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Academy of Natural Sciences stamp collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0994
Scope and Contents
The Academy of Natural Sciences stamp collection is a collection of natural science themed stamps from various sources. These materials were initially added to other preexisting stamp collections, most likely in an attempt to create one comprehensive collection of the subject. This amalgam did not benefit those other stamp collections, and in fact obscured the context of their original collectors' efforts, so those collections have been separated. The materials which remain are found in this...
Dates:
1987, 2000s, undated
Alexander Wilson's Double-Barreled Shotgun
Item — no container: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2011-034-Artifact
Scope and Contents
Hammer lock double barreled shotgun, maybe 20 gauge. Probably walnut right-handed stock with raised cheek piece. Includes ramrod, with pineapple decor forward of the trigger guard.
Dates:
circa 1790s-1800s
Archivist Apron
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-094-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This apron was worn by Carol Spawn when she was the acting archivist at the Academy of Natural Science until her retirement in 2001. Then the apron was passed on to Earle Spamer. The apron has a floral pattern.
Dates:
2001
C.S. Rafinesque Membership Certificate
Collection — Box: small accessions 5
Identifier: ANSP-2013-040
Dates:
1820
Hard Hat
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-088-Artifact
Scope and Contents
The hard hat was worn by Carol Spawn when the construction of the library at the Academy of Natural Sciences was in progress.
Dates:
6/21/2010
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- Ord, George, 1781-1866 1
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