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Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech British Honduras (Belize) expeditions, 1949-1953 (bulk) 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.2 linear foot
Abstract:
The Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), Cahal Pech expedition, conducted by Dr. Linton Satterthwaite, was an extension of his expedition to Caracol, British Honduras (Belize). It was conceived as a "Housemound Project" and continued for two seasons from 1950 to 1953. The area of Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech contained seventeen structures and five stelae for investigation. Much of the collection relates to the Ball Court and East Plaza sites, as well as Structure A6 first and A6 second. The expedition produced objects and numerous photographs of the area. The Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech expedition records consist of twenty-nine folders in three archival boxes. Materials relate to the proposal for the expedition, preliminary data, budget and financial records, maps, notebooks, field notes, diaries, bag study sheets, progress and summary reports, press and publication materials, and photographs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

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William R. Coe II Personal Papers, 1949-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.0 cubic feet
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William Robertson Coe II was born in 1926 in New York City. Dr. Coe trained as an anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1950, MA 1953, and Ph. D 1958). He joined the faculty of the Department of Anthropology in 1959 and the Penn Museum as assistant curator in the same year. Coe conducted early excavations in Belize, Bolivia, and El Salvador and later directed excavations at Tayasal and Quirigua in Guatemala, but is best known for his long-term commitment with the Museum’s Tikal Project in Guatemala from 1956-1969. He took over the directorship of the Tikal field operations in 1963. His meticulous archaeological recording skills culminated in his monumental achievement, publication in 1990 of the six-volume “Tikal Report 14,” one of the most significant archaeological reports ever. Coe received the Guatemalan government’s highest honor, “The Order of the Quetzal,” in 1969 and the Drexel Medal from the Penn Museum in 1991. He was also known as a superb...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant papers, 1949-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft.
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Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, BMC Class of 1904, was a writer of several books and articles. Sergeant contributed to McClure's Magazine, The New Republic and authored Shadow-Shapes: The Journal of a Wounded Woman, October 1918-May 1919 (1920), Short As Any Dream (1929), Willa Cather: A Memoir (1953), Robert Frost: The Trial by Existence (1960). Materials include Sergeant's correspondence, drafts, proofs and photographs. The correspondence and photographs are principally concerned with matters regarding Sergeant's published works.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Joseph Conard Papers, 1949-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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Joseph Conard (1911-1965) was a Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College from about 1949 until his early death in 1965. The collection contains his economics papers, lecture notes, and reading lists.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Abraham Savitzky Papers, 1949-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.75 linear feet (6 boxes.)
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Research files, manuscripts, correspondence, patents, reports, data, presentations, and publications belonging to American analytical chemist Abraham Savitzky.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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LMHS.01: Main Line Board of Realtors listings, 1949-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
16.0 linear feet
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The Main Line Board of Realtors listings, 1949-1990, consists of real estate listing cards organized alphabetically by street name. The listing cards in this collection were maintained by James T. Shilcock (1919-2011), owner of Shilcock Realty Company. The township of Lower Merion in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was first settled by Welsh Quakers in 1682. It is part of the "Main Line," a collection of affluent Philadelphia suburbs located alongside the Pennsylvania Railroad line that was built between Philadelphia and Harrisburg in the mid-19th century.

Held at: Lower Merion Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Hildegard E. Peplau papers, 1949-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.1 linear feet
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Hildegard Elizabeth Peplau was nationally and internationally known for her expertise in psychiatric and mental health nursing. This collection consists primarily of papers on psychiatric nursing which Hildegard Peplau prepared and presented at conferences, workshops, and other professional activities. It also contains reprints of a number of her published articles.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Louis Fieser Photograph Collection, 1949-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear feet (1 box; ca. 67 print photographs)
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Photographs documenting the informal activities of Louis Fieser, his wife Mary, and select students in the early 1950s while Fieser was a professor of organic chemistry at Harvard University.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Peter Weiss Collected Papers, 1949-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
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Peter Weiss was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in 1941. He worked has as a lawyer from 1955 to 2006 and is interested in nuclear policy and other human rights and peace issues. He is married to activist Cora Weiss.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Mississippi Project (1964-1966), 1949-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft.
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In response to the 1964 bombing of 44 black churches in Mississippi, Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings coordinated a joint effort to rebuild the destroyed churches and to attempt to foster racial reconciliation in the area. The project sent Lawrence and Viola Scott to Jackson, Mississippi as Quaker representatives. By 1966, the group had rebuilt 33 of the 44 churches, and built a community center in rural Canton, Mississippi. This collection is primarily composed of financial records, including accounts, invoices, receipts, bank statements, and invoices. It also includes correspondence for the Education Committee of PYM regarding publications, supplies, and pamphlets.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Charles Thomas Hancock, II, New York Young Friends Correspondent papers, 1949-1951 (bulk)

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1 folders
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Charles Thomas Hancock, II, was a Quaker historian and activist. He served as a CO in World War II and was a member of Scarsdale Monthly Meeting and later Mount Toby Monthly Meeting. He served as editor of a newsletter, the New York Young Friends Correspondent from 1949-1951. The small collection contains largely business correspondence concerning the Correspondent, with some older Quaker material for reference. The Correspondent was published from 1939 to about 1951, supported by tbe two New York Yearly Meetings. It focused on Quaker history and concerns, particularly peace, with news from other Young Friends organizations and yearly meetings.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Richard Arndt Papers, 1949-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:
20 boxes
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Richard T. Arndt (1928-) worked in cultural diplomacy for over two decades for the U.S. Information Agency and the Department of State. The collection contains his papers, speeches, article clippings, and correspondence related to cultural diplomacy.

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

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Wroe Alderson Papers, 1949-1966 (inclusive) 1957-1966 (bulk)

Extent:
4 cubic feet
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Wroe Alderson was a nationally-known professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. The Wroe Alderson Papers document Alderson's career in marketing in both the private sector and in academia.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

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Dick Kazmaier Papers, 1949-1952 (bulk) 1949-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 boxes and 1 folder
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Dick Kazmaier was a Princeton University student and football player from 1948 to 1952. The Dick Kazmaier Papers include Kazmaier's course materials (class notes, exams, and thesis research material), as well as football team photographs, award certificates, and a scapbook of newspaper clipplings from 1949 to 1953.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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"The Man Who Could Grow Hair" Collection, 1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of the typed manuscript of The Man Who Could Grow Hair, a book by William Attwood (Princeton Class of 1941) based on his experience as a foreign correspondent in Europe.

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

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William Meredith and Robert Drew Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of 167 letters by American poet William Meredith to his intimate friend Robert Drew from 1949 to 1972, postmarked Princeton, N.J., New London, Conn., and other places.

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

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"Paul Revere's Horse" Collection, 1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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Consists of the corrected typescript of a collection of essays by A. C. M. Azoy (Princeton Class of 1914) on 18th- and 19th-century United States military history, entitled Paul Revere's Horse (1949).

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

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Nikos Kavvadias Papers, 1949-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

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

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Whitney Jennings Oates Correspondence, 1949-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
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Consists primarily of correspondence of Whitney Jennings Oates (Princeton Class of 1925) during his tenure as a professor of Classics at Princeton University.

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

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