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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
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 Treasurer Reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0605
Overview
This collection contains the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Treasurers' reports and other financial documents. Annual reports, appropriation documents, a budget report, two building fund reports, minutes, correspondence, one Treasurer's final account and a Trustees lease are included from the timeperiod of 1815 through 1927. The largest portion of the collection consists of Treasurers' annual reports. The financial documents in this collection provide a unique view into the...
Dates:
1815-1927
George Vaux, Jr., Photographs of glaciers
Collection — Box: Oversize Small Collections 3
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0486
Scope and Contents
Lawyer and geologist, elected a member of the Academy in 1892 and its treasurer from 1894 to 1927. The five mounted photographs were to illustrate his 'Observations made in 1906 on glaciers in Alberta and British Columbia," published in the Proceedings for 1906.
Dates:
1906
Henry Skinner Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0920
Scope and Contents
Trained as a medical man, Skinner devoted much of his later life to entomology, his research interests being in Lepidoptera. He edited Entomological News from 1890-1910. This collection contains correspondence, a bibliography of his writings, a notebook on Lepidoptera, scientific articles and annotations. The latter appear in his Catalogue of North American Rhopalocera, and in Dyar's Catalogue of North American Lepidoptera.
Archived from the Department of Insects, 1960.
Dates:
1879-1925
Treasurer George Vaux's financial records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0191
Scope and Contents
The collection of Treasurer George Vaux’s financial records houses papers related to Vaux’s management of estates bequeathed to the Academy around the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These materials date from 1856 to 1958, with bulk dates from 1856 to 1922, and include many legal documents such as wills, property deeds, indentures, certificates, agreements, and mortgages. Also included are blueprints, maps, and plans of inherited properties, as well as financial records pertaining to the...
Dates:
1856 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1922
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- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3
- Cadwalader, John, 1843-1925 2
- Moore, J. Percy (1869-1965) 2
- Morris, Effingham Buckley, 1856-1937 2
- Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 2
- Rehn, James A.G. (James Abram Garfield) (b. 1881) 2
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History 1
- Armstrong, Georgie R. 1
- Atkins, Charles D. 1
- Barringer, Brandon, 1899- 1
- Bauer, Wilhelm 1
- Bennett, Thomas Peter (1937-) 1
- Bok, Cary William (January 25, 1905 - December 29, 1970) 1
- Braddock, Charles S. 1
- Brakeley, John Price Jones Inc. 1
- Burr, Malcolm 1
- Cadwalader, C. M. B (Charles Meigs Biddle) (June 3,1885-1959) 1
- Carpenter, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1860 1
- Chapman, Henry C. 1
- Clayton, S. Lillian 1
- Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 1
- Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker) (1840-1897) 1
- Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926 1
- Critchfield, N. B. 1
- Curtis, H. L. 1
- Davis, George M. (1938-) 1
- Davis, William B. 1
- Dixon, Edwin S. 1
- Dixon, Fannie G. 1
- Dixon, Samuel Gibson, 1851-1918 1
- Freeman, Harold A. 1
- Gill, Frank B. 1
- Gilliams, Jacob 1
- Gowen, A. R. 1
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 1
- Hamilton, John 1
- Hausche, Maud B. 1
- Henszey, William C. 1
- Hoffman, Benjamin 1
- Hooper, Franklin W. 1
- Lamborn, Charles B. 1
- Lamborn, Robert H. 1
- Lister, Alfred E. 1
- Lloyd, H. Yates 1
- Martindale, Isaac 1
- Martindale, S., Jr. 1
- Marvel, William [ADDED from ATLAS dataset] 1
- Mays, Josephine 1
- McGee, John 1
- Meigs, James Aitkin (1829-1880) 1
- Newbold, Arthur E. 1
- Perot, Charles P. 1
- Potts, Howard Newcomb (1819-1906) 1
- Randolph, Richard 1
- Robinson, William Duffield 1
- Rodgers, J. G. 1
- Rothermel, John George 1
- Rust, David 1
- Skinner, Henry (1861-1926) 1
- Smith, Charles E. 1
- Stiles, Charles Wardell 1
- Swiggett, Glen Levin 1
- Taylor, Helen 1
- The Associated Natural Science Institutions (TANSI) 1
- Thomas, W. Stephen (Wakeman Stephen) 1
- Thomson, Keith Stewart 1
- Vansant, Belle 1
- Wagner Free Institute of Science 1
- Wahl, Milton H. 1
- Webster, A. L. 1
- Wheeler, Arthur O. 1
- Williams, Roswell Carter (1869-1946) 1
- Winsor, William D. 1
- Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1 ∧ less
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