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LEIDY, JOSEPH,
(1823-1891)
Papers,
1845-1933
Box Ser.
1 1 CORRESPONDENCE, 1847-1890
1.1 Letters received, 1852-1890 (118 folders):
1. Abbott, Charles C. (19 items) 1860-1878
2. Ac Als (31 items) 1859-1884
3. Agassiz, Alexander (14 items) 1862-1882
4. Allen, Harrison (13 items) 1860-1882
5. Am Arm (18 items) 1859-1886
6. Arrott, Colin (10 items) 1864-1869
7. Arthur, T. S., Jr. (15 items) 1875-1879
8. Ash At (15 items) 1859-1889
9. Ba Bai (11 items) 1858-1885
10. Baird, Spencer Fullerton (29 items) 1862-1885
11. Bal Bax (31 items) 1856-1885
12. Beadle, E. R. (16 items) 1867-1878
13. Bean Bel (12 items) 1856-1882
14. Bem Bic (13 items) 1860-1881
15. Bement, Clarence S. (22 items) 1870-1882
16. Bid Bil (24 items) 1862-1889
17. Bin Bl (26 items) 1858-1884
18. Bok Bow (26 items) 1854-1883
19. Boutcher, C. S. (18 items) 1878-1881
20. Boyd, H. W. (10 items) 1869-1879
21. Br (25 items) 1863-1882
22. Bu By (20 items) 1860-1885
23. Cal Car (22 items) 1860-1883
24. Carter, J. Van Allen (13 items) 1863-1886
25. Cas Cav (28 items) 1859-1885
2 26. Cha Chr (22 items) 1860-1882
27. Cl Coc (26 items) 1856-1882
28. Coh Cop (25 items) 1858-1882
29. Cook, George Hammell (11 items) 1860-1882
30. Cor Cox (25 items) 1856-1886
31. Cr Cu (21 items) 1864-1883
32. Da Dar (24 items) 1853-1881
33. Dav Di (32 items) 1854-1886
34. Do Dw (26 items) 1866-1885
35. E (40 items) 1855-1884
36. Fa For (39 items) 1868-1882
37. Fos Fu (31 items) 1860-1888
38. Foulke, Thomas S. (36 items) 1871-1882
39. Foulke, W. Parker (16 items) 1860-1864
40. M. Fox Co. (14 items) 1872-1874jBox Ser.
2 1.1 41. Fricke, Albert (32 items) 1860-1887
42. Ga Go (41 items) 1861-1884
43. Gr Gu (29 items) 1855-1885
3 44. Hac Han (40 items) 1860-1884
45. Hamlin, Augustus C. (101 items) 1866-1879
46. Har Hen (41 items) 1852-1886
47. Hayden, F. V. (20 items) 1861-1887
48. Hazard, Joseph P. (19 items) 1863-1884
49. Henry, Joseph (13 items) 1854-1877
50. Her Hol (34 items) 1860-1885
51. Hodge, Hugh L. (18 items) 1863-1880
52. Holmes, F. S. (26 items) 1853-1877
53. Hoo Hy (45 items) 1852-1889
54. I (4 items) 1868-1882
55. J (33 items) 1856-1887
56. Jones, William H. (10 items) 1873-1882
57. K Ke (30 items) 1860-1881
58. Ki Ku (37 items) 1859-1884
59. Kunz, George Frederick (10 items) 1878-1884
4 60. Lab Law (34 items) 1852-1881
61. Lawrence, George W. (61 items) 1867-1882
62. Lea Leh (26 items) 1862-1885
63. Lea, Isaac (28 items) 1861-1884
64. Lei Ley (43 items) 1859-1884
65. Leidy, Philip (28 items) 1863-1876
66. Lin Ly (43 items) 1859-1884
67. Ma Mar (43 items) 1859-1884
68. Magill, Edward H. (31 items) 1871-1886
69. Mas Mc (38 items) 1859-1882
70. McQuillen, J. H. (15 items) 1864-1878
71. Mea Mit (44 items) 1857-1886
72. Meek, F. B. (14 items) 1856-1871
73. Mo My (41 items) 1858-1890
5 74. N (35 items) 1858-1884
75. Norcom, William A. B. (12 items) 1858-1871
76. Nott, Josiah Clark (17 items) 1856-1871
77. O (23 items) 1857-1885
78. Pa Pei (47 items) 1853-1890
79. Pen Phi (30 items) 1863-1882
80. Pi Pu (40 items) 1857-1890
81. Porter, Thomas C. (18 items) 1867-1884
82. Powel, Samuel (10 items) 1856-1872
83. Q (3 items) 1860-1880
84. Ra Ric (42 items) 1859-1889
85. Rid Rus (47 items) 1859-1885
86. Sa Schm (33 items) 1857-1879
87. Schmidt, H. D. (36 items) 1860-1885
88. Scho She (40 items) 1859-1886
89. Shi Sle (19 items) 1856-1881
6 90. Sm Soz (49 items) 1859-1886
91. Smith, Aubrey H. (45 items) 1861-1870
92. Smith, Charles E. (22 items) 1862-1888jBox
Ser.
