Records, 1801-1950.

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Records, 1801-1950.

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The records include: enrollment books, 1801-1858; minutes and extracts of minutes of the Board of Managers and of the Contributors, 1832-1951; minutes of the Committee on Instruction and Lectures, 1904-1940; miscellaneous correspondence, 1899-1950; miscellaneous financial records including check stubs, 1859-1898, 1912-1916, and treasurers' reports, 1886-1918; and two typescript biographies of Christopher Ludwick -- one by Edward W. Hocker and one anonymous.

300 items and.6 v.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents (please see additional note for a complete list of Academy presidents). From 1937 to 1995, there were four pre...

Ludwick Institute.

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The Ludwick Institute, organized in 1799 as the Philadelphia Society for the Free Instruction of Indigent Boys, chartered in 1801 as the Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools, was the first free educational plan in Philadelphia. Girls were admitted in 1811. In 1872 its name was changed to Ludwick Institute after its chief benefactor Christopher Ludwick. With the establishment of the tax-supported Public School system, the Ludwick Institute stopped holding clas...

Hocker, Edward W., 1873-

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Edward W. Hocker was a professional genealogist who lived in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was the director of the Germantown Historical Society. From the description of Edward W. Hocker genealogical research materials, 1931-1958. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362034 Edward W. Hocker was a librarian at the Germantown Historical Society, a local historian, and a journalist who wrote the popular column "Up and Down Montgomery County."...

Ludwick, Christopher, 1720-1801

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