%eadnotat; ]> Joseph Leidy Teaching Diagrams1860-1899 Ewell Sale Stewart Library Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002 EAD tagging 09/17/2002. ENG Joseph Leidy Teaching Diagrams Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 09/17/2002Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program. Coll. 532 Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 Joseph Leidy teaching diagrams1860-1889 64 items Ewell Sale Stewart Library, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Joseph Leidy, 1823-1891, one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He brought much of his knowledge together as an influential teacher of natural history. While teaching zoology at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Medical Department, Leidy constructed teaching diagrams for many aspects of his lectures. This collection contains 64 of these large scientific illustrations used as teaching diagrams, made by Leidy between 1860 and 1889.

Joseph Leidy, 1823-1891, one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He brought much of his knowledge together as an influential teacher of natural history.

Leidy's first major job teaching natural history was at the university of Pennsylvania. In response to declining enrollment, the University enlisted Leidy in 1862 to give a series of lectures on natural history and physiology. The lectures would be directed at medical students, but for the first time the public was invited for a fee. The lectures on natural history proved so successful that Leidy continued giving them until 1867. In 1884, the University of Pennsylvania founded the Department of Biology and appointed Leidy as the department's director and as a Professor of comparative anatomy and zoology.

The collection contains 64 large scientific illustrations used as teaching diagrams, constructed between 1860 and 1889 by Joseph Leidy while teaching zoology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Medical Department. The diagrams were used to illustrate many aspects of his zoology lectures, and depict microorganisms and invertebrates: namely protozoa, mollusks, annelids, crustacea and sponges. Some illustrations were drawn by Leidy, others copied by him from textbook figures and still others were copied from texts by students under Leidy's supervision. Glued to pieces of cardboard measuring between 47 x 59 cm. and 63 x 83 cm., some diagrams are signed by Leidy, most are dated, and most bear his handwritten legends and notes. When a chart was used for the Medical Department, Leidy noted this by marking the chart "Aux. Med. Dep." or "Aux. Dep. Med.", which is noted in the inventory.

MicroorganismsInvertebratesSponges--AnatomyMollusks--AnatomyProtozoaAnnelidaCrustacea--AnatomyScientific illustrations--19th centuryDiagrams--19th century

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Cite as: Collection 532. Joseph Leidy Teaching Diagrams. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Deposited by the University of Pennsylvania, March 22, 1960.

The diagrams were stored in a chest at the University of Pennsylvania, and used for years as teaching devices by Leidy's successors at the University.

Finding aid created by Mary Hammer, 2002.

Coll. 1. Joseph Leidy Correspondence. Coll. 3. Joseph Leidy Illustrations. Coll. 8. Joseph Leidy Personalia. Coll. 9. Portraits of Joseph Leidy. Coll. 12. Joseph Leidy Memorials. Coll. 178. Joseph Leidy Writings. Coll. 479. Joseph Leidy Learned Society Honors. Coll. 481. Joseph Leidy Biographical Papers. Coll. 482. Joseph Leidy Diaries. Online Joseph Leidy Exhibit, Academy of Natural Sciences. (1) Difflugia urceolata / Leidy, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 75 cm.

Aux. Med. Dept.

(2) Raphidiophrys elegans / Leidy, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 58 x 73 cm. (3) Acineta, Schuylkill / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 52 x 63 cm. (4) Vorticella / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 62 x 50 cm. (5) Hydra viridis, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : green ; 73 x 58 cm.

Unsigned.

(6) Hydra viridis, 1888.1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 58 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

 (7) Trichina spirales, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 59 x 74 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(8) [Trematodes], 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 59 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dept.

 (9) Desmids, 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 58 x 74 cm.

Shows 2 drawings of Xanthidium.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(10) [Desmids], 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 74 cm.

Shows 2 drawings of Microsterus.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(11) Diatoms, 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 59 x 74 cm.

Shows four views of conjugali.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(12) Tunicates, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 73 cm.

Sulpha maxima.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(13) Tunicata, 1887.1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 59 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(14) Cestoda / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 75 cm. (15) Hydromedusarium, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 61 cm.

Bougainvillia superciliaris.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(16) Diatoms, 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 72 x 59 cm.

Pinnularia viridis.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(17) Scorpio occitanus, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 73 x 57 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(18) Dictyopodium trilobum, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 76 x 60 cm.

