Library & Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences

Fresh to the internet! Samuel Washington Woodhouse's European Travel Diary, 1859! We are getting closer to having the entire Samuel W. Woodhouse collection (Coll 387) available online. Just two more journals to go and everyone can read Woodhouse's various 19th century travels from anywhere.

Diary of European Trip, July 10, 1859 through November 23, 1859 : Woodhouse, Samuel Washington : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Get to know Ruth Patrick, one of the Academy's most influential scientists!

Ruth Patrick’s Lovely Creatures The groundbreaking ecologist showed that the biological diversity within a stream can be used to diagnose its health.

When your business is "Fancy Printer and Lithographer" you really must go all out on your invoices.

Invoice for services to the American Entomological Society, 1869

ANS Archives Coll. 964

Think the spooky season is over? You’ve been tricked! "Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves from the Note Book of a Naturalist" by Dr. Henry C McCook and published in 1884, is a collection of prints depicting spider and their spinning work, Dr. McCook became fascinated with spiders and was a master in the study and investigation of the life history of ants and spiders.

ANSP Archives Coll 478

Today on the Academy blog - recent student research in the Library and Archives!

History Co-ops Dive Deep into Academy Archives A history of science at the Academy

During recent cataloging our archivist stumbled on this charming painting tipped into an annotated copy of Birds of Delaware: A Preliminary Survey in our Charles J. Pennock Papers Coll. 676.

While the Academy Archives don't contain a great deal of content from or about the Drexel family we do have some connections.

Want to learn more about the Drexel family? Check out our research guide! Access historical info & material in the archives: http://ow.ly/JWCy50FWgCD

The Hollow Earth Theory suggests that the earth is a hollow shell containing a sun in the center, with openings to the earth located at the north and south poles. James McBride (1788-1859), who created this diagram of the hollow earth, was a strong follower and advocate for the conspiracy.

The Hollow Earth Theory was recently brought back into the spotlight this year in the movie Godzilla vs. Kong! Have you seen it?

Academy Coll. 390

Fungi by Lewis David von Schweinitz, the “Father of American Mycology”.

Archives Coll. 437

Carnivorous plant species Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) and Cobra Lilly (Darlingtonia californica), singed H.S. Tillotson.

Archives Coll. 121

Sketches of shells and fossils by Charles Lesueur, the “Raphael of Zoological Painters”.

Archives Coll. 136