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Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Office of the President Printing Block

 Item
Identifier: 2010.090.014.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2010-090-Artifact, Academy of Natural Sciences Printing Blocks and Plates

Official Academy Seal Printing Block

 Item
Identifier: 2010.090.011.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2010-090-Artifact, Academy of Natural Sciences Printing Blocks and Plates

Old Bushman Sculpture

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-082-Artifact
Scope and Contents The sculpture was created by Malvina Hoffman around 1930. This was created during the time when Hoffman was working for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, IL. Her skill at representation of the human form allowed her to render the graceful beauty of her subjects during their daily activities. This project resulted in the largest single corpus of her work. The sculpture is a bust of an old Bushman. It is screwed to a wooden pedestal and an engraving on the back of the bust reads:...
Dates: Circa 1930
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Old Bushman Sculpture

Ruth Patrick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0974
Overview Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1907, Dr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick spent most of her childhood in Kansas City, Missouri. Her interest in the natural sciences was shaped by her father's passion for the natural world. Her long association with the Academy of Natural Sciences began in 1933 as a volunteer. By 1937 she was curator of the Academy's Leidy Microscopical Collection and involved in the consolidation and expansion of the Academy’s diatom herbarium, but not on the Academy payroll until the early...
Dates: 1908 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Ruth Patrick Papers

Samuel Gibson Dixon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0241
Scope and Contents The Samuel Gibson Dixon Papers include correspondence from, to, or copied to Samuel Gibson Dixon, who was President of the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1891-1918. A large chunk of this correspondence pertains to the discussion of renovations being made to the Academy building, most particularly building a new library, and the collection includes continuous conversation between Dixon, The Snead & Co. Iron Works, the Otis Elevator Company, Wilson, Harris & Richards (architects),...
Dates: 1892-1918
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Samuel Gibson Dixon papers

Semi-Centennial Medallion and storage box of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters., 1870-1920

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2010.074.002.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of three medallions, 2 small medallion storage boxes, and three notes accompany the medallions. The medals were given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by outside institutions including the International Congress of Americanists, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

Dates: 1870-1920
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2010-074-Artifact, Medals Presented to the Academy

Semi-Centennial Medallion of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Announcement., 1870-1920

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2010.074.001.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of three medallions, 2 small medallion storage boxes, and three notes accompany the medallions. The medals were given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by outside institutions including the International Congress of Americanists, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, and the Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

Dates: 1870-1920
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2010-074-Artifact, Medals Presented to the Academy

Signature Printing Plates

 Sub-Group
Identifier: 2010.090.019.Artifact through 2010.090.023.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2010-090-Artifact, Academy of Natural Sciences Printing Blocks and Plates

Eleanor Slifer Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1006
Overview Dr. Eleanor Slifer (1900-1986) was a faculty member in the Department of Zoology, University of Iowa and a member of the Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Dr. Slifer’s groundbreaking work with insect chemoreceptors lead to over 100 published papers in professional journals. This collection dates from 1928 to 1980 and contains handwritten notes, illustrations, manuscripts and galley proofs relating to a number of Dr. Slifer's published papers....
Dates: 1928-1980
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Eleanor Slifer Papers

Small Ballot Box

 Item
Identifier: Coll.115.001.Artifact
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Nominations, as shown on the stubs of the book of records, appear in 5 volumes, 1817-1929. Two books of proposals, possibly a duplication of entries in the nomination book also record the names from Feb. 15, 1814 to Dec. 27, 1853.

Also Two ballot boxes, one gavel, one plastic box containing seven white balls and four black balls. One folder containing two notes that accompanied the ballot box and gavel. Another box containing sixty-eight white balls and fourteen black balls.

Dates: 1817-1929
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-Coll-0115, ANSP Membership Nomination Records and Ballot Boxes / Objects

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