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Fond associated with the public and private life of Rudolph Amandus Philippi, a prolific and important scientist of the 19th century in Chile. This documentary heritage is a complete and complex set of documents about the naturalist.

The value of this heritage lies not only in its extent and variety of content, but also in the fact that the producer himself accumulated, received, and generated documentation based on his roles as scientist, academic, teacher and father. The documentation is therefore a faithful reflection of the wide-ranging aspects of Philippi's life, from his early years, when he lived in Italy and Germany, to his last days, on his deathbed, when he wrote correspondence to his family and friends.

The fond covers a wide range of documents, such as diaries, correspondence, travel diaries, watercolours, sketches, lithographs, scientific descriptions, notes, reports, and essays. This documentary diversity is organised into two sections, 21 series and 30 sub-series, giving rise to more than 64 notebooks, 157 booklets and around 9,000 folios. Most of the documentation is unpublished and still unknown in the region.