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Accessions to the Herbarium of the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Box: small accessions 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-036
Dates:
1940s-1970
J. Percy Moore papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0505
Overview
John Percy Moore (1869-1965) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1939, an Assistant Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1902 to 1938, and held several positions between 1920 and 1956 at the Ludwick Institute, which offered free lectures and courses in the natural sciences. He was also a world recognized authority on leeches. During his career, Moore named six genera, 229 species, five subspecies and four varieties of polychaetous annelids, or...
Dates:
1847 - 1963
John W. Harshberger's North American Vegetation Illustrations
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2010-031
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a twelve volume scrapbook group entitled "Illustrations of North American Vegetation" organized by region and compiled of John W. Harshberger. The collection also includes a scrapbook of "Foreign Vegetation" and a copy of "The Vegetation of South Florida," the latter printed by the Wagner Free Institute of Science. The scrapbooks are a combination of photographs taken by Harshberger, Henry Troth, etc., postcards, and illustrations cut from books or periodicals. ...
Dates:
1911-1916
Pennsylvania University and Academy Proposed Merger Papers
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 11
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0543
Scope and Contents
In April, 1889 the Provost of the University, William Pepper sent to the officers of the Academy an invitation to move their institution to the campus of the University. The Academy's Council considered the proposal, disapproved it, and reported its reasons in detail to the Academy's membership. The members, agreeing with the council, voted against the move. The papers include the original proposition, resolutions of both the Council and the Academy, and a statement by the Academy's...
Dates:
1889
Horace G. Richards papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0976
Overview
Horace G. Richards (1906-1984) was a geologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and an authority on the geologic formations of the Atlantic coastal plain. His research specialty focused on geology and paleontology of the Quaternary Period (approximately the past 1.8 million years), but his research interests also included Cenozoic mollusca, and marine Pleistocene geology and paleontology of the Atlantic coastal plain. Additionally, he studied climate change and coastal...
Dates:
1928 - 1984
Thomas Moore collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012-021
Overview
Thomas Moore received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1848. He became an ardent follower of the homeopathic movement led by Dr. Constantine Hering. Moore served as a faculty member at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1858-1860, where he worked in the anatomy and obstetrics departments. Collection contains medical instruments, including a homeopathic remedy kit; memorabilia; and publications (reprints), mostly homeopathic related, as well as a Hahnemannian...
Dates:
ca. 1860-1898
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