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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

John S. Dunning papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1005
Dates: 1930 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1989

Edmund W. Stiles Papers

 Collection — Box: small accessions 4
Identifier: ANSP-2011-027

Ornithology Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0054
Scope and Contents The collection consists of catalogs, information about special collections within our holdings, lists of birds offered for sale, donated, exchanged or discarded, various working notes of the curators, personnel of the department, and general notes. The persons most concerned in this material are John Cassin, Elliott Coues, William A. Kite, Spencer Trotter, Mr. Hill and Wharton Huber, with Witmer Stone adding the later personal touches to the material describing our bird collection. Not only...
Dates: 1863-2010

Portrait Collection

 Collection — Box: Oversize Small Collections 6
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0457
Scope and Contents This collection consists of single and group portraits of scientists (professional and amatuer), many affiliated with the Academy. When known, Academy affiliation and scientific field of interest is noted (botany, entomology, geology, paleontology, zoology, ichthyology, ornithology, diatoms, etc.). Portraits show scientists in the field and at work as well as posed portraits. Thus far, the collection includes 1680 persons or groups. Formats include photographic prints, cartes de visite,...
Dates: c. 1835-1983, undated

SEE Coll 190 Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, "History of Bird Collections typescript

 Collection — Box: Coll. 444-447, 449
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0446
Scope and Contents

A 29-page record of the collections in the Academy of Natural Sciences arranged chronologically from 1815 to 1953, with a 16-page index prepared by Venia T. Phillips.

Dates: 1957

The James Bond Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0972
Scope and Contents The James Bond Collection contains correspondence, publications, photographs and objects related to the ornithology work of Bond. The collection is divided into three series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Publications; and Series III. Objects. Series I. Correspondence contains letters dealing with Bond’s work as an ornithologist at the Academy including information on research, collecting trips, and publications with a few personal letters. In addition to original...
Dates: 1911-1988; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1988

Witmer Stone papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0072
Scope and Contents The Witmer Stone papers document Stone’s research and his expansive network of scientific colleagues. This collection is arranged into four series: “I. Correspondence,” “II. Professional organizations,” “III. Graphic materials,” and “IV. Writings and notes.Series “I. Correspondence” is arranged alphabetically, and contains letters between Stone and other ornithologists regarding bird species, article submissions for The Auk, and other related...
Dates: undated

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