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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
George Morgan Davis letters of malacologists
Collection — Box: Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0787
Scope and Contents
Letters of malacologists collected by George M. Davis, Curator of Malacology from 1978 to 2000.
Transferred from the Malacology Department to the archives on Feb. 5, 1980.
Dates:
1851-1962
Malacology Department Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0804
Overview
Scientists have been studying shells from the very beginning of the Academy of Natural Science’s long history. Thomas Say, Isaac Lea, and Timothy Abbott Conrad are just a few examples of Academy scientists who made important contributions to the field of conchology before there was an official department at the Academy. On December 26, 1866, the Conchological Section was formally established at the Academy, creating a departmental unity under curator George Washington Tryon, who led...
Dates:
1848-2012
Sam Fuller papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0987
Scope and Contents
The Sam Fuller papers hold Fuller’s field notes, subject files, and writings from his time at the Academy. These records date from 1970 to 1979, and are arranged alphabetically. This collection would be useful for researchers interested in the provenance of specimens collected by Fuller, or his work on the Upper Mississippi River. For his collaborative work with George Davis, there may be materials of interest in ANSP.Coll.804 Malacology Department records, Series IV.
Dates:
1970 - 1979
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- Field notes 1
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- Limnology 1
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- Abbott, R. Tucker (Robert Tucker), 1919-1995 1
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Limnology 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History 1
- Baker, Horace Burrington (1889-1971) 1
- Benett, Etheldred, 1776-1845 1
- Bennett, Thomas Peter (1937-) 1
- Brakeley, John Price Jones Inc. 1
- Brown, Amos P. 1
- Cadwalader, C. M. B (Charles Meigs Biddle) (June 3,1885-1959) 1
- Fuller, Samuel Liberty Harvey (1942-2001) 1
- Gill, Frank B. 1
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 1
- Hirase, Yoichirō, 1859-1925 1
- Hoagland, K. E. (K. Elaine) 1
- Marvel, William [ADDED from ATLAS dataset] 1
- Newbold, Arthur E. 1
- Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, 1862-1957 1
- Redfield, John H. 1
- Rehn, James A.G. (James Abram Garfield) (b. 1881) 1
- Richardson, Leonard, 1911- 1
- Robertson, Robert, 1934- 1
- The Associated Natural Science Institutions (TANSI) 1
- Thomson, Keith Stewart 1
- Vanatta, Edward Guirey (1862-1939) 1
- Vaux, George (December 18, 1863-1927) 1
- Wagner Free Institute of Science 1
- Wahl, Milton H. 1
- Wheatley, Charles M. 1
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