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Gilchrist Family papers, circa 1823-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: A small but interesting collection of letters and the diaries of Grace Gilchrist Frend from 1907 to 1939. Family members include Anne Burrows Gilchrist, wife of Alexander Gilchrist and mother of Percy Carlyle Gilchrist (scientist/engineer), Beatrice Carwardine Gilchrist (physician who committed suicide), Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (painter who also committed suicide later in life), and Grace Gilchrist Frend (would-be singer). The family were intimates of Thomas Carlyle and many pre-Raphaelite painters. Anne was a champion of Walt Whitman; Alexander researched the life of William Blake (a posthumous publication compiled by Anne).

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

Newell Sill Jenkins papers, 1905-1915, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection contains some papers of the esteemed American dentist Newell Sill Jenkins (1840-1919) who practiced for most of his career in Dresden, Germany and popularized the use of porcelain tooth enamel. A small booklet with notes on Jenkins' experiments with dental cement is included in the collection, along with a large album presented to him on his seventieth birthday by a cohort of American dentists. There are also a few miscellaneous photographs and pages of notes in this collection, as well as a menu from a dinner held in Jenkins' honor.

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

Miscellaneous postcards of India , circa 1880s-1920s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection consists of post cards of India, the bulk of which document missionary work in India and Sri Lanka during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

Edward C. Kirk photograph album, circa 1909-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear_foot (1 volume)
Abstract:: Edward C. Kirk (1856-1933) was a prominent dentist in Philadelphia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This photograph album, containing seventeen photographs of European medical professionals, may have been assembled following Kirk's trip to Berlin for the International Dental Congress which was held there in 1909.

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

Barbara J. Kukla collection of acetate discs, 1937-1939, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Barbara J. Kukla (born 1940) is an author and an authority on the Newark, New Jersey, jazz scene. This collection consists of ten acetate discs containing classical, gospel, and popular music, dating from at least 1937 to 1939. It includes a recording of Marian Anderson's performance at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on April 9, 1939.

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

Joseph W. Catharine papers regarding the Thomas W. Evans estate, 1897-1931, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.2 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:: The Joseph W. Catharine papers contain records, correspondence and legal documents dating from 1897 to 1931, which relate to the litigation of the Thomas W. Evans estate. Although Dr. Evans, a wealthy dentist, left a clear last will and testament, it took about sixteen years for his estate to be administered due to a string of legal battles between the heirs, executors and City of Philadelphia (represented by Catharine in his capacity as Assistant City Solicitor). The collection includes professional correspondence, legal notes and memoranda, formal legal documents filed by name of court, the records of the Thomas W. Evans Museum and Institute Society, and the financial records of the estate's dispensation.

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

Samuel Hazard scrapbook and ephemera, 1723-1876, 2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.75 linear feet (3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Abstract:: Samuel Hazard (1784-1870) was a prominent Philadelphia historian who studied the early records of colonial Pennsylvania and also collected engravings, prints, and ephemera documenting comtemporary Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. This collection consists of his scrapbook of material relating to the history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as well as a number of loose documents that may have been intended for the scrapbook or interleaved therein.

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

Elizabeth T. Miller papers, 1928-1960, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.35 linear_foot (5 boxes)
Abstract:: The Elizabeth T. Miller papers, part of the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness, contain documentation of Miller's 1940 travels through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, along with some later correspondence and recollections of the trip. Miller, a commercial artist from Baltimore, Maryland, undertook this journey with her cousin, sculptor and archaeologist Benjamin Turner Kurtz; the acclaimed operatic singer Carolyn Long; and photographer John Henry Coon. The majority of the collection consists of scrapbooks documenting various Mayan ruins and archaeological sites in these countries. Essays published in the Bulletin of the Natural History Society of Maryland (and a few unpublished pieces) written by Miller and Kurtz are also included, as are miscellaneous photos, notes, letters, publications and documents relating to this trip.

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

Renshū Kantai en'yō kōkai no omoide (練習艦隊遠洋航海の思ひ出), 1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The Training Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Renshū Kantai, operated from 1903-1940. Graduates of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy would spend several months in training deployment throughout the Pacific Ocean and beyond, occasionally venturing as far as the Mediterranean Sea or the East Coast of the United States. This 25-leaf scrapbook contains 100 photographs depicting the 1937 cruise under the command of Vice-Admiral Mineichi Koga. Red ownership stamps on the inner back cover along with a postscript indicate that the owner was one Norio Maeda 前田憲夫.

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

William Bacon Evans notes for the Dictionary of Quaker Biography, unknown

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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