Unsigned.

(19) Leucophrys / Dr. Joseph Leidy, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 63 x 54 cm.

Psramoecium caudata.

(20) Protococcus viridis / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 51 x 62 cm.

Shows 27 views.

(21) Bacteria / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 72 x 57 cm.

Includes: Bacterium, Spirillium, Bacillus and Vibrio.

(22) Echinodermata / Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 73 x 59 cm. (23) Diatoms, 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 76 x 59 cm.

Pleurosigma and Gomphonema.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(24) Gill of a fish / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 72 x 58 cm. (25) [Testes of various animals] / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1865. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 52 x 61 cm.

Includes: Homo, Helix, Tipula, Julus and Staphylinus.

(26) Volvox / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 52 x 63 cm. (27) Diphyes, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 75 cm.

Colonial coelenterate.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(28) Physophora hydrostatica, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 60 cm.

Colonial coelenterate.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(29) Crustacea, Nebalia / Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 75 x 60 cm. (30) Dyssycus ananas / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1889. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 75 cm.

Sponge.

(31) Micrococcus prodigiosa / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1886. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 59 x 74 cm.

Includes: blood cells of a cow, Bacterium, Spirillium, Bacillus and Vibrio.

(32) Leucon type of sponge structure / Dr. Joseph Leidy, March 1889. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 76 x 60 cm. (33) Lamellibranchs / Leidy fecit, Nov. 1881. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 60 cm.

Includes: Oyster (Ostea virginiana) and Quahog clam (Venus merceneria).

(34) [Gastropod anatomy] / Leidy fecit, 1880. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 58 cm. (35) Bryozoa: Bugula avicularia/ Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 59 x 75 cm. (36) Tunicata: Clavelina lepadiformis/ Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 76 cm. (37) Sea anemone / Dr. Joseph Leidy, March 1889. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 74 cm. (38) Phascolosoma lilljeborgi / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 75 cm. (39) Flagellata / Joseph Leidy, 1860. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 53 x 64 cm.

Includes: Euglenia, Brodo, Protococcus.

(40) A coral polyp / Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 47 x 59 cm. (41) Protamoeba ; Amoeba / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1865. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 59 x 74 cm. (42) Dorataspis diodon, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 75 cm.

Unsigned.

"Haeckel's Radiolaria, pl. 22" -- on item.

(43) [Tapeworms] / after Zan Beneden, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 76 x 60 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(44) Distomum hepaticum / after A.P. Thomas, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 74 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(45) Bougainvillia superciliaris, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 62 x 76 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(46) Laomedea growing on eelgrass, Newport, R.I., July 1858, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 76 x 60 cm.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(47) Sacculina carcinni, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 61 x 76 cm.

Unsigned.

(48) [Internal anatomy of earthworms]/ Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 62 x 76 cm. (49) Copepods, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 75 cm.

Lemea branchialis.

Unsigned.

(50) Anatomy of clam, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 59 cm.

Unsigned.

(51) Anodenata anatina, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 72 x 57 cm.

Hirudo medica, anatomy.

Unsigned.

(52) [Gastropod, internal anatomy], n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 72 x 57 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(53) [Internal anatomy of a bivalva], n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 62 x 79 cm.

Unsigned.

(54) Amoeba palens, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 63 x 83 cm.

Unsigned.

(55) Argonauta argo, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 60 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(56) [Pleuropods], 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 75 x 59 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(57) [Gastropod oddities], 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 74 x 61 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(58) Cephalopoda, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 60 x 75 cm.

Octopus vulgaris ; Sepia officianalis.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(59) Euchitonia verchowii, n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 70 x 55 cm.

Unsigned.

(60) Life within the intestine of Julus marginatus / Dr. Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 57 x 71 cm.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(61) Trematoda / Joseph Leidy, 1888. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 57 x 71 cm. (62) [Lobster anatomy], n.d. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : ink ; 70 x 55 cm.

Unsigned.

(63) Architenthis princeps ; Loligo Pealii, 1887. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 56 x 71 cm.

Giant squid of Newfoundland.

Unsigned.

Aux. Med. Dep.

(64) Arcella vulgaris / Leidy, 1877. 1 drawing mounted on cardboard : color ; 56 x 70 cm.