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Thomas Langton index, circa 1833-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 8 leaves)
Abstract:: Personal general topic index created by Thomas Langton between 1833-1845.

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

Scrapbook, circa 1870-circa 1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Victorian era scrapbook of chromolithographic images dating from circa 1870 to circa 1899.

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

Modèles pour le luminaire études & projets pour intérieurs modernes, circa 1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box (9 folders + 1 oversize folder)
Abstract:: A portfolio of fifty-three architectural and interior decoration drawings by J. E. Cazes of Vincennes, France.

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

Elizabeth R. F. Parrack photograph album, 1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 volumes
Abstract:: A small collection of materials created by Elizabeth R. F. Parrack comprising one oblong photograph album, a copied typescript itinerary, and one folded world map.

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

Mary C. Brown diary, 1877 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Diary kept by Mary C. Brown in 1877 with daily entries and eighteen leaves of recipes at the end of the volume.

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

Actors' role books, [1870]-1878, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection of about sixty handwritten actors' role books (1870-1878, undated) provides a glimpse into the world of nineteenth century theater in the United States. The role books seem to have belonged to the actor Philip Augustus Anderson though some were copied by, or on behalf of, other performers of the day including Lotta Crabtree, Laura Keene, Annie Lewis, John Lester Wallack, John Edward McCullough, Joseph Proctor and Lucille Western. Nearly all of the role books are annotated with production notes.

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

Sir Malcolm Hailey photograph album of Sarda Canal, 1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This album is a presentation photograph album given to Sir Malcolm Hailey, later 1st Baron Hailey, by Moona Lal and Sons, photographers. Hailey was governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928 and of the United Provinces from 1928 to 1930. The twenty-six photographs in the volume document the completion of the first stages of the works on the Sarda Canal, United Provinces (now Uttar Preadesh).

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

Alexander Fullerton Huston scrapbook of world leaders, circa 1870s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: Little is known about the owner of this album, Alexander Fullerton Huston. Huston probably lived in Pennsylvania in the mid to late 19th century and possibly practiced law. This volume is dated roughly to the 1870s and contains engravings and photographs of European and American royalty, leaders, explorers, scientists, philosophers, and actors. It is divided into thirteen sections, each one being defined by a geographic region. Within these sections, there are engravings and photographs of the most influential people of that area presented in chronological order.

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

Bibliographic records of late 18th century Philadelphia imprints, circa 1875-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 volumes (118, 128, 131 leaves)
Abstract:: Bibliography comprising the bibliographic records of Philadelphia imprints spanning the years from 1765 to1800 consisting of three volumes compiled by William J. Campbell circa 1875 to 1930.

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

Amelia Smith Calvert photographs of Costa Rican plants, circa 1909-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: "Photographs of Costa Rican plants" is a two-volume album compiled by biologist Amelia Smith Calvert (1876-1965). Each page of the album features a black and white photograph of a plant native to Costa Rica, with up to a paragraph of type-written text that provides the Latin and common names of the plant, its appearance and characteristics, the specific location where the specimen was found, and the date on which the photograph was taken. Calvert conducted this research on a 1909 to 1910 expedition to Costa Rica with her husband, entomologist Philip Calvert.

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

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