6 1.1 93. Sp Step (29 items) 1861-1881
94. Stev Sw (39 items) 1857-1889
95. Ta Th (43 items) 1856-1883
96. Thornton, S. C. (12 items) 1869-1874
97. Ti Tr (37 items) 1855-1885
98. Tu Ty (17 items) 1866-1882
99. Tyson, James (21 items) 1871-1882
100. Tyson, Samuel (10 items) 1869-1871
101. U (17 items) 1858-1884
102. V (20 items) 1866-1883
103. Vaux, William S. (18 items) 1863-1879
104. Wa Wee (39 items) 1853-1885
105. Ward, Henry A. (16 items) 1862-1882
106. Wei Whe (28 items) 1860-1885
107. B. Westermann Co. (10 items) 1866-1869
108. Whi Wilh (36 items) 1859-1885
7 109. Will Wit (28 items) 1855-1882
110. Willcox, Joseph (21 items) 1872-1885
111. Wo Wy (26 items) 1856-1884
112. Y (8 items) 1862-1876
113. Z (6 items) 1870-1882
114. Fragments (5 items) 1870;[n.d.]
115. Miscellaneous printed material
(10 items) 1878-1882
1.2 Letters sent, 1847-1885 (46 items) 1847-1885
2 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (22 items) 1853-1891
3 NOTES AND DRAWINGS (4 items) 1874-1882
8 4 NEWSCLIPPINGS [photocopies] (2 folders) 1876-1933
5 LEIDY BIOGRAPHY, 1845-1933 (9 folders)
1. Correspondence (1 folder) 1912;1933
2. Biography [manuscript] (3 folders) [n.d.]
3. Biography [typescript] (3 folders) [n.d.]
4. Biography short version (1 folder) [n.d.]
5. Reference material (1 folder) 1845-1924
1845-1933
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MSS 2/0170-01 Acc. 1990-126-02
LEIDY, JOSEPH,
(1823-1891)
Papers,
1845-1933
Biographical
Joseph Leidy, Philadelphia anatomist and naturalist, was
born on 9 September 1823. He married Anna Harden in 1864;
they had one adoptive daughter, Alwinia. Leidy died on 29 April 1891.
Leidy received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1844. From 1846 to 1853, he was a lecturer at the Franklin Medical
College in Philadelphia. In 1853, he succeeded William E. Horner
as professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Leidy held this post until his death.
During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon at the Satterlee General
Hospital in Philadelphia. From 1870 to 1885, Leidy was professor
of natural history at Swarthmore College. From 1881 to 1891,
he was president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia;
he was also president of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
He made many contributions to anatomy, vertebrate paleontology,
and parasitology.
Joseph Leidy became a Fellow of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia in 1851.
Scope and contents
This collection of Joseph Leidy's papers contains letters,
notes and drawings, newsclippings, and an unpublished biography written
by Joseph Leidy II.
The bulk of the collection consists of letters received by Leidy,
1852-1890. The letters concern anatomy, fossils, mineralogy,
natural history, zoology, the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia, and Leidy's personal, financial, and property
affairs. Many of the letters describe and convey specimens
to Leidy for his examination, identification, and consideration.
Major correspondents are: Charles C. Abbott, Alexander Agassiz,
Harrison Allen, Colin Arrott, T. S. Arthur, Jr., Spencer Fullerton
Baird, E. R. Beadle, Clarence S. Bement, C. S. Boutcher, H.
W. Boyd, J. Van Allen Carter, George Hammell Cook, Thomas S.
Foulke, William Parker Foulke, Albert Fricke, Augustus C. Hamlin,
Joseph Henry, Hugh L. Hodge, F. V. Hayden, Joseph P. Hazard,
F. S. Holmes, William H. Jones, George Frederick Kunz, George
W. Lawrence, Isaac Lea, Philip Leidy, J. H. McQuillen, Edward
H. Magill, F. B. Meek, William A. B. Norcom, Josiah Clark Nott,
Thomas C. Porter, Samuel Powel, H. D.jSchmidt, Aubrey
H. Smith, Charles E. Smith, S. C. Thornton, James Tyson, Samuel
Tyson, William S. Vaux, Henry A. Ward, and Joseph Willcox.
A few examples of letters sent by Joseph Leidy, 1847-1885,
to various correspondents, including Spencer Fullerton Baird,
are also contained in the correspondence. Although some of
these letters are autographs, most are typescript copies.
The collection also includes: one folder of miscellaneous material
concerning Leidy's association with the University of Pennsylvania,
1853-1891, including resolutions made by the students on the
death of Joseph Leidy; four examples of Leidy's annotations
and drawings, 1874-1882; newsclippings concerning Leidy's life,
death, and related subjects, 1876-1933; and an undated manuscript,
typescript copy, and reference material assembled for an unpublished
biography of Leidy by his nephew, Joseph Leidy II.
Provenance
The collection of Joseph Leidy papers was donated to the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia as part of a larger gift by Joseph Leidy
IV in September 1946. Previously, the material had been in
the possession of Philip L. Leidy and kept at his home, Rosehill,
in Penllyn, Pennsylvania.
In 1957, the collection was placed on deposit at the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for the use of D. H. Wenrich
in preparing a biography of Joseph Leidy. Wenrich complied
a detailed list of the correspondents, and typescript copies
of most of the letters in the collection were made. The typescript copies
were retained by the Academy, and the collection was returned
in 1971.
The collection was processed and recatalogued in 1990.
1845-1933
8 boxes (3 linear ft.).
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