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F. Hilary Conroy Papers, 1945-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: Francis Hilary Conroy was professor of Far Eastern History at the University of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1990. The papers of F. Hilary Conroy consist of correspondence, 1966-1989, recommendations, 1950-1986, student grades report, student papers, and syllabi of courses he taught at Penn.

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Daniel Isaacman Papers, 1940-1958 (inclusive) 1940-1947 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: Daniel Isaacman attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his B.A. in 1948 and M.A. degree in 1951. During the Second World War, he served with the U.S. Army in Europe and worked with the Jewish Brigade in Antwerp, Belgium in an attempt to reunite decimated Jewish families with their children. The bulk of the collection is comprised of personal letters to and from "Danny" Isaacman during a pivotal period of his life, particularly during his service in World War II.

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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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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.

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Trustees of the University. Office of the Chairman Records, 1951-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
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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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John Rider Wallis Scrapbook, 1906-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: John R. Wallis was a member of the 1910 class at the Wharton School. The papers contain a scrapbook created by Wallis during his time at the University of Pennsylvania, and contains newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, travel tickets, and sports items.

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Arthur Hobson Quinn Papers, 1908-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 items
Abstract:: Arthur Hobson Quinn was a professor at Penn who would eventually hold the title of Welsh Professor of History and English, and serve as Dean of the College from 1912-1922. The Arthur Hobson Quinn Papers consist of 11 documents relating to the organization of the College between 1908 and 1922.

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Joseph Chapman Deyarmon Papers, 1795-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: Joseph Chapman Deyarmon attended the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1814-1815, and practiced medicine in Pennsylvania and eventually in Ohio. This small collection contains some family papers (correspondence, and financial papers) as well as Deyarmon's admission tickets to the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital.

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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.

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