Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:
James Abram Garfield Rehn (1881-1965) Papers.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0734
Dates:
1881-1965
James MacAlister papers
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-001
Abstract
James MacAlister (1840-1913) served as the first president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1891 to 1913. He was a proponent of vocational and technical education throughout his career. This collection documents his term as president, his views on education, and his involvement in the early history of the Drexel Institute. Records include MacAlister’s letters, a book that he published, lectures, and his personal notebook, as well as research notes believed to have...
Dates:
1889-1941; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1905
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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James MacAlister papers
Jim Lish Golden Eagle Illustrations
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1011
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of original illustrations on scraperboard (scratchboard) and clayboard of the golden eagle, common raptors and other birds of prey created by Jim Lish beginning in 1978. Also included are experimental and test drawings; prints of illustrations; publications featuring Lish's illustrations; correspondence; and an annotated unpublished manuscript "The World of The Golden Eagle: An Illustrated Life History" by Lish. The collection also includes 4 USB drives...
Dates:
1973 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1982; Modified: 2003 - 2022
John James Audubon Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0173
Scope and Contents
Document signed by 18 members nominating Audubon for corresponding membership to the Academy September 28, 1831; holograph article for the Proceedings v. 6, 1852, p. 114; biographical information amassed by McCready Huston; and photographs of the Have1 Establishment in London, where some of Audubon's plates were made for his elephant folio of American Birds, Correspondence and documents for the National Exhibition in 1938 and other papers.Signers: Chestnik,...
Dates:
1831-1938
John Kirk Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0404
Scope and Contents
Ornithologist and explorer. The papers in this collection all refer to his experiences when accompanying Captain Wyeth across the Rocky Mountains. Captain Wyeth undertook the journey for the Columbia River Fishing and
Trading Company to establish trading posts beyond the Rockies. Townsend's trip, in the company of Thomas Nuttall was extended to the Sandwich Islands. He returned to the Columbia River, collecting birds there, returning to the
Islands, and eventually back to Philadelphia by way...
Dates:
1834-1839
John Torrey Collection of Letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0364
Scope and Contents
Originally assembled by Torrey as an autograph collection from which a series was chosen for the Academy, perhaps purchased by John Redfield who combined it with the Elias Durand collection of 109 letters and enlarged it to the present proportions. Most of the letters are dated 1809-1859, with six earlier and two later ones. A typescript index and a microfilm copy of the originals are on file, Analyzed from A through J only.
Dates:
1765-1894; Majority of material found within 1809-1859
Joseph Leidy Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001
Overview
Joseph Mellick Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. The Joseph Leidy Correspondence collection contains...
Dates:
1845-1913, undated
Joseph Leidy Correspondence and Documents (Photocopies)
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0001-A
Overview
Joseph Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. This collection contains photocopies of correspondence and...
Dates:
1847-1924
Joseph Leidy, Learned Society Communications
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0479
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diplomas, certificates of membership, and invitations to
special meetings or to ceremonies honoring Leidy as a scientist, are grouped
here. Besides his earned diplomas from school and University, certificates
of honorary membership in local organizations, in national groups and in
European societies are included. Since our list of 75 does not mention every
organization recorded in a published list of such honoring institutions, the
College of physicians of Philadelphia was...
Dates:
1845-90
Kathryn Musser Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-043
Scope and content note
This collection contains the papers of Kathryn Musser Smith, who graduated from the Drexel Institute in 1916. The collection consists of ephemera gathered during Smith’s time as a student, including roster cards, dance cards, report cards, event invitations, class schedules, and correspondence. There are commencement programs, Drexel Institute song books, other Drexel Institute publications, and several programs for Alumni reunions, one of which includes biographical notes on the lives of...
Dates:
1914-1966