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Paleontology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Antique Stoppered Glass Vials

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-103-Artifact
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of antique viles from the Malacology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences. The viles were used for invertebrate paleontology wet collection. The viles were transfered to the archives by John Sime. There are currently sixty-three glass vials and fifty-two glass lids.

Dates: 2010
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Antique Stoppered Glass Vials

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0803
Overview Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, author, sculptor and naturalist, began this album in 1872, and continued to add to it intermittently, the last datable entry being of 1878. In its entirety, the album contains 56 items, including manuscripts, clippings, and images. This finding aid contains only the images found within the album. These images consist of 37 items: 16 photographic sepia prints, 10 prints, 3 b&w photographic prints, 3 wash drawings, 2 ink drawings, 2 watercolor drawings, and 1...
Dates: circa 1853-1875
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album

Wilhelm Bock papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0996
Scope and Contents

The Wilhelm Bock papers contains research materials of Wilhelm Bock, and dates from 1932 to 1964, with bulk dates from 1944 to 1964. Included are correspondence, photographs, illustrations, and notes. These materials document Bock's research into paleobotany, and type specimens which he either discovered or studied. While the collection is small, it may shed an important light onto paleobotany at the Academy.

Dates: 1932 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1964
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Wilhelm Bock papers

Commemorative Tee-Shirt

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2010-087-Artifact
Scope and Contents This commemorative tee-shirt is from the Kansas Academy of Science for their 133 Annual Meeting on April 7, 2001 at the University of Kansas. The shirt was given out to participants of the Paleontology Symposium: Shells, Bones, and Stones". The top of the white shirt reads: "Kansas Paleontology 1868-2001: In their Footsteps". Five men are pictured on the front of the shirt, from left to right: E.D Cope; O.C Marsh; S.W Williston; C.H Sternberg; and G.F Sternberg. The tee-shirt is a size large...
Dates: 4/7/2001
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Commemorative Tee-Shirt

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
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Edward Drinker Cope Papers

Delaware Valley Paleontology Society records

 Collection — Box small accessions 2
Identifier: ANSP-2010-186
Overview The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society is a nonprofit educational organization. Founded in 1978, its purpose is "to promote the gathering and dissemination of information pertaining to fossil forms." Its monthly meetings are usually held at the Academy of Natural Sciences. This collection of records of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society consists of: photocopies of: the letter proposing the formation of a fossil club, newsletters and flyers, a 1983 bibliography of the DVPS...
Dates: 1978 - 1987
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Delaware Valley Paleontology Society records

Dinosaurs

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains files transferred from the Communications Department pertaining to each scientific department, including reprints and press releases. Folder 2 contains reprints of various accounts of the Academy's history.

Dates: 1950-2012
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / ANSP-2012-077, Communications Department Files

"Dinosaurs Invade Philadelphia" Program, with article written by Earle Spamer

 Collection — Box small accessions 5
Identifier: ANSP-2013-017
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a program for the Academy event "Dinosaurs Invade Philadelphia". The program contains an article written by Academy Archivist Earle Spamer entitled "Birthplace of Paleontology".

Dates: 1998
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / "Dinosaurs Invade Philadelphia" Program, with article written by Earle Spamer

Ethelbert Watts Photographs of Mammoth Expedition

 Collection — Box Oversize Small Collections 5, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0378
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken by Ethelbert Watts for the expedition sent out by the Imperial Academy of Science, Leningrad, for the excavation of the Mammoth found in the River Berezowska, in 1901. The collection includes photographs of the skeleton mounted in the museum in Leningrad.

Dates: 1901-1905
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Ethelbert Watts Photographs of Mammoth Expedition

Geology and Paleontology Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0235
Overview Although from its inception the Academy of Natural Sciences played a significant role in the field of geological paleontological research, this role was not organized within a specific department until 1936, when the Department of Geology and Paleontology was reactivated through the efforts of Edgar Howard. The Geology and Paleontology Department records document the history and activities of this department throughout the mid-20th century. This collection, which dates from 1838 to 1992,...
Dates: circa 1978, circa 1980, 1992, 1994
Found in: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University / Geology and Paleontology Department Records

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