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Women's Health Concerns Committee records, 1974-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 41 boxes
Abstract:: Materials, including administrative records and minutes; staff information; project files; publications; slides and audio recordings from presentations and events; and reference materials. Collection documents the activities of a coordinating committee created by the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Health to maintain communication between government agencies and local women's activist organizations focusing on health issues and spun off as an independent organization in 1978. Also includes information on the professional activities of the committee's director, JoAnne Fischer, who was special consultant to the governor on women and health.

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

Eugene Ormandy oral history collection, 1969-1997 (inclusive) 1990-1993 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.75 linear feet (9 boxes)
Abstract:: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) was a Hungarian-born violinist and conductor best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ormandy's characteristic conducting style resulted in the "Philadelphia Sound," which he brought around the world through recordings, international tours, and guest conducting engagements. This is a collection of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with Eugene Ormandy and others connected to him or to the Philadelphia Orchestra about Ormandy and his influence on the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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

Physicians Forum collection, 1939-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 64 boxes
Abstract:: Administrative records, correspondence, and publications documenting the activities and policy concerns of the Physicians Forum, an organization of progressive doctors founded by Ernst P. Boas in New York City. Its advocacy on the national level encompassed numerous health issues, with particular focus on health insurance, discrimination in medicine, and resistance to McCarthyism.

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

Margaret Tutwiler diaries, 1989-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Four diaries document the work and life of Margaret Tutwiler during her time as Assistant Secretary of State during the George H. W. Bush presidential administration.

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

Ruth Bleier papers, 1945-1987 (inclusive) 1950-1987 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Ruth Bleier (1923–1988) was a neurophysiologist and also one of the first feminist scholars to explore how gender biases have shaped biology. This collection, including personal and professional letters; newspaper clippings; newsletters; professional writings; and reference materials, documents Bleier's academic and activist activities.

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

Robert L. Sherman collection of plays, 1853-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear feet (8 boxes)
Abstract:: Robert L. Sherman, born in 1866, was a playwright and a theater manager. A prolific author, he began writing plays for Alexander Byers and the Chicago Manuscript Company, a printing business that sold and rented play scripts to theater companies in the United States from 1895 until 1922. Alexander Byers acquired most of the plays he published by pirating them. This collection consists of 139 mimeograph versions of play scripts which were part of the inventory of the Chicago Manuscript Company.

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

Walter Murphy Papers, 1957-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Walter Murphy, a political scientist and constitutional scholar, served as the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. His papers include correspondence, subject files, clippings, and the records of academic work.

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

Bob Guldin Interviews with George F. Kennan, 1989-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Bob Guldin is a writer and editor, who writes about public policy, foreign affairs and nonprofit advocacy. These records include recordings of two interviews with George F. Kennan and subsequent publications from which they resulted.

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

Mildred Harford Correspondence with Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva), 1973-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: This collection contains letters, cards, photographs and clippings from Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva) to her friend Mildred Harford. After defecting from the Soviet Union, Peters lived a transitory life in the United States, at one point denouncing the west and returning to the USSR, and eventually retunring to the United States, where she died in 2011.

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

H. Freeman Matthews Sr. Papers, 1773-1986 (inclusive) 1923-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Harrison Freeman Matthews Sr. (1899-1986) was a U.S. diplomat and career ambassador. This collection consists of correspondence, a draft of his memoirs, photographs, clippings, films and miscellaneous papers. It includes correspondence with Elizabeth Luke Matthews and a diary she kept during a visit to her husband in Vichy, France in 1940-42.

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

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