Form: Photographs / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1970">1970</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1974">1974</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Dinkha Tepe expedition records, 1966-1968 (bulk) 1966-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.66 linear feet
Abstract:: Dr. Robert H. Dyson, Jr., Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum 1982-1994, directed excavations in 1966 and 1968 at Dinkha Tepe in the Ushnu Valley, west Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran. This expedition formed part of the Hasanlu Project. The papers documenting these excavations are for the most part primary reference materials and were deposited as a closed collection in The University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives for safekeeping until publication research begins within the next several years. Records were kept in their original order. The textual records of Dinkha Tepe consist of 2.66 linear feet of excavation notebooks, indexes and catalogues, photographic material, manuscripts, and drawings, maps and plans.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Kourion, Cyprus Expedition records, 1933-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 15.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Penn Museum began excavating in Cyprus during the 1930-31 season foloowing up at Kourion beginning in 1934. Interrupted by World War II, (1941-1945) it continued until 1954. The expedition revealed an extensive area of settlement containing sites inhabited variously from the Neolithic through Byzantine periods. The Kourion, Cyprus Expedition Records consist of 34 boxes of correspondence, accounts books, field notebooks, drawings, plans, photographs, reports and manuscripts. The collection also contains object cards and object catalogues.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Porticello shipwreck expedition records, 1969-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear foot
Abstract:: In July of 1970, in the straits of Messina about 100 meters from the village of Porticello, underwater excavation of a vessel subsequently determined to be 5th century B.C. Roman, commenced under the direction of David I. Owen, assistant curator of the Underwater Archaeology Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The Porticello Shipwreck spans the period from 1969-1988 and primarily contains letters, field notes, object descriptions, drawings and photographs (prints, slides, and negatives) of objects and under water excavations relating to the project. The collection is divided into six series: Correspondence; Field Notes; Catalogues; Publications; Drawings; Photographs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

George F. Dales Papers, 1960-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.5 linear feet
Abstract:: George Franklin Dales was born in Akron, Ohio in 1927. He received his Ph.D. at Penn in 1960 studying the history, art and archaeology of the Middle East. Dales lectured at the University of Toronto from 1961 to 1963. He returned to Penn and was appointed both assistant and then Associate Curator of the South Asian Collection at the Penn Museum and moved from Assistant to Associate Professor in the Department of South Asian Regional Studies. Dales left Penn in 1972 to work at the University of California, Berkeley. The George F. Dales Papers consist of seven archival boxes of data and one card file box. The records are arranged by site-Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Thailand and Indonesia.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Proto-History Project Collection, 1966-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Proto-History Project Collection includes budgets and proposals, reports and publications, financial records, artifact loans, field notes, artifact analysis, radiocarbon analysis, photographic prints and negatives, site plans and sections, and fourty-one pottery drawings. It is housed in 1 box and 2 oversized folders in Map Case M-20.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech British Honduras (Belize) expeditions, 1949-1953 (bulk) 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.2 linear foot
Abstract:: The Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), Cahal Pech expedition, conducted by Dr. Linton Satterthwaite, was an extension of his expedition to Caracol, British Honduras (Belize). It was conceived as a "Housemound Project" and continued for two seasons from 1950 to 1953. The area of Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech contained seventeen structures and five stelae for investigation. Much of the collection relates to the Ball Court and East Plaza sites, as well as Structure A6 first and A6 second. The expedition produced objects and numerous photographs of the area. The Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech expedition records consist of twenty-nine folders in three archival boxes. Materials relate to the proposal for the expedition, preliminary data, budget and financial records, maps, notebooks, field notes, diaries, bag study sheets, progress and summary reports, press and publication materials, and photographs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Kenneth R. Shoulders Papers, 1940-2013 (inclusive) 1955-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 37.8 linear feet (27 boxes (20 record boxes, 2 film cans, 1 half hollinger box, 1 audiocassette box, 2 videotape boxes 2 oversized boxes, 4 map tubes, 1 artifacts box, and 1 photographs box) )
Abstract:: Correspondence, research files, personal files, patent files, papers and presentations, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American electronics engineer, experimental physicist, and inventor Kenneth R. Shoulders.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection, 1959-1973 (inclusive) 1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 320 photographic prints (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Photographs documenting the creation, production, and marketing of the Bendix Corporation's flagship analytical instrument, the Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS).

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Foil A. Miller Photograph Collection, 1950-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 56 photographic prints ((1 box))
Abstract:: Photographs and slides of early infrared spectroscopists taken and assembled by Foil A. Miller.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Photographs from the Papers of Gabor B. Levy, 1947-1980s (inclusive) 1950s (bulk)

Extent:: 300 negatives (1 box)
Abstract:: Negatives and print photographs of Gabor B. Levy and his family primarily documenting various aspects of family life, including vacations, gatherings, and holiday celebrations.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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