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Scope and Contents Gunsmith by trade, conchologist by avocation, Tryon's connections with the Academy extended from 1859-76, during which time he was a curator, secretary of the Board of the Building Fund, founder of the Conchological Section and editor of the American Journal of Conchology and the Manual of Conchology. Deposited his collections and library in the Section, and set up a permanent trust fund towards its support.These papers concern the erection of the fund through the sale of Academy...

Scope and Contents Publisher, geologist, paleontologist and conchologist, Lea prepared his first scientific paper for the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1818. Nearly 300 scientific articles appeared above his signature before 1876. He was President of the Academy from 1858-1863 and Dean of the Wistar Association from 1858-1863. He made two European trips with his family, to attend scientific gatherings, one in 1832, the other 1852-53. Much of this correspondence pertains to...

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Physician and conchologist, elected corresponding member of the Academy in 1835. A catalog of the author's cabinet of shells in the form of annotations interleaved in his "A catalogue of the shells arranged according to the Lamarckian system . . . contained in the collection of John C. Jay . . ." 4th ed. New York, R. Craighead, 1850

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Signature, with place [Cincinnati] and some annotations written in Say's Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America, 1829, 1830, 1831, edited by Lucy Say, 1840.

Scope and Contents Collection consists of a letter in Japanese in black brush work on accordion folded paper from Hirohito, His Highness the Prince Regent, dated December 21, 1926 thanking Pilsbry for a copy of the Manual of Conchology, published by the Academy. An English translation of the letter was included on letterhead of the Japanese Embassy, Washington, and signed by Count Sutemi Chinda, Lord Steward to the Crown Prince. Also included is a letter, dated October 28, 1949 sent to Pilsbry,...

Scope and Contents This unpublished writing occupies 163 pages, the small-sized leaves on which it is written being pasted in a scrapbook. It is sparsely illustrated with pencil text figures. It presumably describes a collection given to the Smithsonian Institution. At the Smithsonian are various proofs of pages entitled, "Contributions toward a Monograph of the Chitonidae". We have 27 pages which were given to H. A. Pilsbry by W. H. Dall. Carpenter in early life was an English minister, educator,...

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The Thomas Say papers collection includes biographical information and family documents, scientific correspondence, annotations to various published books, study notes and bibliographical insect references, as well as papers concerning Say's connection with the Academy.

Scope and Contents American conchologist, friend of Louis Agassiz, member of the National Museum staff, accompanying the personnel on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-56, under the command of Capts. Ringgold and Rodgers. Later moved to Chicago where he planned a monumental work on mollusks, for which he borrowed material from a great many institutions. While engaged in that project, Mrs. Leary's cow set fire to the city and destroyed all Stimpson's specimens and work. He died soon after, perhaps...

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Typescript biography of eminent Japanese conchologist, Yoichiro Hirase, b. 1858 (9 pages). Illustrated with 4 mounted photographs of Hirase at work in his study and of his collections.

No information on provenance, but probably from the papers of H.A. Pilsbry