Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1904">1904</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

J. William White Papers, 1871-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 cubic feet
Abstract:: Dr. J. William White received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1871. He began his career at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1874, and rose through the ranks as a surgeon and specialist in Venereal Diseases. In 1912 White was named a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. White was also active in Philadelphia's civic life, and made extensive annual trips to Europe. The J. William White collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, diaries in manuscript form and typescripts of those diaries, diplomas and certificates, pamphlets and books written by and about White and his family, and letters from White's voyage on Professor Louis Agassiz's Hassler Expedition of 1872.

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]

Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht Papers, 1899-1942 (inclusive) 1904-1910 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht was the Clark research professorship of Assyriology and Comparative Semitic Philology at the University of Pennsylvania as well as the curator of the Babylonian section of the University Museum. The Hermann Volrath Hilprecht Papers contain mostly correspondence to and from Hilprecht relating to his work at the University Museum as Curator of Babylonian and General Semitic Section.

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]

Percy C. Madeira, Jr. Papers, 1863-1962 (inclusive) 1916-1933 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: Percy Childs Madeira, Jr. graduated from Harvard University in 1910, and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1913. Percy Madeira enlisted as a private in the First City Troop (or First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard during World War I. The fields of anthropology and archaeology were where Percy Madeira's passions lie. He returned the University of Pennsylvania in the 1930s to attend graduate school and received his master's degree in anthropology in 1933. The Percy C. Madeira, Jr. Papers document his service in the First City Troop during World War I, graduate work in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and his final years with the banking business.

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

College of Arts and Sciences. Student Records, 1828-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 45 cubic feet
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Conyers Read Papers, 1892-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Conyers Read joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1934 as a Professor of English History, with an interest in the Tudor era. The Conyers Read Papers are professional in nature and for the most part include research and lecture notes.

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

William Romaine Newbold Papers, 1894-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: William Romaine Newbold was a professor and dean at the University of Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century. Newbold had a great interest is puzzles, codes, and cryptography. This interest led to his work to decipher a famous coded text, commonly referred to as the Voynich Manuscript. The William Romaine Newbold Papers pertain to his work with ciphers and codes.

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

Robert Hall Elmore Papers, 1900-1992 (inclusive) 1922-1984 (bulk)

Extent:: 52 cubic feet (52 cubic ft.)
Abstract:: Robert Elmore served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1950 and became well known as the conductor of University choral groups and as the organist for Commencements. The papers of Robert Elmore document the career and life of a successful musician, conductor, and educator.

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

Department of Physics Records, 1901-1953 (inclusive)

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

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