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ANSP Petitions and Resolutions Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0602
Scope and Contents
These petitions and resolutions are close pieces, possibly written by the person proposing the action, as a note for the secretary when copying his minutes. Most of them are transcribed into the Minutes of the Academy but
oftentimes changed in wording or intent. The petitions number only four and were made mostly to the legislature of Pennsylvania, or to some branch of the Federal Government, their inclusive dates being 1837-1876. The resolutions have been arranged in two groups, first those...
Dates:
1826-1895
ANSP Reception Committees Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0585
Scope and Contents
Collection of material containing records of various reception committees, especially those dealing with a founder's day anniversary dinner in 1854, and the reception and dinner for the Peary Exploring Party in 1892. There are lists of subscribers, bills, receipts, 'letters and miscellaneous data.
Signers of letters, all dated 1854:
Dates:
1854-1901
ANSP Recording Secretary Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0579
Scope and Contents
The documents included here were usually transcribed into the minutes after they were accepted by the members, altho not always fully recorded. Reports are as follows: 1824 Keating); 1829 (Morton); 1836 (Carson); 1938 (Stewardson); 1840-41 (Chaloner); 1842-44 (Zantzinger); 1846-47 (Lambert ); 1848-49 (Leidy); 1850 (Powel); 1851-55, 1864 (Rand); 1866 (Wood); 1923-30 (Rehn). The rough minutes of the secretary are scattered entries from 1850-70, written by Powel, Rand, Moss and Howell.
Dates:
1824-1930
Joseph Leidy Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001
Overview
Joseph Mellick Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. The Joseph Leidy Correspondence collection contains...
Dates:
1845-1913, undated
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- Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907 3
- LeConte, John Lawrence (May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883) 3
- Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 3
- Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 3
- Powel, Samuel 3
- Bridges, Robert, 1806-1882 2
- Cassin, John 2
- Durand, Elias (1794-1873) 2
- Foulke, William Parker (1816-1854) 2
- Geddings, E. 2
- Haldemann, Samuel Stehman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880) 2
- Harrison, Joseph, Jr. 2
- Lambert, John 2
- Lea, Isaac 2
- Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 2
- Ord, George, 1781-1866 2
- Porter, Thomas C. 2
- Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895 2
- Sharp, Benjamin, 1858-1915 2
- Tryon, George W. (George Washington), 1838-1888 2
- Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 2
- Wood, H. C. 2
- Zantzinger, William S. 2
- Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad) (1843-1919) 1
- Addey, Markinfield 1
- Agassiz, Alexander (1853-1910) 1
- Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
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- Allman, George James, 1812-1898 1
- Amadeo y Antomarchi, Antonio Jose 1
- Ames, Alfred E. 1
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- Andrews, Garnett, 1798-1873 1
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- Atlee, Walter F. 1
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 1
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- Baird, Mary H. 1
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
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- Baltzell, W. H. 1
- Bancker, C. N. 1
- Barber, Edwin A. 1
- Barcena, Mariano 1
- Barcley, R. D. 1
- Barksdale, Randolph 1
- Barnard, W. S. 1
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 1
- Barnwell, James G. 1
- Barr, Martin W. 1
- Barrows, Samuel J. 1
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- Barton, J. M. 1
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- Bennett, Joseph M. 1
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- Betten, Thomas 1
- Betton, Thomas F. 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. 1
- Biddle, Cadwalader 1
- Biddle, Caldwell K. 1
- Biddle, J. B. 1
- Billings, John S. 1
- Binder, Jacob (unknown - 1893) 1
- Binney, Amos 1
- Binney, W. G. (William Greene) (1833-1909) 1
- Birkey, William 1
- Bishop, J. I. 1
- Blackmore, William 1
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