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Clement Acton Griscom photograph album, 1887 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volumes

Abstract:

A photograph album comprised of portrait photographs from the University of Pennsylvania class of 1887 compiled by Clement Acton Griscom.

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

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Photograph album, Sri Lanka, 1919-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 boxes (1 album, 5 folders)

Abstract:

An album containing photographs taken by an unknown person in Sri Lanka working at a British preparatory school during the years 1919 to 1932. There are two letters and some copied poems laid in the volume.

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

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Mark J. Dresden papers, 1930-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.4 linear feet (3 boxes and 2 oversize folders)

Abstract:

Mark Jan Dresden (1911-1986) was a Dutch-American Iranist who studied Indology. He taught Persian and Old and Middle Iranian Languages at the University of Pennsylvania from 1949 until his retirement in 1977. Dresden's work on Khotanese, Persian and Iranian languages and texts is widely published. This collection, dating from 1930 to 1994 contains correspondence, ephemera, event files, lectures, financial documents, funding and grants files, project files, research and writing, and personal documents.

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