates: n.d., 1862-1899

Conchology Printing Blocks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2014-010

J. Percy Moore papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0505
Overview John Percy Moore (1869-1965) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1939, an Assistant Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1902 to 1938, and held several positions between 1920 and 1956 at the Ludwick Institute, which offered free lectures and courses in the natural sciences. He was also a world recognized authority on leeches. During his career, Moore named six genera, 229 species, five subspecies and four varieties of polychaetous annelids, or...
Dates: 1847 - 1963

Jim Lish Golden Eagle Illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1011
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of original illustrations on scraperboard (scratchboard) and clayboard of the golden eagle, common raptors and other birds of prey created by Jim Lish beginning in 1978. Also included are experimental and test drawings; prints of illustrations; publications featuring Lish's illustrations; correspondence; and an annotated unpublished manuscript "The World of The Golden Eagle: An Illustrated Life History" by Lish. The collection also includes 4 USB drives...
Dates: 1973 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1982; Modified: 2003 - 2022

Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0200
Scope and Contents The Henry Augustus Pilsbry papers houses the papers of Henry Augustus Pilsbry. This collection, which dates from 1878 to 1986, with bulk dates from 1878 to 1957, consists of correspondence, notes, index cards, manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, illustrated and photographic publication plates, photographs, negatives, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and wooden printing blocks.This collection is arranged into six series: “I. Correspondence, 1882-1977,“ “II. Writings,...
Dates: 1878 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1878 - 1957

Eleanor Slifer Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1006
Overview Dr. Eleanor Slifer (1900-1986) was a faculty member in the Department of Zoology, University of Iowa and a member of the Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Dr. Slifer’s groundbreaking work with insect chemoreceptors lead to over 100 published papers in professional journals. This collection dates from 1928 to 1980 and contains handwritten notes, illustrations, manuscripts and galley proofs relating to a number of Dr. Slifer's published papers....
Dates: 1928-1980

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