Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="2015">2015</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="2016">2016</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Kelly Writers House recordings, 1996-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:: Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Kelly Writers House serves as a center for writers of all kinds from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia region at large. This collection consists of original recordings of their programs and projects--poetry readings, film screenings, seminars, web magazines, lectures, dinners, radio broadcasts, workshops, art exhibits, and musical performances, the content of which is available at http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/medialinks/

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

Paul D. Taylor Papers, 1965-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Paul D. Taylor (1939-) is a career Foreign Service official who served as the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1988-1992. The collection documents Taylor's ambassadorship, his prior role as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and his other State Department positions in the form of correspondence, memoranda, and speeches.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

American Musicological Society oral history collection, 1994-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) and 29.2 gigabytes
Abstract:: The American Musicological Society, founded in 1943 to promote the systematic study of music, actively documents its history, its members, and, more generally, the history of musicology in North America through its oral history project. This collection contains transcripts, written memoirs, documentation, audio, and video resulting from the oral history project which began in 1996 and continues to the present. Researchers must obtain permission from the American Musicological Society to research the contents of this collection (see Conditions Governing Access note).

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

Common Press printed projects and ephemera, 1998-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.5 linear feet (10 boxes)
Abstract:: The Common Press is the letterpress printing studio at the University of Pennsylvania and was founded at the University of Pennsylvania on January 17, 2006, the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth. It was conceived as an interdisciplinary project by Kelly Writers House (a writer-centered community founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995); the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts program, to create an environment encouraging collaboration among students with an emphasis on working among digital and analog design, writing, and image making. Projects included in this collection, dated 1998 to 2016, consist of broadsides, posters, flyers, postcards, cards, and chapbooks, and were created using a variety of printing processes and techniques.

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

Marcia J. Frost research collection relating to Gujarat, 1933-2020 (inclusive) 1975-2020 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.21 linear feet (2 boxes) and 4.3 megabytes
Abstract:: This research collection primarily contains Gujarat village records collected from the mamlatdar record offices in the mid-1970s by economics professor Marcia J. Frost, whose research focused on the economic history of Gujarat territories. Village officials prepared kalambandhis (annual talati accounts) and moje jarif (village registers from the revenue survey) during the first decade of British rule in western India. These cover a wide range of topics including population and animal censuses, village revenue and expenditures, land tenures and use, village history and customs. Frost collected these records for her dissertation study of the economic history of the Gujarat territories under the East India Company administration in the early 19th century.

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

Marten Van Heuven Papers, 1952-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Marten Van Heuven (1932- ) led a career in the United States foreign service, serving in several European countries, which culminated with his service as National Intelligence Officer for Europe from 1987 to 1991, a position responsible for the analysis of European and Canadian issues. Van Heuven's papers document his career in the United States foreign service and at RAND, and include his speech files, writings files, and correspondence.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Daniel C. Kurtzer Papers, 1965-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 19 boxes
Abstract:: Daniel C. Kurtzer (1949-) is a professor and former American diplomat. The collection mostly pertains to Kurtzer's work for the U.S. Foreign Service.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Charles W. Yost Papers, circa 1790-2015 (inclusive) 1930-1980 (bulk)

Extent:: 25 boxes
Abstract:: Charles W. Yost (1907-1981) led a varied career as a diplomat, United Nations representative, writer, and scholar. He was a member of the foreign service intermittently between 1930 and 1971, after which time he devoted himself full-time to writing and teaching. Yost's papers document his professional life in the Foreign Service, as well as his time in academia, and include his correspondence, writings, and photographs.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

J. G. Cobo Borda Papers, 1951-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 24.21 linear feet ((44 containers))
Abstract:: Consists of personal and working papers of Cobo Borda, a Colombian poet, essayist, journalist, and diplomat, primarily manuscript poems and essays as well as correspondence, spanning the period from 1970 to 2017. There are also manuscripts of speeches and interviews, nonfiction works, documents, photographs, a few papers of others, scrapbooks, and a small amount of printed material.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

T. A. Barron Papers, 1965-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 boxes and 22 linear feet
Abstract:: T. A. Barron (1952-) is an American writer of fantasy literature, books for children, and nature books. The collection consists of his literary and personal papers, including manuscripts and other draft materials, copies of his books and related promotional materials, international editorial correspondence, articles and speeches, personal journals and letters, fan mail, videos, and correspondence with other authors.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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