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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:

Drexel University Museum records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-11-001
Overview This collection contains records that document various activities, developments, exhibits, and programs of the Drexel University Museum and its collections from 1797 until 2000. The bulk of records date from the 1930s to the 1980s. Materials in the collection include correspondence, research notes, catalogues, inventories, reports, clippings, newsletters, bulletins, news releases, photographs, grant applications, budgets, policies, pamphlets, plans, receipts, insurance policies and forms,...
Dates: 1797-2000; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1988
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Drexel University Museum records

Edgar B. Howard Clovis, N. M. Field trips, Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0331
Scope and Contents Between 1932 and 1935 Howard made summer expeditions to the gravel pit near Clovis, excavating for evidences of early man in America. These trips were sponsored by the University Museum and the Academy of Natural Sciences both of Philadelphia, the Carnegie Institution and California Institute of Technology. Names appearing in our records of the trips are John C. Merriam, Chester Stock, F. D. Bode, R. W. Wilson, Childs Antevs and D. Curry, with Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Lady Woodward and V....
Dates: 1932-1935
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Edgar B. Howard Clovis, N. M. Field trips, Papers

Edward James Nolan Documents and Correspondence on the History of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0464
Abstract

Edward James Nolan (1846-1921) served as the librarian at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia from 1869 until his death. During his tenure as librarian, he performed research on and wrote the history of the Academy which was completed in 1909. This collection contains material collected by Nolan for his history, including transcriptions of early minutes, deeds, biographies, news clipppings, letters and reminiscences of colleagues.

Dates: 1846-1915
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Edward James Nolan Documents and Correspondence on the History of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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 / Eleanor Reeves scrapbook

Anny Elston papers

 Collection
Identifier: WM-1994-X-010
Overview

Anny Elston (1895-1975), a German born and trained pediatrician, immigrated to the United States in 1941 due to the "Racial Laws" in Nazi Germany. After obtaining her New York State Medical License in 1942, she began practicing medicine in New York City until retiring in 1972. The Anny Elston papers include information regarding Dr. Elston's medical credentials and continuing education, her medical practice in New York City, and patient records.

Dates: 1918 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1972
Found in: Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center / Anny Elston papers

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
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Entomology Department Records

Marion Spencer Fay Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WM-036
Abstract

Marion Spencer Fay (1898-1990) served as dean and president of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1963 and promoted the recruitment of, education for, and recognition of women physicians. This collection includes the texts of many of Dr. Fay's speeches as well as a selection of professional and administrative papers from her time as dean and president of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1925 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1975
Found in: Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center / Marion Spencer Fay Papers

Felipe Poey, Papers

 Collection — Box Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0366
Scope and Contents

Ichthyologist, malacologist and entomologist, founder-director of the Museum at Havana, and professor at the University there. With two others he supported the field work of J. Gundlach. He was a corresponding member of the Academy, to which a part of his collections were given. His papers consist of lists and notes on Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera of Cuba, four letters to A. Guex and some notes and lists of J. Gundlach.

Dates: 1851-69
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Felipe Poey, Papers

"Fossil Remains" pg. 1-8

 Collection — Box small accessions 4
Identifier: ANSP-2012-047
Dates: 1839-1965
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / "Fossil Remains" pg. 1-8

Francis Whittier Pennell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0118
Scope and Contents The Francis Whittier Pennell papers includes itineraries, field notebooks, manuscripts and research, and correspondence spanning Pennell’s 40 years in botany. It is divided into five series: field work, Scrophulariaceae work, scientific writing, biographies of botanists, and correspondence. Series I. Field Work, contains three subseries. A. Itineraries, which contains itineraries for Pennell’s collecting expeditions to Colombia, Peru, and Chile as well as expeditions to the...
Dates: 1874-1982; Majority of material found within 1908-1952
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Francis Whittier Pennell Papers

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