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Entomology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

American Entomological Society correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0150
Scope and Contents The American Entomogical Society Correspondence collection contains letters from approximately 946 individuals to leaders of the Society discussing entomology, the Society and the Entomological section of the Academy. Specific topics include: society affairs, working funds, publications and scientific courtesies, and exchanges with other museums and entomologists. The recipients appear to be primarily the secretaries and recorders of the Society and the Entomological section. The...
Dates: 1867-1951

American Entomological Society Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2013-024
Scope and Contents

Transferred to Academy Archives by Jon K. Gelhaus, Curator, Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences. Gelhaus is also a member and past officer of the AES. This collection contains meeting speaker lists, sign in sheets, and minutes; correspondence; write ups, flyers, and announcements; and investments reports.

Dates: 1950-2000s

American Entomological Society Treasurer's papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0253
Scope and Contents

Original receipt book, 1859-71, cashbook, 1860-76, membership accounts, 1859-76, recent bank statements and annual reports 1885-89, 1905-26, 1929-53.

Dates: 1859-1953

ANSP Collections - Entomology, Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0736
Scope and Contents

Catalogs, lists, memoranda, related correspondence concerning the collections of the Entomology Department.

Probably archived from the files of the Academy's Entomology Department in 1964.

Dates: 1904-1953

ANSP Entomology Department History

 Collection — Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0737
Scope and Contents

Papers concerning the history of the Academy's Entomology Department.

Dates: n.d.

ANSP museum specimen collection donation records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0195
Scope and Contents

The early daily records in book form, as 'Curator's books," the weekly sheets, 'Additions to the Museum," and the Wurtz' card file "Donations to the Museum" are preserved in this collection.

Dates: 1847-1930

Ashley Buell Gurney Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0747
Scope and Contents

Entomological correspondence with Academy's J.A.G. Rehn.

Archived from Dr. Rehn's papers, 1965.

Dates: 1936-1961

Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, "Zoologie"

 Collection — Box Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0397
Scope and Contents

German zoologist, whose main intereste lay in entomology and ornithology. This volume of 320 pages deals mainly with classification and general information about vertebrates, shells and insects, including fossil forms.

Dates: 1828

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

Entomological Collecting Equipment

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0778
Scope and Contents

Collection includes field lenses, a collecting case, forceps and a magnifying glass.

Archived from the Entomology Department in 1972.

Dates: 19th century