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Philadelphia Sketch Club artwork, circa 1860s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.67 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Founded in 1860 by six students from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Sketch Club is one of America's oldest continuing artist organizations. The Philadelphia Sketch Club artwork comprises original pen and ink drawings, watercolor, and ink wash sketches by founding members of the club including Edmund B. and George F. Bensell, Henry C. Bispham, John L. Gihon as well as other notable artists such as William Emlen Cresson, and Joseph Boggs Beale.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

James G. Spady papers, 1920-2020 (inclusive) 1980-2020 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.5 linear feet (21 boxes and 10 3.5 inch floppy disks, 3 dvds, 54 compact disks.) and 2.0 gigabytes
Abstract:: James Garland Spady (1944-2020) was a writer, activist, journalist, and historian, and is credited for being one of the first scholars to document and study the evolution of Hip Hop. Broadly speaking, this collection reflects Spady's expansive interest in Black history and culture, particularly music, and is comprised of both his own writing and material that he collected on these topics. The collection contains notepads and notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, books, a large variety of articles and essays, interview transcripts, periodicals, audio compact discs, digital media, and ephemera. The collection primarily documents his professional and intellectual work from roughly 1980 until the end of his life, but very little is revealing of his personal life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Mrs. A.Y. Bird recipe book, circa 1818-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume was written and compiled between 1818 and 1860 by Mrs. A.Y. Bird, who likely lived in England. This volume contains 192 recipes attributed to numerous individuals known to Mrs. Bird. Of the recipes, 161 are culinary and 31 are medical remedies and household products.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Kate anniversary scrapbook, 1875-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: .33 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: Catherine Clendinning "Kate" Gillespie was the wife of Reverend Robert Gillespie, an Irish Protestant missionary who served in India. This scrapbook was presented to Kate by her husband on their seventh wedding anniversary in 1875.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

John Jonik papers, 1950-2022 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22.42 linear feet (21 boxes, 2 oversize framed artworks)
Abstract:: John Jonik is a postwar and contemporary magazine and political cartoonist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whose works have appeared in a wide spectrum of publications ranging from local, independent newspapers, trade and professional journals, to national newspapers and magazines including: The New Yorker, Playboy, National Lampoon, Cosmopolitan, Better Homes and Gardens, Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. His cartoons provide satirical humor and opinions on a range of themes and issues such as social activism, the environment, marijuana use, and healthcare. The John Jonik papers comprise: original published and unpublished cartoons, sketchbooks, tearsheets, printed materials, correspondence, business papers and royalty statements, catalogs, and artifacts.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

David Goldenberg collection of Joseph Eyer material, 1986-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: David M. Goldenberg (born 1947) is a writer and an educator who was active at Dropsie College and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a neighbor of Joseph (Joe) Eyer (1944-2017), a scholar from Philadelphia whose research focused on social causes and health effects of stress. The two became friends and Eyer described Goldenberg as his "spokesman, mediator, and on occasion savior." This collection consists largely of copies of letters written by Eyer to a variety of people, and sent to Goldenberg. Some of these letters appear to have been written during times of personal crisis for Eyer and they are emotionally charged. In particular the copies of letters written to his father and brother are indicative of fraught relationships and internal conflict; but they also provide insight into his philosophies and academic interests.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Collection of World's Fair ephemera, 1933, 1964-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was from 1933-1934 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1964, New York hosted a World's Fair based upon the theme of "peace through understanding." This Collection of World's Fair ephemera comprises maps, pamphlets and souvenirs from both the 1933, 1964 fairs hosted by Chicago and New York.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Scrapbook of a British subaltern, 1847-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: Compiled by an unknown creator, the scrapbook of a British subaltern features poems, narratives, watercolors and pen sketches of shipwrecks, stormy seas, and vignettes of various outposts of the British Empire and life in British India.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Carte de Visite album of 1870s notables, circa 1870s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: An embossed brown leather album containing a 102 carte-de-visite collection of photographs of American notables including: activists, politicians, authors, actors, musicians, Union and Confederate military leaders, and business men. Album provides a visual cross-section of American celebrity culture at the start of the Gilded age.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

India, Southeast Asia, and Africa cartes-de-visite album, circa 1860s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: India, Southeast Asia, and Africa cartes-de-visite album containing 37 albumen print by various photographers and studios. Largely portrait images of individuals.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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