Form: Photographs and Portraits - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 5.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard Gimbel (1898-1970) was a leading rare book and manuscript collector and the son of the founder of Gimbel's department store. Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor, and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. This collection of material was largely collected by Richard A. Gimbel and dates from 1809 to 1995. It includes numerous original manuscripts and correspondence by or related to Poe.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Correspondence, portraits, photographs, clippings, articles, addresses, lecture notes, diary, and miscellaneous papers related to Thomas Chase (1827-1892), his family, and his years at Haverford as professor and president of the College.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 album; ca. 440 photographs)
Abstract:: Album containing black and white print photographs of new members of the American Chemical Society for the years 1938-1939.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1700 photographic prints ((16 boxes))
Abstract:: Portraits of chemists, chemical industrialists, and notable individuals from chemical-related fields dating from the 1800s to the 1960s.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Clippings and typescripts of writings by the German-American author Edna Fern (pseudonym of Fernande Richter), who was active in St. Louis, Mo. Two photographs are included, one of the author and one of her husband Georg Richter.

Held at: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.05 linear feet (1 folder, 7 items)
Abstract:: Oscar Guthmann was a German seaman, born in Hamburg, in 1894, who later apparently settled in New York City. The collection comprises a 1921 copy of Guthmann's birth certificate, and 6 photographs, including one that is on a postcard addressed to a German, Hans Lüders, who was interned at the Knockaloe Aliens Camp on the Isle of Man, England, during World War I. Another photograph depicts a sailboat, or yacht, named Jacinta, at dock, and is inscribed on the verso with the name and address of Chase Adams of Dearborn, Michigan.

Held at: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; 65 print photographs and negatives)
Abstract:: Black and white photographs, primarily portraits, related to the history of the American Chemical Society Division of Cellulose Chemistry.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 book (0.25 linear foot)
Abstract:: Scrapbook created by an unnamed person comprising a small collection of works of art spanning the years from approximately 1880 to 1933

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

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