Record Source: University of Pennsylvania / Online Content: Not Available / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1815">1815</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1819">1819</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Diploma Collection, 1757-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 cubic feet and 19.5
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

George Wharton Pepper Papers, 1797-1956 (inclusive) 1889-1956 (bulk)

Extent:: 39 cubic feet
Abstract:: George Wharton Pepper, an 1862 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was a distinguished Philadelphia lawyer and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. The George Wharton Pepper Papers document his personal and professional life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Henry Howard Houston Estate Papers, 1698-1989 (inclusive) 1830-1953 (bulk)

Extent:: 26 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Henry Howard Houston Estate Papers document the creation and development of a large real estate investment in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties. The collection also provides extension information on land ownership in this area from the late eighteenth to mid nineteenth century through the original deeds, which form the title papers series of the collection.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Frazer Family Papers, 1776-2004 (inclusive) 1860-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 55 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Frazer Family Papers span over 200 years of an American family. The collection provides insight into five generations of University of Pennsylvania alum as well as three generations of educators, all in the field of chemistry, at the University of Pennsylvania and contains the papers of Persifor Frazer, Robert Frazer, John Fries Frazer, Persifor Frazer, Robert Frazer, John Frazer, John Frazer, Jr., and Tench Frazer, as well as a range of other family members and relatives. The collection is particularly strong in representing the professional and personal activities of Persifor Frazer (1844-1909) and his son John Frazer (1882-1964) from the 1860s to the 1950s.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Jonathan E. Rhoads Papers, 1934-2002 (bulk) 1802-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 273 cubic feet
Abstract:: Jonathan Rhoads began his long career at the University of Pennsylvania with an internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1932. Upon the completion of the internship, he decided to continue at the University in a residency under I. S. Ravdin, the chief of surgery. He was appointed a full professor of surgery and the J. William White Professor of Surgical Research in 1949. His rise did not stop at the Medical School, but continued into the University proper when he was appointed Provost of the University in 1956, a position he held until 1959. This massive collection documents the life and work of Jonathan Evans Rhoads in multiple dimensions and through all major periods of his long career.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

University Print Collection, 1799-1987 (inclusive) 1890-1976 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 cubic feet
Abstract:

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Susan Molofsky Todres University of Pennsylvania Historical Collection, 1767-2010 (inclusive) 1870-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 30 cu. ft.
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Baron George Gordon Byron collected papers, 1806-1832 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.7 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Baron George Gordon Byron collected papers contains materials belonging to or relating to the romantic poet Baron George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), best known as Lord Byron. These materials include correspondence, writings by Byron and related materials, lithographs of Byron and Sir Walter Scott, two display albums containing correspondence and locks of hair, and Lord Byron's last will and testament.

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

Edwin Forrest collection, circa 1815-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 39 linear feet (76 boxes)
Abstract:: The Edwin Forrest Collection provides some documentation of the business career of Edwin Forrest (nineteenth-century American actor, noted for his Shakespearean roles), focusing in the main on the latter part of his career (the 1860s and 1870s). Though some private personal correspondence is housed in the collection, predominant is correspondence concerning various aspects of Forrest's finances; these are arranged by major investments or interests.

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

John Mills Hale collection of letters, autographs, and images of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1736-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.66 linear_foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of a complete set of autographs of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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

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