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Scientific expeditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Academy of Natural Sciences Flag Carried by Lonnie Dupre to the North Pole

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2012-097-Artifact
Scope and Contents

In 2009, Lonnie Dupre led a team of explorers on a fifty-four day trek across the ice to the North Pole, following the footsteps of explorer, Robert Peary one hundred years earlier. This trip commemorated one of the most famous early polar expeditions and raised awareness of the effects of global warming. To mark the Academy of Natural Sciences' early support of Peary's explorations, Dupre planted the Academy flag at the Pole.

Dates: 2009
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Academy of Natural Sciences Flag Carried by Lonnie Dupre to the North Pole

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Exhibits Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0998
Overview Prior to the 1930s, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia had neither an education department nor an exhibits department. However, the museum clearly stated that “to see that our scientific work is shared with the public in ways that instruct and entertain is one of our direct responsibilities, for knowledge of Nature not only widens the mental horizon, but helps to ease the common burdens of life.” In 1920, Harold T. Green came to work at the Academy. At first, he was in charge...
Dates: 1852-2001
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Exhibits Department Records

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Papers on Expeditions

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0113
Scope and Contents This collection was assembled by Library and Archives staff from various accessions of records transferred from Academy departments and offices. The collection documents the Academy of Natural Sciences sponsored expeditions from 1819 to 1977. The collection is rich in material, particularly regarding the Academy's expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1969. There is some general information regarding expeditions, especially in regard to the Committee on Names, which is...
Dates: 1819-1969
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Papers on Expeditions

Alfred L. Wolf Papers

 Collection — Box 1-5
Identifier: ANSP-2010-126
Dates: 1967-1981
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Alfred L. Wolf Papers

Angelo Heilprin Papers: Expedition to Yucatan and Mexico

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0007
Scope and Contents This expedition, the first official one of the Academy, included J. E. Ives, Roberts LeBoutillier, Witmer Stone and Frank C. Baker in the party. Arriving on the 22nd of February, they covered the territory of the northwestern part of Yucatan and the Mexican highlands in the vicinity of Orizaba. Natural history specimens were gathered and photographic records of the ecological conditions and the contours of the country through which they travelled, were taken. The short time spent in the...
Dates: 1890
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Angelo Heilprin Papers: Expedition to Yucatan and Mexico

ANSP Expedition Case

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2012-010-Artifact
Dates: 1950s
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP Expedition Case

ANSP Habitat Groups, Gorilla Photographs and Correspondence

 Collection — Box oversize small accessions 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0718
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photographic prints of the creation of taxidermied gorillas which were collected by the 1934 George Vanderbilt Expedition to Western Africa. The collection includes correspondence with the taxidermists, John Jonas and Louis Jonas (Jonas Brothers Studios), memoranda, and photographs of the mounting of specimens and the diorama.

Dates: 1937-1938
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP Habitat Groups, Gorilla Photographs and Correspondence

Augustus Edward Jessup, Papers

 Collection — Box Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0375
Scope and Contents Geologist, mineralogist and paper manufacturer. Attended Dr. Thomas Cooper's Scientific School in Philadelphia, beginning about 1816. Elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and became very active in its affairs. Made a trip to Mexico in 1817 or 1818, and returned with valuable mineral collections. In 1819 joined Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains as its official geologist. He bequeathed extensive mineralogical and geological collections to the...
Dates: 1822-1913
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Augustus Edward Jessup, Papers

Benjamin Sharp Papers and Glass Lantern Slides

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0349
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials primarily related to Academy of Natural Sciences sponsored expeditions Benjamin Sharp was a part of to collect specimens and study the natural world in the West Indies in 1888, to Greenland in 1891 along with Robert Peary, and to Hawai’i in 1893.

Dates: 1844-1952; Majority of material found within 1888-1894
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Benjamin Sharp Papers and Glass Lantern Slides

Charles Pickering Journal of U. S. Exploring Expedition

 Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0308
Scope and Contents This unpublished two volume journal kept by Charles Pickering covers the portion of the U.S. Exploring Expedition from Madeira to the Hawaiian Islands. It contains approximately 1000 pages of Pickering's commentary about various aspects of the localities visited including topography and geological structures, coral reel formations, climate, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, mollusks, insects, crustacea, and plants as well as accounts describing indigenous peoples. Lists of specimens seen and...
Dates: September 1838-November 1841
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Charles Pickering Journal of U. S. Exploring Expedition

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