Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Language English Year 1955 to 1959

Photographs from the Papers of Robert G. Parr, 1951-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; ca. 46 print photographs)
Abstract:: Black and white and color print photographs documenting the personal and professional life of professor and chemist Robert G. Parr and his colleagues.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Photographs from the Papers of Rudolph Pariser, circa 1950-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; consisting of 10 print photographs)
Abstract:: Photographs from the career of Rudolph Pariser, a research chemist and one of the creators of the Pariser-Parr-Pople Method.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Samuel Ruben Photograph Collection, circa 1890s-1960s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; 12 print photographs)
Abstract:: Black and white and color photographs of inventor Samuel Ruben, his family, and colleagues.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Wyndham D. Miles Collection of Philatelic Cachets, 1946-1995 (inclusive) 1940s-1950s (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; consisting of 77 items)
Abstract:: 77 philatelic cachets (some duplicates) celebrating various milestones and notable individuals in the history of science collected by Wyndham D. Miles, author, editor, and past president of the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

First Day Cover Chemistry Stamp Collection, 1951-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear feet (1 folder)
Abstract:: A collection of seven first day covers with chemistry themes, affixed to envelopes.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Josiah Harmar Penniman Papers, 1706-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 cubic feet
Abstract:: Josiah Harmar Penniman was the fourteenth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of two parts, the professional and personal papers of Josiah H. Penniman and papers of his family, mainly, his father James Lanman Penniman, his mother Maria Davis Hosmer, and his brother James Hosmer Penniman.

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

Trustees of the University. Office of the Chairman Records, 1951-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

William Edmonds Horner Papers, 1821-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 items
Abstract:: Willaim Edmonds Horner was dean of the Medical School of Pennsylvania (1822-1852), Professor of Anatomy (1831-1853), and wrote the first pathology textbook published in the United States (Treatise on Pathological Anatomy, 1829). The Journals detail William Edmonds Horner's travels from the United States to Europe in 1821.

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

Harry E. Morton Papers, 1931-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Dr. Harry E. Morton started his academic career at the University of Pennsylvania in 1931 as an Instructor in Bacteriology. He would spend his 44 year career teaching at Penn's School of Medicine, rising to the rank of Professor of Bacteriology specializing in microbiology. The Harry E. Morton Papers consists of six class register books (1931-1947), and 36 class rolls (1931-1966) for Microbiology courses he taught in the School of Medicine.

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

Alvin C. Kraenzlein Scrapbooks, 1898-1985 (inclusive) 1898-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
Abstract:: Alvin C. Kraenzlein came to the University of Pennsylvania In 1897 as a student in the Dental School. He became a member of Psi Omega dental fraternity and the Edwin T. Darby Dental Society, but his primary extracurricular activity centered on the track and field. The Alvin C. Kraenzlein scrapbook documents the peak period of Kraenzlein's competitive athletic career in 1899 and 1900 when he participated in the Paris Olympics.

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

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