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Leidy, Joseph

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1823 - 1891

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Leidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/170-01
Scope and Contents Letters received: Organized into five series: I. Correspondence, 1847-1890. II. University of Pennsylvania, 1853-1891. III. Notes and Drawings, 1874-1882. IV. Newsclippings, 1876-1933. V. Leidy Biography, 1845-1933. arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically.Letters, notes, and drawings, newsclippings, and unpublished biography written by Joseph Leidy II. Bulk of collection consists of letters received by Joseph Leidy, 1852-1890, concerning anatomy, fossils,...
Dates: 1845 - 1933

Leidy family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/155
Scope and Contents The Leidy family papers consist of two discrete collections, including lecture and admission cards, correspondence, and newsclippings. The first collection of Leidy family material, MSS 2/155-01, contains lecture admission cards and related material, 1830-1866, from the medical educations of Napoleon B. Leidy and Philip Leidy at the University of Pennsylvania and the pharmaceutical education of Thomas Leidy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. The series includes several cards...
Dates: 1830 - 1933

Samuel Stehman Haldeman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/176
Scope and Contents This small collection consists of letters received by Samuel Stehman Haldeman from various correspondents, including C. B. Adams, Joseph Leidy, Josiah Clark Nott, and Noah Webster. The letters concern matters of linguistics and natural history.

One item of particular interest in the collection is Joseph Leidy's description of a new genus of crustacean.
Dates: 1838 - 1873