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Richard W. Ellis Papers, 1368-1985, bulk 1924-1980 (inclusive)

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152.63 linear feet (252 boxes + 90 map folders + 1 type case, 1 glass-fronted display case, and 1 type tray)

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions, 1600-2024 (inclusive)

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4.4 linear feet (7 boxes)

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Consists of miscellaneous single-item acquisitions that span multiple collecting areas, topics, genres, and time periods.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Publications Collection, circa 1748-2016 (inclusive)

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156 boxes, 6 digital files, and 1 website

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The Princeton University Publications collection contains issues of nearly 150 different periodicals published by the university and related organizations, as well as a few items published by others about the university, that have not been cataloged individually.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Annales de chimie letters and documents, 1790-1809 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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Annales de chimie is a scientific journal that was founded in Paris, France, in 1789 by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) and Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794). This collection contains letters, pamphlets and manuscripts relating to Guyton de Morveau and his work as a lead editor of the Annales de chimie. Documents include foreign language originals, copy texts, or the actual printer's copy.

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

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William H. Helfand collection of artwork and printed ephemera, 1790-1990 (inclusive)

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0.5 linear feet (1 box and 7 oversized folders)

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William Helfand (1926-2008) was a scholar of the histories of medicine, pharmacy and art, and a collector of prints and ephemera related to all three. This collection contains a fairly diverse set of artwork and printed ephemera collected by Helfand, which, for the most part, relates to pharmacy and medicine and/or the fine arts.

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

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Urban Archives Pamphlet Collection, 1835-2014 (inclusive)

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261.92 linear feet (242 boxes)

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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Franklin H. Littell Papers, 1859-2014 (bulk 1934-2009) (inclusive) 2010 1934-2009 (bulk)

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327.8 linear feet (675 boxes + periodicals)

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Franklin H. Littell (1917-2009), professor and department head of Temple University's Department of Religion, was a Methodist minister, pacifist, activist, proponent of religious liberty, historian, and supporter of the State of Israel. He advocated against political extremism, was active in the rehabilitation of Germany after World War II, and dedicated himself to the study of the Holocaust. The Franklin H. Littell Papers house a variety of correspondence, research and writing, planning, organizational and administrative records, ephemera and printed materials, collected reference and other papers documenting Littell's work and interests in religious liberty; anti-extremism; interfaith cooperation; church history; Methodism, ministry and the laity; education, especially religion in education; and the study and memorialization of the Holocaust.

Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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Kathy Peiss collection of research material on beauty culture, feminism, and women in the workforce, 1860-2003 (inclusive)

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7.33 linear feet (4 record center boxes; 10 14x18 boxes)

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Kathy Peiss (1953-) was a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has authored books on 2nd wave feminism, beauty culture, and women in the workplace. This collection contains magazines, pamphlets, booklets, bibliographies, newsletters, brochures, catalogs, trade cards, advertisements, sheet music and ephemera related to Peiss' research.

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

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Chevra Bikur Cholim (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1864-1990s (inclusive)

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0.4 linear feet (1 box + 1 map folder)

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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Mark Twain periodical collection, 1868-1968 (inclusive)

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129 item(s)

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This collection of periodicals containing articles or anecdotes by Mark Twain, advertisements for his works, and articles about the author and his works was donated by the family of Robert Nevins Birdwhistell. The periodicals from the library's collection of Mark Twain materials span a period of 100 years.

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