Fishes
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Alvin R. Cahn papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0985
Scope and Contents
The Alvin R. Cahn papers house materials related to two of Cahn’s publications. This collection, which dates from around 1935 but is mostly undated, is arranged alphabetically. The two works documented in this collection are “Up from the sea” and “Wilderness canoe camping.” Both works display Cahn’s knowledge of the subject of fishing, and act as practical guides for those interested in the subject. “Wilderness canoe camping” also discusses how to pack for a canoe trip, menu suggestions, and...
Dates:
1935, undated
ANSP museum specimen collection donation records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0195
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1847-1930
Charles Alexander Lesueur Copper and Zinc plates, 1817-1824
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0938
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...
Dates:
1817-1824
Cocos (Keeling) Islands stamp and photograph collection
Collection — Box Small Collections 17
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0993
Scope and Contents
This collection contains negatives and print photographs of fish from Cocos (Keeling) expedition 1974 September. Underwater shots are by Patrick L. Colin (restricted). Others are by William Smith-Vaniz. Also included in this collection are stamps sent to and collected by Thomas P. Bennett.
This collection can be found with the small collections
Dates:
1974, 1979
Film Collection
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1012
Dates:
1900-1970; Majority of material found within Bulk 1930-1950
Nicholas Marcellus Hentz watercolors
Collection — Box Small Collections 17
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0971
Overview
Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856) was a French-born entomologist, engraver, and miniature painter who spoke several languages and studied medicine in Paris and at Harvard. Hentz became a member of ANSP in 1819 and remained so until his death in 1856, illustrating articles published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This collection includes three watercolors by Nicholas Hentz: two paintings of freshwater fish from Alabama, ca. 1847 and one miniature of...
Dates:
circa 1824-circa 1847
Ichthyology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0704
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the activities of the Ichthyology Department primarily from the late 1950s to the mid-1990s. The collection includes annual reports, written histories about the department and its operation, specimen collection lists, and notes on various fish collections; financial records related to endowments and general and special funds supporting the work of the department, and curatorial grant proposals and reports for National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects; field...
Dates:
1849-2000; Majority of material found within 1957-1995
J. Percy Moore papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0505
Overview
John Percy Moore (1869-1965) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1939, an Assistant Curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1902 to 1938, and held several positions between 1920 and 1956 at the Ludwick Institute, which offered free lectures and courses in the natural sciences. He was also a world recognized authority on leeches. During his career, Moore named six genera, 229 species, five subspecies and four varieties of polychaetous annelids, or...
Dates:
1847 - 1963
James Prosek "Ocean Fishes"
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2012-096
Scope and Contents
This collecection consists of reproductions of James Prosek's original artwork, displayed in an exhibition of his work, entitled "Ocean Fishes", which was displayed in the Academy's Science Live gallery October 12, 2012 - January 21, 2013. The Academy paid about $1240 for them to be made. They are printed to scale on Tyvek.
Dates:
2000-2012
E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0995
Overview
Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson (1899-1986) was a pioneer in the development of underwater photography and was also an explorer, yachtsman and researcher. His interests in underwater photography developed during World War II when he enlisted in Naval Research and worked with underwater demolition and photography. He created his own company, Fenjohn Underwater Equipment Company and patented equipment inventions. The E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs, 1929-1970, is a rich collection of...
Dates:
1929 - 1970