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Extent:: 1 box (0.20 linear foot)
Abstract:: Scrapbook created by Howard C. Rice spanning the years from 1944 to 1945. The volume documents Rice's World War II assignment with Allied Information Service, operating public address systems for the French communities liberated on June 21, 1944. Rice was stationed in Cherbourg, France. The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, proofs of articles written by Rice, official correpondence, and event programs.

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

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Joshua Pickersgill (1780-1818) was a British lieutenant in the Bengal Army under the East India Company during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (known at the time as the Third Mahratta War). These letters, addressed to "Sir" are dated between March 18 and August 7, 1818 and describe, in detail, military activities as they occurred.

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

Extent:: 6 linear feet
Abstract:: The World War I printed media and art collection contains over one thousand prints, propaganda posters, postcards, trench newspapers, maps, broadsides and original artworks dating from 1914 to 1931 and offers an enormous range of perspectives on the First World War.

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

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