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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
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
Elias Durand Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 11
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0525
Scope and Contents
Pharmacologist, chemist and botanist, Durand was born and educated in France where he fought under Napoleon Bonaparte. Coming to America in 1816, he lived most of his later life in Philadelphia where he was active in the Academy of Natural Sciences, directing the botanical committee for many years. His interest in botany was kindled through an unfortunate transaction with Rafinesque who supplied a poor collection of American plants to Durand's friend in Paris. Feeling responsible for such...
Dates:
1858-1865
John Torrey Collection of Letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0364
Scope and Contents
Originally assembled by Torrey as an autograph collection from which a series was chosen for the Academy, perhaps purchased by John Redfield who combined it with the Elias Durand collection of 109 letters and enlarged it to the present proportions. Most of the letters are dated 1809-1859, with six earlier and two later ones. A typescript index and a microfilm copy of the originals are on file, Analyzed from A through J only.
Dates:
1765-1894; Majority of material found within 1809-1859
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
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- Sharp, Benjamin, 1858-1915 3
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- Dixon, Samuel Gibson, 1851-1918 2
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