Awards
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art Plaster Cast
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-089-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This plaster cast is the original plaster model for the obverse of the Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art. The medal was originally designed by David Bonner and Donald Patterson of the Franklin Mint. The original plaster for the reverse of the medal was never returned to the Academy by the Franklin Mint. The award was to be given to a person whose artistic endeavors and life's work have contributed to mankind's better understanding and appreciation...
Dates:
1980
American Entomological Society Calvert Award Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2013-036
Dates:
1987-2011
Edward Drinker Cope Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0328
Abstract
Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was one of the most distinguished American scientists of the 19th century. The bulk of his work was in the fields of paleontology, zoology, geology and anatomy. During his lifetime, he discovered and described over 600 new species and contributed over 1300 papers to scientific literature. The collection contains certificates and honors, medals, manuscripts of scientific papers, drawings, scientific photographs, biographical material, news clippings, account...
Dates:
1859-1907
Crawford H. Greenewalt papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0997
Overview
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902-1993) was a chemical engineer and the President of the DuPont Company from 1948 to 1962. He had a passion for the natural sciences, and combined his love of ornithology with photography. He was especially known for his high speed photographs of hummingbirds. His ornithological interests included bird songs, the radiance of hummingbird feathers and the evolution of shapes and sizes of birds in relation to their flight abilities. The Crawford H. Greenewalt...
Dates:
1951 - 1993
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital Alumni Association records
Collection
Identifier: HU.OS-148-153
Overview
Hahnemann Alumni Association records including by-laws, lists of presidents, chairmen, and alumni members, board minutes, awards, and class songs, publications, class anniversary books, homecoming weekend materials, alumni newsletters, Hahnemann University magazine, and other similar alumni publications.
Dates:
1884-2005; Majority of material found in 1930-1990
Harry C. Rippel papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-088
Abstract
Harry Conrad Rippel (1926-2004) worked as a principal engineer at Franklin Institute Research Laboratory from 1952 to 1984 and was a leading authority on tribology, the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings. He studied mechanical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and then a master’s degree in 1957. This collection contains the academic, professional, and personal papers of Mr. Rippel, spanning from 1943-2004,...
Dates:
1943-2004; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1984
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Harry C. Rippel papers
James Abram Garfield Rehn (1881-1965) Papers.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0734
Dates:
1881-1965
John J. Nesbitt, Inc. and family records
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-063
Abstract
Albert J. Nesbitt was the first child of John J. Nesbitt, the founder of John J. Nesbitt, Inc., which manufactured heating and ventilating units for schools in the early twentieth century. In 1941, Albert became the president of the company after his father's death. The company continued producing heating and cooling elements for schools. During World War II, the company devoted their facilities to produce munitions for the Philadelphia Ordinance District for which they were awarded four...
Dates:
1910s-1970s
Joseph Leidy Memorials and Commemorative Meetings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0012
Overview
Most popularly known as the Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology, Joseph Leidy was also the Founder of American Parasitology, a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, a pioneering protozoologist, an influential teacher of Natural History, a passionate microscopist, an accomplished scientific illustrator, and an expert on a variety of subjects. He published scientific papers on more than a thousand extinct and living protozoa, fungi and animals as well as an assortment...
Dates:
1883-1923
Medal Dies of Joseph Leidy Medal
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-081-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two metal dies for the Joseph Leidy Medal given out by the Academy of Natural Sciences. This medal was presented as part of the Leidy Medal Foundation. Under the terms of this foundation, the medal is to be presented every three years as a reward for pre-eminent research work in any of the branches of the natural sciences. The medal dies are of the reverse and obverse sides of the square medal. The front of the medal has a picture of Joseph Leidy's profile and his...
Dates:
1923