Index to letters of Joseph Leidy, [ca. 1978] Circa 1978

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Index to letters of Joseph Leidy, [ca. 1978] Circa 1978

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This comprehensive index and summary was compiled by James A. Poupard and Richard B. Thompson. It is an author, subject, location, guide, and calendar to Leidy correspondence at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

1.0 Volume(s), 500 p., photocopy

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