Repository: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center / Record Source: University of Pennsylvania / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1868">1868</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

School of Auxiliary Medical Services Records, 1865-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
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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.

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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.

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Daniel Raynes Goodwin Papers, 1837-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Daniel Raynes Goodwin was the ninth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1860-1868, and an Episcopal priest. The Daniel Raynes Goodwin Papers consist of three account books which document his expenses and financial history from 1837-1890.

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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.

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

Extent:: 45 cubic feet
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Harold Glendon Scheie Papers, 1798-1990 (inclusive) 1918-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 41 cubic feet
Abstract:: Harold Scheie was a noted ophthalmologist at the University of Pennsylvania. The Harold Glendon Scheie Papers mainly document the professional contributions and achievements of Dr. Scheie in the field of Ophthalmology. There is a small group of personal papers, but these papers, in large part, still reflect in some way upon his devotion to his profession.

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Howard Hospital Records, 1858-1930 (inclusive) 1917-1929 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Howard Hospital was organized in 1853 as a charity hospital to provide medical care for factory workers who lived in the western part of Philadelphia. The Howard Hospital Records document the administrative activities of the Hospital during the early Twentieth Century.

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ENIAC Patent Trial Collection, 1864-1973 (inclusive) 1938-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 95 cubic feet
Abstract:: While trying to secure the patent for the ENIAC, serious problems for the patent rights of John Presper Eckert, Jr. and John William Mauchly arose in the 1960's. The ENIAC Papers are divided into two major series, viz., one, Sperry Rand Corporation, John P. Eckert, Jr., and John W. Mauchly vs. Bell Telephone, Incorporated; and two, Honeywell, Incorporated vs. Sperry Rand Corporation and Illinois Scientific Developments, Incorporated.

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Cornelius Nolen Weygandt Papers, 1849-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: Cornelius Nolen Weygandt was born in Philadelphia in 1832 and had a career in banking at the Western Bank, located on the south side of Chestnut Street just west of Fourth Street, in the heart of Philadelphia's nineteenth-century financial district and lived most of his married life in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The Cornelius Nolen Weygandt Papers consists of personal diaries and related correspondence and ephemera that chronicle Weygandt's life from 1849 – 1907.

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