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Kurt M. Mislow Papers, 1897-2018 (inclusive) 1935-2009 (bulk)

Extent:
35.5 linear feet (23 record boxes, 1 half hollinger box, 2 hollinger boxes, 1 audiocassette box, and 1 cd-rom box.)
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Correspondence, professional files, personal files, manuscripts, printed materials, notebooks, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of German-American organic chemist Kurt M. Mislow.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Kelly Writers House recordings, 1996-2016 (inclusive)

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6 linear feet (6 boxes)
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Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Kelly Writers House serves as a center for writers of all kinds from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia region at large. This collection consists of original recordings of their programs and projects--poetry readings, film screenings, seminars, web magazines, lectures, dinners, radio broadcasts, workshops, art exhibits, and musical performances, the content of which is available at http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/medialinks/

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

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American Musicological Society oral history collection, 1994-2015 (inclusive)

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1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) and 29.2 gigabytes
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The American Musicological Society, founded in 1943 to promote the systematic study of music, actively documents its history, its members, and, more generally, the history of musicology in North America through its oral history project. This collection contains transcripts, written memoirs, documentation, audio, and video resulting from the oral history project which began in 1996 and continues to the present. Researchers must obtain permission from the American Musicological Society to research the contents of this collection (see Conditions Governing Access note).

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

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Beckman Historical Collection, 1911-2011 (inclusive) 1935-2004 (bulk)

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137.2 linear feet (131 boxes (81 record boxes, 10 hollinger boxes, 3 half hollinger boxes, 26 photo album boxes, 2 videotape boxes, 1 audiocassette box, 4 cd-rom boxes, and 4 oversized boxes))
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Business records, correspondence, research files, financial records, photographs, publications, and audio-visual materials of American scientist and industrialist Arnold O. Beckman and the American scientific and medical instrument manufacturer Beckman Coulter, Incorporated.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Spinco Historical Collection, 1942-2014 (inclusive) 1962-2007 (bulk)

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85.4 linear feet ((52 record boxes, 4 videotape boxes, 1 cd-rom box, 1 half hollinger box, 9 oversized boxes, 1 photo negative box, and 15 film cans) )
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Printed materials, photographic materials, business records, and audio-visual materials of the Spinco Division of Beckman Coulter, Incorporated, an American manufacturer of scientific and medical instruments.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania records, 1967-2018 (inclusive) 1982-2018 (bulk)

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20.5 linear feet (22 boxes)
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The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania, unofficially founded in 1982 and officially founded in 1995, supports the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Pennsylvania through services and programs focused on support, advocacy, and education. These records document the creation and development of the LGBT Center and the larger support of the LGBTQ+ community at Penn; the advocacy and influence of Robert Schoenberg and Center staff within the University of Pennsylvania administration; and the influence of global LGBTQ+ issues at the campus level at Penn and more broadly in academia.

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

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James DePreist papers, 1869-2014 (inclusive) 1958-2013 (bulk)

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98 linear feet (130 boxes, + 2 map drawer folders) and 872.0 megabytes
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James DePreist (1936-2013) was an African-American conductor of international renown. This collection primarily documents James DePreist's conducting career, with a focus on the 1980s and 1990s with the Oregon Symphony, including organizational records, concert programs, press coverage, scores, and recordings.

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

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Ashley Bryan papers, 1823-2019 (inclusive) 1928-2019 (bulk)

Extent:
85 linear feet (146 boxes)
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Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) was an artist and storyteller best known for his award-winning children's book illustrations with particular emphasis on African folktales and African-American spirituals. Bryan authored, illustrated, published, and distributed his first book in Kindergarten, later graduating from Cooper Union and Columbia University, being awarded a Fulbright to study at the University of Freiburg, before becoming a professor at Dartmouth College. The collection documents his lifelong devotion to the arts including sketchbooks, artwork, and especially materials relating to the publication process of over sixty book projects. There is also material relating to his professional engagements; certificates, awards, diplomas, and plaques relating to his many achievements; and personal and family materials, notebooks, photographs, greeting cards and postcards, school children thank you cards and artwork, and research files and ephemera. Also included are foundational...(see more)

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

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Mary C. Carras papers, 1959-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear feet (15 boxes)
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Mary C. Carras (1928-2021) was a professor and scholar focusing on 20th century India and particularly Indira Gandhi. She authored several books and papers relating to Indira Gandhi, economic and foreign policy in India, biotechnology in India, and Indo-American relationships. The bulk of her collection consists of her research that she used for her writings and probably also for her classes; but there is also a small amount of correspondence with publishers, her student papers, and drafts and reproductions of her writings. Of particular interest may be her numerous interviews with politicians and government staff in India and the United States from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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

