Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Joshua Spencer Commonplace Book
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0426
Scope and Contents
This commonplace book, consisting of approximately 430 pages of entries on natural history subjects, is attributed to Joshua Spencer of Essex, England. Although the bulk of the manuscript is written in the same hand, various pages throughout are signed by others indicating there may be multiple authors. The manuscript is assembled in two sections with two separate indexes and bound in vellum.Large portions of the manuscript are excerpted transcriptions of texts and illustrations...
Dates:
1692-1729
Kristin Mitchell manuscript
Collection
Identifier: ACC366
Overview
Manuscript title: “‘Her Preference was to Heal’: Women’s Choice of Homeopathic Medicine in the Nineteenth Century United States.” This manuscript, written by Kristin Mitchell in fulfillment of a thesis at the History Department of Yale University, examines “the complex relationship between women and homeopathy.”
Dates:
1989
Longshore family papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-028
Abstract
The Longshore family was active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and the Longshore family papers includes material from Thomas Longshore, his brother Joseph Longshore, and his wife Hannah E. Myers Longshore. Thomas Longshore was a teacher and a supporter of women's education and social reform, especially abolition. Joseph Longshore (1809-1879) was a physician who supported women in acquiring quality medical education. He was active in founding the Female Medical College of...
Dates:
1819 - 1902
Manuscript mentioning Peale, Portraits, and Benjamin West
Collection — Box small accessions 5
Identifier: ANSP-2013-041
Naomi Rogers papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-018
Overview
Naomi Rogers, PhD is a professor in the History of Medicine and of History at Yale University. In 1998, she published her book, An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Rogers carried out extensive research at the Drexel University College of Medicine’s Legacy Center and Archives during the 1990s with the help of archivist, Barbara Williams. Collection contains Rogers’ research materials for Alternative Path, including...
Dates:
1876-2013; Majority of material found in 1995-1998
Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Chiton manuscript, Book 2
Collection — Box Small Collections 10
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0409
Scope and Contents
This unpublished writing occupies 163 pages, the small-sized leaves on
which it is written being pasted in a scrapbook. It is sparsely illustrated
with pencil text figures. It presumably describes a collection given to the
Smithsonian Institution. At the Smithsonian are various proofs of pages entitled,
"Contributions toward a Monograph of the Chitonidae". We have 27
pages which were given to H. A. Pilsbry by W. H. Dall. Carpenter in early
life was an English minister, educator,...
Dates:
[1875]
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0418
Abstract
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) was a naturalist who is best known for his contributions to scientific classification and nomenclature and giving Latin names to approximately 6,700 plants. While in the United States, he toured west of the Alleghenies and made important botanical discoveries in Kentucky and Illinois. This collection dates from 1818 to 1977 and consists of copies of Rafinesque's professional letters, family material, and research by F. W. Pennell regarding...
Dates:
1818 - 1977
Richard Harlan Papers
Collection — Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0904
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of manuscript pages for articles published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1824-1825; two annotated engraved plates of "an extinct species of crocodile not before described" from vol.4, part 1 of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1824; and an extract of Publication Committee minutes, 1826 signed by Harlan.
Dates:
1824-1826
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
Thomas Dolan IV Collections
Collection — Box small accessions 5
Identifier: ANSP-2013-026
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Dolan's corresponding field notes and slides from ANSP "Elsie Fennimore" Oceanographic Expedition February 1950 - April 1950. It also contains three manuscripts from three separate research projects.
Dates:
1947-1951