Philadelphia Area Archives

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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]

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]

Richard L. Hall Papers, 1908-2018 (inclusive) 1970-2015 (bulk)

Extent:: 8.0 linear feet (3 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 half hollinger box. )
Abstract:: Business records, correspondence, papers, and personal research files of American flavor chemist Richard L. Hall.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Robert H. Socolow Papers, 1937-2023 (inclusive) 1955-2023 (bulk)

Extent:: 95.5 linear feet (73 record boxes, 3 hollinger box, 2 document storage boxes. )
Abstract:: Personal files, academic files, publications, manuscripts, printed materials, correspondence, photographs, and audio/visual materials from the American environmental scientist and theoretical physicist Robert H. Socolow.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Allan Solomonow papers, 1944-2016 (inclusive) 1960-2009 (bulk)

Extent:: 35 linear feet (37 boxes)
Abstract:: Allan Wayne Solomonow (1937-2020) was a Jewish peace activist who was active in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area from the 1970s through the 2010s. His particular concern was Middle East peace, especially the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This collection documents Solomonow's life's work and primarily comprise his professional papers related to the Jewish peace community as well as collected secondary material that informed his thinking.

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

Rev. Shojo Honda papers, 1947-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear_foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Reverend Shojo Honda 本田正静 (1929-2015) was a priest of the Shin (Jōdo Shinshū) sect of Buddhism, and a former reference librarian at the Library of Congress in the Asian Division's Japanese Section. After his death in 2015, Honda's library was donated to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries by Tamon Honda. Rev. Honda's collection reflects both his interests and his life's work, with many books on Buddhist (particularly Shin Buddhist) philosophy and ritual, Indian philosophy and world religions, world history and Japanese local history, Japanese literature, and Sanskrit and English language study. Within many of these books were handwritten notes, correspondence, photocopies, and clippings, mostly serving as bookmarks. In addition to these inserts, the Rev. Honda Shojo Collection includes several folders and boxes of archival and ephemeral material. These disparate materials have been collected and organized as the Rev. Shojo Honda Papers.

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

Etta Winigrad papers, 1968-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear feet (11 boxes)
Abstract:: Etta Winigrad (1936- ) is a Philadelphia-based sculptor who works primarily in clay and mixed media. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts from the University Pennsylvania in 1958, and completed postgraduate study at Moore College and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1976. Winigrad's figurative ceramic sculpture combines realistic and fantastical elements, animal-like figures, and humor. This collection, which focuses on Winigrad's life and work as an active artist, includes correspondence, notebooks and sketchbooks, exhibition records, photographs, and negatives. Each of Winigrad's sculptural works is represented in a number of slides, which comprise the bulk of this collection. These images are available online.

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

Arboretum Association records, 1929-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The Haverford College Arboretum Association records include materials related to Arboretum programming, events, membership, finances, and campus initiatives from its founding in 1974 to 2018. The collection also includes a smaller amount of materials related to the Arboretum Association's predecessor, the Haverford College Campus Club.

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

Savoy Company records, 1901-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 226.2 linear feet (327 boxes)
Abstract:: The Savoy Company is the oldest amateur theater company dedicated to the production of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. The collection contains administrative material, programs, musical and vocal scores, scrapbooks, audio-visual material and photographs which document its annual performance.

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

Louis Lippa papers, 1953-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14.5 linear feet (16 boxes)
Abstract:: Louis Lippa (1928-2018) was an American playwright, actor, theater director, and teacher of the dramatic arts. An experimental and prolific playwright, he was influenced by the dramatic theories of Bertolt Brecht and concerned with political, historical, and social issues. This collection contains material produced and collected by Lippa, primarily but not exclusively related to his work as a playwright-in-residence at the People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA.

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