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Academy of Natural Sciences Printing Blocks and Plates
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-090-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of single and group printing blocks and plates commissioned for use by the Academy of Natural Sciences. The plates and blocks range from animal figures, signature plates, letterhead, to special invitations. The printing blocks are made of wood with metal outlines fastened to the wood. There are solid metal printing plates and also metal roller printing plates. Each block or plate has a general note attached to it with more detail.
Dates:
Circa 20th Century
ANSP Centenery Celebration papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0085
Scope and Contents
The papers in the present collection begin with a volume of the registration of delegates, continues thru programs and minutes of the Centenary committee under the charimanship of Edward J. Nolan. A sizeable volume is also devoted to documents, that is, stenographers notes, final reports, cards, circulars, programs, and accounts all set up by Nolan. The Corresponding Secretary, J. Percy Moore, maintained his file of correspondence in four letter files with a cross reference on cards to some...
Dates:
1911-1913
ANSP Special Committee Reports
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0443
Scope and Contents
The ANSP Special Committee Reports collection is a supplementary indexed volume to the minutes for the years covered, with various documents and letters inserted. The materails were compiled for the most part by the secretary, Edward J. Nolan. Many subjects which were handled by committees for the general membership of the Academy are condensed in the minutes and records kept of the dates and personnel of the committees. A large folder of 42 items, of the committee on lower rates of...
Dates:
1875-1911
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
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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- Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 5
- Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker) (1840-1897) 3
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2
- Allen, Harrison 2
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 2
- Barnwell, James G. 2
- Chapman, A. W. 2
- Cook, George H. 2
- Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926 2
- Dolley, Charles S. 2
- Durand, Elias (1794-1873) 2
- Eaton, Daniel C. 2
- Englemann, George 2
- Farlow, William G. 2
- Fricke, Albert 2
- Gray, Asa 2
- Hall, James 2
- Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907 2
- Hunt, William 2
- LeConte, Robert G. 2
- Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 2
- Lesley, J. Peter 2
- Lesquereux, Leo 2
- Lindahl, Josua 2
- Lippincott, Alice 2
- Moore, J. Percy (1869-1965) 2
- Ogden, Edward H. 2
- Redfield, John H. 2
- Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895 2
- Sharp, Benjamin, 1858-1915 2
- Smith, Aubrey H. 2
- Smith, Charles E. 2
- Smith, George 2
- Tryon, George W. (George Washington), 1838-1888 2
- Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 2
- Wahl, William H. 2
- Ward, Lester F. 2
- Wistar, Isaac J. (Isaac Jones), 1827-1905 2
- Wolle, Francis 2
- Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad) (1843-1919) 1
- Adams, C. F. 1
- Adams, H. M. 1
- Adams, Robert, Jr. 1
- Addey, Markinfield 1
- Agassiz, Alexander (1853-1910) 1
- Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
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- Allman, George James, 1812-1898 1
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- Ames, Alfred E. 1
- Anderson, E. J. 1
- Andrews, F. 1
- Andrews, Garnett, 1798-1873 1
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- Atkinson, William B. 1
- Atlee, John F. 1
- Atlee, Walter F. 1
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- Barnard, W. S. 1
- Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910 1
- Barnes, Kate S. 1
- Barnum, George 1
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 1
- Barr, Martin W. 1
- Barringer, Brandon, 1899- 1
- Barringer, D. M. 1
- Barrows, Samuel J. 1
- Bartlett, A. J. 1
- Barton, Bolling W. 1
- Barton, J. M. 1
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- Bates, H. L. 1
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- Beadle, E. R. 1
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