Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Form: Photograph albums - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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Newell Sill Jenkins papers, 1905-1915, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection contains some papers of the esteemed American dentist Newell Sill Jenkins (1840-1919) who practiced for most of his career in Dresden, Germany and popularized the use of porcelain tooth enamel. A small booklet with notes on Jenkins' experiments with dental cement is included in the collection, along with a large album presented to him on his seventieth birthday by a cohort of American dentists. There are also a few miscellaneous photographs and pages of notes in this collection, as well as a menu from a dinner held in Jenkins' honor.

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Japanese Army aviator photograph album, circa 1936

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 volume.)
Abstract:: This album contains photographs taken by an aviator of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, during deployment in Manchuria and northeastern China. The photos are a mixture of posed, formal shots and candid photos of soldiers in military action and in camp within the steppes of Manchura, including local peoples with horses, yurts, and Bactrian camels. There are also shots of friends and family on the home front; the names of photographic studios suggest that the aviator came from somewhere near Ueno.

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Japanese aviator photograph album, 1931-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear feet (i volume)
Abstract:: During the early 20th century, the Imperial Japanese Navy was responsible for training pilots. During World War II, wartime attrition contributed to reductions in selectiveness for pilot training, as well as the length of the training sessions. This scrapbook contains photographs collected by a Japanese fighter pilot during World War II. It catalogs his graduation as a "Hikou-renshuusei" (enlistee/NCO pilot trainee) and his subsequent deployment as a fighter pilot.

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Japanese photograph album relating to the late Taisho/early Showa era, 1919-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This album documents the life of a Japanese family from the middle of the Taisho era (circa 1919) to the early-to-middle Showa era (circa 1941), during which Japan emerged as a militaristic imperial power in Southeast Asia. Though there is little direct biographical information, it appears that the family was upper class, and the patriarch was a high-placed figure in the Ishakawa Civil Engineers. Many of the photographs appear to come from soldiers stationed abroad—judging by their winter gear and the time period, probably Manchuria. The photographs are a mix of portraits, informal small group shots, and large-scale organizational photographs documenting school classes, military units, civilian leagues and professional associations.

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Corporal Quock C. Mar World War II photograph album, 1944

Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: Corporal Quock C. Mar was a Chinese-American member of the United States Army during World War II. His photograph album documents his military service from his training at the Desert Training Center to his time in the Pacific Theater in 1944.

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Photograph album of a Mexican-American Colorado family, 1921-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: The photograph album of a Mexican-American Colorado family consists of over 300 images documenting the members of an extended family living in the American West over a fifty-year period, 1921-1963. Identified locations taken from captions include: Eaton, Loveland, Milliken, Denver, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Majority of the photographs are either portraits or groups shots of the family with subjects ranging from infants and toddlers to elders.

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India photograph album, 1860-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This bound album contains 69 black and white photographs of various scenes in India from the later half of the 19th century. It is unknown who compiled this album, but the album was probably created by a British person traveling through India. The bulk of the images are of historic structures, such as tombs, mosques, temples, palaces, forts and ruins, in the vicinity of Agra, Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow, and Uttar Pradesh. None of the images have any descriptive text. Some of the photographs have been identified as the works of Samuel Bourse (1834-1912) or John P. Nichols (circa 1830-1905). The first page contains a print of the arms of the colleges, halls, etc. of Oxford produced by Thomas Shrimpton & Son.

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Chalil Raad photograph album of the Augusta Victoria Complex dedication ceremony, 1910

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Arab photographer Chalil Raad, also known as Khalil Ra'd, photographed the dedication of the Augusta Victoria complex located on the northern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem in 1910. This photograph album contains interior and exterior black and white photographs of the Augusta Victoria Church and Hopsice, dignitaries, including Prince Eitel Friedrich and Duchess Sofia Charlotte of Prussia, who attended the dedication ceremony.

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Fellowship House Farm photograph album, 1956 June-September

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This photograph album chronicles an unidentified woman's time working at the Fellowship House Farm as an "intern cook" in the summer of 1956. Fellowship House Farm was a nonprofit education center dedicated to fostering interracial and interfaith relations in Pottstwon, Pennsylvania.

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