Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1930">1930</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1934">1934</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Townsend Family Papers, 1726-1933 (inclusive) 1865-1913 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: John W. Townsend graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1875, and went on to a career as an industry executive and capitalist as well as a local historian. The Townsend Collection contains documents ranging in date from 1726 to 1933. The vast majority of these items belonged to John W. Townsend. These papers trace local and national history through John W. Townsend's personal, family and business interests.

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

Cornelius Weygandt Papers, 1787-1955 (inclusive) 1920-1955 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 cubic feet
Abstract:: Cornelius Weygandt attended the University of Pennsylvania and received his PhD in 1901. Weygandt had a fifty-five year career as a teacher in the Department of English at Penn, and also obtained literary success for his storytelling skills. The Cornelius Weygandt Papers document his literary efforts primarily from the 1920s to the 1950s. The majority of the collection contains unpublished of essays and books he had prepared and may have planned to publish.

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

Edward Potts Cheyney Papers, 1915-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 cubic feet
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Thomas Darlington Cope Papers, 1912-1960 (inclusive) 1939-1956 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: Thomas Darlington Cope received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1915 at the University of Pennsylvania and spent his entire professional career at Penn. His prominence as a historian of science arose from his study of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the English surveyors who were brought to America to help settle the border dispute between Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania that resulted in the famous Mason-Dixon Line. The Thomas Darlington Cope Papers contains Cope's personal correspondence from 1912-1956, and his Mason and Dixon Line research.

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

William James Cromie Papers, 1876-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 cubic feet
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Robert Dechert Family Papers, 1798-1975 (inclusive) 1915-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Dechert family was involved in Philadelphia's legal, civic, and military history from the mid-nineteenth century through twentieth century. The Robert Dechert Family Papers primarily document the life of Robert Dechert, touching upon almost all of his activities.

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Emil Doernenberg Papers, 1895-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
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Herman Vandenburg Ames Papers, 1897-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
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Clark and Madeira Family Papers, 1820-1942 (inclusive) 1850-1925 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Clark and Madeira Family Papers offers a perspective on the personal, social, and professional lives of a rich and vibrant upper class Philadelphia family in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. It is reflective their affection for learning, travel as well as their undying affection for each other.

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

Eadweard Muybridge Collection, 1870-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 20 cubic feet
Abstract:: Eadweard Muybridge is a noted photographer who began his studies of animal locomotion in 1872 while trying to settle a bet for railroad tycoon Leland Stanford. In 1883 several important Philadelphians attended a meeting in the office of the provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and decided to provide Muybridge with the grounds of the Veterinary Hospital and a $5,000 advance to begin work on the landmark study, Animal Locomotion. This study, completed in 1887 and published under the sponsorship of the University, would prove to be of great use to artists, anatomists, physiologists, and athletes. The Eadweard Muybridge Collection documents his photographic career and the contributions he made to motion pictures. Documentation relating Muybridge's Animal Locomotion study, done under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, represents the bulk of this collection.

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

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