Printed ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical Reference File
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1017
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of reference files assembled by Library and Archives staff beginning in the 1980s documenting the activities of persons directly associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences and with the study of the natural world more generally. This includes early Academy members, staff, trustees, volunteers, donors, and others associated with the Academy and its specimen collections and environmental research. The collection provides background information often found in secondary...
Dates:
circa 1915-2024
Collection on John James Audubon
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0173
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of originals and reproductions of documents related to John James Audubon primarily assembled by Academy of Natural Sciences' staff members. There is only one item in the collection written by Audubon, a short note with his signature, circa 1836. The collection includes a document nominating Audubon to be a corresponding member, September 28, 1831; a photostatic copy of an 1839 letter to John S. Clark regarding Birds of America; a three-page manuscript of a...
Dates:
1831-1985; Majority of material found within 1938
Eleanor Reeves scrapbook
Collection — Box 1, Folder: unknown container
Identifier: MC-00-034
Scope and contents note
The collection consists of Eleanor Edmunds Reeves’s scrapbook, which dates approximately from 1930-1934. Ms. Reeves attended the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry during those years. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, which document various Drexel sporting and social events, and ephemera such as train tickets, advertisements, and registration cards. The scrapbook also includes correspondence from several “Little Sisters” (incoming freshmen) who were...
Dates:
1931-1934
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Eleanor Reeves scrapbook
Frank Thomson papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-002
Abstract
Frank Thomson (1841-1899) was a senior administrator of the Pennsylvania Railroad and served as its president from 1897 to 1899. This collection documents his career on the railroad, beginning with his service with the United States Military Railroads in the South during the Civil War, detailing an official state visit by the Russian Grand Duke Alexis, and ending with his promotion to president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and his death in 1899. Records include Mr. Thomson’s personal and...
Dates:
1826-1915; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1899
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Frank Thomson papers
Homer Franklin Bassett Family Papers
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0923
Scope and Contents
The Homer Franklin Bassett Family Papers is a collection of correspondence, writings, notes, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other records primarily created or collected by Homer Franklin Bassett (1826-1902), but also by other members of his family. Helen Bassett Ford (1890-1976) is responsible for assembling most of the records in the collection after Homer’s death in 1902.The collection consists primarily of seven onionskin letter books containing over 1,000 outgoing letters...
Dates:
circa 1860-1968; Majority of material found within 1877-1902
Library School scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-026
Overview
This collection consists of seven scrapbooks that document the curriculum and operations of Drexel's Library School between the years of 1891-1914.
Dates:
1891-1914
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Library School scrapbooks