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William Edwards Stephens Papers, 1939-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 cubic feet
Abstract:
The papers of William Edwards Stephen document his involvement with the University of Pennsylvania as a Physics professor and as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. This documentation includes research and notes pertaining to astrophysics, nuclear physics, mass spectroscopy analysis; notebooks and papers from students in his physics courses; working files pertaining to his appointment as dean; and a small amount of photographs and negatives associated with his research.

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Richards Family Collection, 1871-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 cubic feet
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The Richards Family Collection documents the activities of Thomas Webb Richards (1836-1911) and his son Horace Clark Richards (1868-1945). Thomas Webb Richards was an architect, who designed four of the first buildings on the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia Campus. Horace Clark Richards was a professor of physics and mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Darlington Cope Papers, 1912-1960 (inclusive) 1939-1956 (bulk)

Extent:
2 cubic feet
Abstract:
Thomas Darlington Cope received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1915 at the University of Pennsylvania and spent his entire professional career at Penn. His prominence as a historian of science arose from his study of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the English surveyors who were brought to America to help settle the border dispute between Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania that resulted in the famous Mason-Dixon Line. The Thomas Darlington Cope Papers contains Cope's personal correspondence from 1912-1956, and his Mason and Dixon Line research.

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Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers, 1889-1992 (inclusive) 1924-1982 (bulk)

Extent:
30 cubic feet
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Gaylord P. Harnwell was a physicist and president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 – 1970. The Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers document various aspects of his personal and professional life.

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