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Harvey Finkle photographs, 1968-2019 (inclusive)

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58.33 linear feet (137 boxes)
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Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary photographer who has documented the social, economic, cultural, and political issues in the city of Philadelphia and across the globe. Finkle's work largely focuses on marginalized communities, including low income and homeless families, homeless veterans, refugees, immigrants, and the disabled, to name only a few. This collection, dating from 1968 to 2019, contains a majority of Finkle's five-decade-long oeuvre, in various formats including prints, contact sheets, negatives, slides, research, interview transcripts, and publications. As a whole, this collection provides documentation of activism in Philadelphia and focuses on social injustices in the city, the country, and the world.

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

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Kenneth R. Shoulders Papers, 1940-2013 (inclusive) 1955-2008 (bulk)

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37.8 linear feet (27 boxes (20 record boxes, 2 film cans, 1 half hollinger box, 1 audiocassette box, 2 videotape boxes 2 oversized boxes, 4 map tubes, 1 artifacts box, and 1 photographs box) )
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Correspondence, research files, personal files, patent files, papers and presentations, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American electronics engineer, experimental physicist, and inventor Kenneth R. Shoulders.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Eugene Garfield Papers, 1944-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
167.0 linear feet ((115 record boxes, 10 photo album boxes, 2 cd-rom boxes, 2 film cans, 1 hollinger box, and 1 videotape box) )
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Professional files, personal files, papers and presentations, journal articles, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American information scientist and Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) founder Eugene Garfield.

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Alfred Bader Papers, 1938-2016 (inclusive) 1955-2006 (bulk)

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23.0 linear feet (11 record boxes, 2 hollinger boxes, 8 oversized boxes, and 2 map tubes.)
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Business records, correspondence, personal files, notebooks, printed materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of Austrian Canadian research chemist, entrepreneur, art historian, and art collector Alfred Bader.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Pan American Network of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centers [PANMCC] Oral History Project Records, 2004-2013 (bulk) 1988-2013 (inclusive)

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1.0 linear feet
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The Pan American Network of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centers [PANMCC] Oral History Project records shed light on the founding and development of the organization as well as its contributions to nursing and midwifery. Documents include correspondence, reports and meeting materials, oral history transcripts and audiocassette tapes.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Robert H. Socolow Papers, 1937-2023 (inclusive) 1955-2023 (bulk)

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95.5 linear feet (73 record boxes, 3 hollinger box, 2 document storage boxes. )
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Personal files, academic files, publications, manuscripts, printed materials, correspondence, photographs, and audio/visual materials from the American environmental scientist and theoretical physicist Robert H. Socolow.

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Ursula Sternberg-Hertz papers, 1923-2014 (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
23 linear feet (39 boxes)
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Ursula Sternberg-Hertz (1925-2000) was a Philadelphia based artist who lived in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Canada before immigrating to the United States in 1971 with her husband, conductor Jonathan Sternberg. The collection documents her artistic career, with artwork ranging from rough sketches to finished pieces, using acrylics, charcoal, markers, pen-and-ink, stamps, watercolor, and other experimental mediums. She produced artwork on paper, metal, fabric, and leather; in sketchbooks; and on objects such as lampshades and boxes. In addition to her artwork, there is also family and personal material; correspondence; diaries, including an extraordinary run of her "visual diaries" from the early 1940s and from the 1970s until her death; and material related to her exhibits.

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

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Jeffery Cotton papers, 1975-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.25 linear feet (6 boxes) and 2.7 gigabytes
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Jeffery Cotton (1957-2013) was a composer, entrepreneur, essayist and fiction writer who worked extensively in the United States and Europe. The collection features the personal journals of Jeffery Cotton from 1975-2006, handwritten and printed scores, CDs and cassettes of his recorded music, awards, and photographs.

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

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Dana Richardson collection of Constant Vauclain material, 1898-2008 (inclusive) 1930-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear feet (8 boxes)
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The Dana Richardson collection of Constant Vauclain material contains sheet music, audio cassettes, essays, notes and analysis of music, correspondence, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, poetry and lyrics. Andre Constant Vauclain (1908-2003) was a composer and professor of music who developed a new system of composition that he called, "syntonality." Dana Dimitri Richardson (1953-), is a composer and music theorist who studied under Constant Vauclain from 1971 to 1976.

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

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