Form: Photographs / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="2005">2005</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="2006">2006</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

Eugene Garfield Papers, 1944-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 167.0 linear feet ((115 record boxes, 10 photo album boxes, 2 cd-rom boxes, 2 film cans, 1 hollinger box, and 1 videotape box) )
Abstract:: Professional files, personal files, papers and presentations, journal articles, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American information scientist and Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) founder Eugene Garfield.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Herbert T. Pratt Papers, 1793-2013 (inclusive) 1945-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 9.0 linear feet (5 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, and 1 oversized box. )
Abstract:: Research files, printed materials, manuals, sample cards and sample books, notebooks, and signed items of Herbert T. Pratt, an American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and collector of rare chemistry books, chemistry memorabilia, and textiles memorabilia.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Wil Lepkowski Papers, 1966-2011 (inclusive) 1984-2005 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.2 linear feet (9 banker boxes and 1 half hollinger.)
Abstract:: The Papers of Wil Lepkowski (1934-2019) consist of correspondence, subject files, printed materials, legal files, reports, and photographic materials from American science journalist Wil Lepkowski. The focus of this collection is Lepkowski's reporting on the 1984 Bhopal disaster for Chemical & Engineering News.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Alfred Bader Papers, 1938-2016 (inclusive) 1955-2006 (bulk)

Extent:: 23.0 linear feet (11 record boxes, 2 hollinger boxes, 8 oversized boxes, and 2 map tubes.)
Abstract:: Business records, correspondence, personal files, notebooks, printed materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of Austrian Canadian research chemist, entrepreneur, art historian, and art collector Alfred Bader.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Fritz and Karoline Solmitz papers, 1929-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft.
Abstract:: Fritz Solmitz (1893-1933) was an early and outspoken leader in the opposition to Nazism, an editor of a Social Democratic newspaper in Lübeck and a member of the City council. Because of his active opposition to the Nazis, and probably because he was a Jew, he died of mistreatment in a German prison shortly after Hitler came to power. Karoline Somitz (1893-1966) was, like her husband, active in civic affairs. Much of the collection contains letters and photographs, some translated from German.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Philadelphia Flower Show slide and photograph collection, 1928-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25.0 linear feet (90 containers/volumes)
Abstract:: The Philadelphia Flower Show is the world’s largest indoor flower exhibition and, as of 2010, encompasses thirty-three acres and draws over 250,000 visitors annually. The Philadelphia Flower Show was first held in 1829. From 1927 until the mid 1960s, management of the Flower Show was under the auspices of the Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc., a professional group of nurserymen and growers. In 1964, Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc. decided to halt production of the show for two years because of difficulties locating an exhibition space. Under the direction of Ernesta D. Ballard, who felt that yearly continuation of the show was necessary, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society hosted the show in the 23rd Street Armory. In 1966, the show moved to the Civic Center, and in 1968, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society became the show’s official producer. In 1996, the Flower Show moved to its current location in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This is a collection of photographs, slides,...(see more)

Held at: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [Contact Us]

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Public Relations and Marketing Department image collection, 1958-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.0 linear feet (2 drawers, 11 containers, 8 volumes)
Abstract:: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was America’s first horticultural society, formed in 1827 as a not-for-profit membership organization. Since its founding, PHS has hosted wide-ranging activities in the name of promoting horticulture and to beautify Philadelphia, with a goal to realize William Penn’s founding vision for the city to be a “greene countrie towne.” The Public Relations and Marketing Department promotes the activities supported by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. This collection includes slides dating from 1958 to 2005 that document the operation of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Harvest Show, the Junior Flower Show, the Philadelphia Flower Show, and Philadelphia Green.

Held at: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [Contact Us]

The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1918-1985 (bulk) 1910-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.5 linear feet (; 18 document boxes)
Abstract:: Louis Joseph Meyer (1897-1985) attended St. Charles Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania starting in 1914, was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1923, and served as a parish priest for the next 19 years. He served as an Army chaplain during World War II, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater until 1946. Upon his discharge from the service, Meyer resumed his parish duties in Philadelphia. He was elevated to Monsignor in 1965, retired in 1972, and passed away in 1985. The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers document the writings, travels, and service of Monsignor Louis Joseph Meyer (1897-1985). This collection dates from 1910 to 2007 and consists of Meyer’s theater work, short stories and writings, speeches and sermons, academic materials relating to St. Charles Seminary and the University of Pennsylvania, travel documents and ephemera, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing clippings and other printed...(see more)

Held at: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center [Contact Us]

International Communication Association records, 1946-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 linear feet (60 boxes)
Abstract:: Originally established in 1950 as the National Society for the Study of Communication, the International Communication Association (ICA) has grown to be the largest worldwide academic organization devoted to the systematic study of communication. The collection is composed primarily of administrative records created and/or collected by various officers from 1946 to 2016, and serves to document the association's development over the years. Materials include correspondence, board meeting minutes and reports, bylaws and constitutions, conference proceedings, division records, financial records, membership records, and publication records.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives [Contact Us]

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