Philadelphia Area Archives

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George W. Taylor papers, 1921-1970 (inclusive) 1950-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 9.5 linear feet (11 boxes)
Abstract:: George W. Taylor (1901-1972) was a professor at Wharton for over 30 years. During that time, he became an influential expert in the field of industrial relations, including arbitration, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution. This collection is composed of materials relating to the many cases on which he served as a board member, arbitrator or adviser. The numerous letters of commendations, awards and other praise are preserved here as well. Very little in this collection relates to his equally long and important career as a professor at Wharton.

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

Bob and Jann Perez collection of A. Mitchell Palmer materials, 1912-1963 (inclusive) 1912-1925 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear_foot (3 boxes)
Abstract:: A. Mitchell Palmer was a Democrat politician from Pennsylvania who served as Congressman, Alien Property Custodian and Attorney General between 1908 and 1921. This collection covers, to a limited degree, each of these three stages of Palmer's career. It includes photographs, correspondence, and administrative documentation relating to Palmer's political campaigns, his support of president Woodrow Wilson, and his involvement with organizations such as the Chemical Foundation, especially during his appointment as Alien Property Custodian.

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

Charlotte Cushman Club records, 1818-2000 (inclusive) 1907-1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 16.6 linear feet (26 boxes)
Abstract:: Founded in 1907, the Charlotte Cushman Club was originally intended to provide respectable lodgings for actresses appearing in Philadelphia theaters. In the years of World War II the Club ceased to provide residential services, becoming a favorite gathering place of theater lovers as well as of the many actresses and actors visiting the city with their touring companies. The Charlotte Cushman Club Records offer insight into the activities, the administration, and the membership of the Club during the whole life of the organization, until its closure in 1998. The collection also includes part of the holdings of the former Club's museum and library.

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

Photographs and Ephemera from the Records of the Chemists' Club, 1863-1990s (inclusive) 1940s-1990s (bulk)

Extent:: 6 linear feet (6 boxes; ca. 608 print photographs; negatives; lantern slides)
Abstract:: Photographs and lantern slides depicting group members, events, and buildings associated with The Chemist's Club in New York City, predominately from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Photographs from the Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Cellulose Chemistry, 1920-1976 (inclusive)

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]

Frothingham and Roberts family papers, 1862-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The Frothingham and Roberts families were joined when Mary Foster Frothingham (1863-1934) and George Wood Bissell Roberts (1859-1941) were married on February 10, 1886. This collection documents three generations of the Frothingham family of Massachusetts and the Roberts family of Philadelphia and Riverton, New Jersey. The bulk of the material consists of extended family correspondence dating from 1862 to 1936 to and or from George W.B. Roberts and his wife Mary Foster Frothingham Roberts.

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

Williams Haynes Portrait Collection, 1800s-1960s (inclusive)

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]

David Spence: Guayule Rubber Project Records, 1910-1951 (inclusive) 1926-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.0 linear feet (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Reports, correspondence, patent files, reprints of articles, photographs, experiment files, and graphs belonging to Scottish-American rubber chemist David Spence. The materials in this collection document Spence's involvement in Intercontinental Rubber Company's efforts in producing rubber from guayule during the 1920s and 1930s and the Guayule Rubber Project during World War II.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

American Association for Clinical Chemistry Records, 1897-2001 (inclusive) 1948-1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 8.2 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 folder, 1 videotape, and 1 audiocassette )
Abstract:: The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Records mainly contain materials concerned with the history of the AACC and to a lesser extent, divisional records of the Ohio Valley Section of the AACC. The files in this collection contain correspondence, publications, conference records, and meeting records. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry Records were compiled by Samuel Meites.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

James Cloyd Downs Papers, 1902-2018 (inclusive) 1923-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 linear feet (2 record boxes and 1 hollinger box.)
Abstract:: Diaries, correspondence, printed materials, and photographs of American chemical engineer James Cloyd Downs.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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