Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Benjamin Rush lecture notes, 1783-1810, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.2 linear feet (5 boxes)
Abstract:: The Benjamin Rush lecture notes consist of 34 notebooks kept by medical students at the University of Pennsylvania, which record the content of academic lectures delivered by Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). Rush, a socially and politically prominent physician who lived and practiced in Philadelphia, served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1769 to 1813. The handwritten lecture notes in this collection (recorded between 1783 and 1810) present the era's conventional medical wisdom on the causes, symptoms and cures of a range of diseases and disorders.

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Paul Philippe Cret papers, 1865-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: 39 boxes (+ one map drawer)
Abstract:: Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945) was an architect and industrial designer who taught in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Born and educated in France, Cret moved to the United States in 1903, but served in the French Army during World War I. Following the War, he returned to Philadelphia and to the University of Pennsylvania and worked on significant projects across the country. One third of the collection comprises correspondence, including exchanges with professional colleagues and clients as well as a few family members. With the exception of a substantial group of letters written by Cret to his wife while serving in World War I, there is little personal material. None of the correspondence files contains comprehensive representation of the transactions of Cret and/or his firm on any given project. The collection also includes writings by Cret, project and teaching materials (incomplete), notes, biographical material, and photographs.

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Carlludwig Franck unpublished writings, 1952-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.2 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:: Carlludwig Franck was an architect, architectural historian, and independent scholar in history and the life sciences. The collection consists of bound typescripts or carbons for mostly unpublished nonfiction works. Some include graphs, drawings, photographs, etc.

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Wanda Gág papers, 1892-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 40 boxes
Abstract:: Personal papers of Wanda Gág, including correspondence to and from Wanda, as well as letters to and from Alma Schmidt Scott, a biographer of Gág, and letters among Gág family members; writings, such as diaries, children's books, autobiographical works, and juvenilia; notes for talks and for writings; artwork; exhibition catalogs and related publicity material; writings about Gág, including obituaries, biographical pieces, and book reviews; financial records; materials regarding the Estate of Wanda Gág; newspaper clippings; memorabilia; photographs; and examples of Happiwork, a product for children created by Gág.

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Eugene Ormandy photographs, 1880-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16.75 linear feet (76 volumes and boxes)
Abstract:: Eugene Ormandy served as the conductor/musical director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1931 to 1936 and the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1937 to 1980.This collection of photographs documents the career and life of Eugene Ormandy from the early 1880s to the early 1990s, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1940s to the 1970s. Many of these photographs are available online

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Leopold Stokowski collection of orchestral transcriptions, circa 1905-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 linear feet
Abstract:: Leopold Anthony Stokowski was born April 18, 1882 in London and become one of the best-known conductors of the 20th century. Stokowski conducted symphony orchestras across the world from 1909 until his death in 1977. This collection consists of more than 200 scores that often include markings for dynamics, articulations, tempo indications, and otherr revisions of orchestration made by Stokowsi.

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Historic trees of Philadelphia, circa 1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Ethel Austin Shrigley (1875-1936) was a naturalist and suffragist from Lansdowne, PA. This volume contains a typescript of Shrigley's book, Historic Trees of Philadelphia, which was published in 1899.

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Theodore Dreiser and the dime novel world; or, the missing chapter in Dreiser's life, 1894-1906, 1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (161 pages)
Abstract:: Typed photocopy of Lydia Cushman Schurman's dissertation, 1984.

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4D, 1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), better known as R. Buckminster Fuller, was an American architect, designer, inventor, theorist, and writer. This collection consists of an inscribed copy of 4D which introduced his ideas for a new type of low-cost, mass-produced housing.

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Oliver Daniel research collection on Leopold Stokowski, 1945-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 90 boxes
Abstract:: Research files, cassette tapes, and transcripts for Daniel's biography of Leopold Stokowski titled Stokowski: A Counterpoint of View (1982). Includes the author's correspondence, photocopies of Leopold Stokowski's correspondence, programs, reviews, clippings, photographs, and the completed manuscript submitted for publication; plus preservation and service copies of the oral history sound recordings.

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