Reports
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Entomology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2010-144
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of correspondence and other records of the Entomology Department of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The records date from the 1940s to 1995, and include the correspondence of Harold J. Grant, David C. Rentz, Michael Emsley, and H. Radclyffe Roberts, among others. The correspondence discusses identification and exchange of specimens, taxonomy, Academy business, and publications. Other records in the departmental files include department reports, specimen...
Dates:
1931-1995
President's Office and Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0990
Overview
The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP) was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents. From 1937 to 1995, there were four presidents and one acting president who left their administrations well...
Dates:
1907-2003; Majority of material found within 1939-1993