Cadbury, John Warder, III - Caldwell, Harry R. - Pennsylvania Photos and Documents
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Cadbury, John Warder, III - Caldwell, Harry R.
Subject
Butterflies
Lepidoptera
Moths
Description
This folder holds correspondence primarily from Charles M.B. Cadwalader who served as president of the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1937 to 1951. Cadwalader supported the American Entomological Society (AES) by contributing checks of $100 to the betterment of the AES’s library throughout his tenure as president.
John Warder Cadbury III was a member of the AES who served as recording secretary. On May 12, 1941, Cadbury resigned from his position due to his appointment by the American Friends Service Committee to assist with relief work in London during World War II.
Harry R. Caldwell’s single correspondence discusses his willingness to give several of his Lepidoptera specimen that he collected in China to the AES. Insects mentioned are Papilio memnon and Kallima, commonly known as great Mormon and oak leaf butterflies respectively.
Cadbury, John Warder, III (1) 1941; Cadwalader, Charles Meigs Biddle (13) 1936-1948; Caffrey, D. J. (1) 1937; Caldwell, Harry R. (1) 1922.
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
