Scientific expeditions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
John Kirk Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0404
Scope and Contents
Ornithologist and explorer. The papers in this collection all refer to his experiences when accompanying Captain Wyeth across the Rocky Mountains. Captain Wyeth undertook the journey for the Columbia River Fishing and
Trading Company to establish trading posts beyond the Rockies. Townsend's trip, in the company of Thomas Nuttall was extended to the Sandwich Islands. He returned to the Columbia River, collecting birds there, returning to the
Islands, and eventually back to Philadelphia by way...
Dates:
1834-1839
Records of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Managing Directors
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1010
Scope and Contents
Natural Science, history, geology, religion, anthropology, government reports, maps, advertising ephemera, letterhead art,
This is a collection of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles M.B. Cadwalader, dating from 1933 to 1939. Much of the correspondence relates to the acquisition of specimens, donations, estates and annuities, publications, and other Academy business. There is also a significant amount of correspondence with scientists on Academy expeditions,...
Dates:
1929-1959
Wharton Huber Photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2010-101
Scope and Contents
70 linear inches of glass plate negatives, positives, and plastic film (could be nitrate?).
Dates:
1920s