Mineralogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
Augustus Edward Jessup, Papers
Collection — Box Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0375
Scope and Contents
Geologist, mineralogist and paper manufacturer. Attended Dr. Thomas Cooper's Scientific School in Philadelphia, beginning about 1816. Elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and became very
active in its affairs. Made a trip to Mexico in 1817 or 1818, and returned with valuable mineral collections. In 1819 joined Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains as its official geologist. He bequeathed extensive mineralogical and geological collections to the...
Dates:
1822-1913
Gerard Troost, Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0372
Scope and Contents
A native of Holland, Troost was educated in the universities of Leyden and Amsterdam and studied mineralogy with the Abbe Hauy of Paris. After coming to Philadelphia he was a founder and first president of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Later he moved to New Harmony, Indiana, with Maclure, Say and Lesueur, then became professor at the University of Nashville and subsequently the State Geologist of Tennessee. This collection consists of a letter, a daguerreotype of Troost,...
Dates:
1810-1847
Mineralogy Department Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0141
Scope and Contents
The Mineralogy Department records house the administrative records of the department and its custodians. This collection dates from 1817 to 1993 and contains catalogues, inventories, correspondence, memoranda, financial records, historical notes, invoices, exhibition planning and loan documentation, reports, photographs, and negatives. These records document various stages in the administration of the department, as it changed throughout the years.This collection is arranged into...
Dates:
1817 - 1993
Mineralogy tools and glass slides
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2002-012-Artifact
Scope and Contents
A Moh's Hardness Scale set of minerals. 12 mineral specimens organized by quality of durability. Minerals are kept inside of a wooden box that includes a set of metal tongs. The specimens included are: Talc, Gypsum var Selenite, Finger Nail, Calcite, Flourite, Apatite, Glass, Feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Corundum, and Diamond. The inside of the box lid reads: Foote. Mineralogist. Philadelphia.
Dates:
Circa 1890
Richard Cowling Taylor, Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0361
Scope and Contents
An economic geologist and mining engineer of outstanding reputation, this Englishman came to America in about 1830. He published many scientific papers both in England and in the United States. His interests here were
especially in coal and his most important publication (754 p.), 'Statistics of Coal". A member of many scientific societies, he was elected to the Academy in 1832.The collection consists of four notebooks on mineralogy, geology and fossils; miscellaneous notes,...
Dates:
1815-49