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The early daily records in book form, as 'Curator's books," the weekly sheets, 'Additions to the Museum," and the Wurtz' card file "Donations to the Museum" are preserved in this collection.

Overview Charles Alexandre Lesueur, 1778-1846, artist and naturalist, participated in Napoleon's expedition to Australia (1800-1804), and joined William Maclure in his geologic survey of Europe, the West Indies and the Eastern United States (1815-1817). Upon returning to Philadelphia, Lesueur and Maclure wrote out the results of their travels, publishing many scientific papers in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with Lesueur also publishing findings from his Australian...

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On a collecting trip to Honduras, from Bay Islands to Bonacca in 1942, Orr kept a diary, pages 7-18, giving a running description of the environment and weather conditions, while pages 100-109 list and describe the collecting stations set up, with the catches, dates and habitat information for each species. Accompanying the diary is a list of equipment used and a summary of the numbers of specimens caught.

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This collection contains various ephemera belonging to Henry Weed Fowler, Curator of Fishes at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from 1902-1965. Included are items such as: scientific equipment; wax seal stamp; stainless steel syringe; wooden desk set containing items such as fountain pens, ink bottles, and a wooden ruler.

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Collection of papers produced by and about Henry Weed Fowler and his work at the Academy of Natural Sciences as an ichthyologist and his research on fishes as well as birds and reptiles.

Scope and Contents These eight colored proofs of fishes were laid in a copy of John Edwards Holbrook's Ichthyology of South Carolina (1860). The plates for this edition were done by A. J. Ibbotson and Antoine Sonrel and colored by Jacques Burkhardt. These loose proofs were possibly intended for the second volume, which was never published. The plates are labeled as follows: Plate 1. Bairdiella argyroleuca; Leiostomus xanthurus obliguus Plate 2 Epinephelus erythrogaster Plate 3 Centripristis atrarius;...

Scope and Contents Primarily a business man with one home in Newport, Rhode Island, another in Philadelphia, Samuel Powel was once a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania and a great friend of Joseph Leidy. As an amateur naturalist he was interested in optics and the invention of a machine for showing microscopic slides directly on a screen. He was elected to the Academy in 1847 and for a short period was its corresponding secretary. The photographs in this collection include 67...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 704 letters addressed to Haldeman, Constantine Rafinesque and Thomas Say, with a letterbook of 22 letters written by Haldeman. In subject, the letters refer to paleontology, conchology, entomology, ichthyology, to Indian relics and to spelling reform. A letter from Leidy is illustrated and several of those written by Haldeman bear pencil sketches. In his letterbook is information about a proposed U. S. Naval Expedition to South America with J. G. Strain, and...

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Dr. William Smith-Vaniz was on the Academy's Ichthyological Department staff from 1972-1991, serving as curator from 1975-1991. These illustrations were created to accompany papers published in the Academy's journals.

Transferred to the Academy archives by Dr. Smith-Vaniz in 1990.