Philadelphia Area Archives

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Photographs from the Papers of Rudolph Pariser, circa 1950-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; consisting of 10 print photographs)
Abstract:: Photographs from the career of Rudolph Pariser, a research chemist and one of the creators of the Pariser-Parr-Pople Method.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Robert H. Burris Photograph Collection, 1960s-2000 (inclusive) 1960s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; ca. 138 print photographs; transparencies)
Abstract:: Photographs depicting the colleagues of Robert Harza Burris, a professor of Biochemistry and pioneer in the use of mass spectrometry to study biological nitrogen fixation.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Wyndham D. Miles Collection of Philatelic Cachets, 1946-1995 (inclusive) 1940s-1950s (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; consisting of 77 items)
Abstract:: 77 philatelic cachets (some duplicates) celebrating various milestones and notable individuals in the history of science collected by Wyndham D. Miles, author, editor, and past president of the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

William A. Lester, Jr. Papers, 1950-2017 (inclusive) 1965-2013 (bulk)

Extent:: 70.0 linear feet (67 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, 1 oversized hollinger box, and 2 cd-rom boxes.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, professional files, manuscripts, printed materials, notebooks, electronic storage materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of African American theoretical chemist and chemistry educator William A. Lester, Jr.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
Abstract:

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

Alvin C. Kraenzlein Scrapbooks, 1898-1985 (inclusive) 1898-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
Abstract:: Alvin C. Kraenzlein came to the University of Pennsylvania In 1897 as a student in the Dental School. He became a member of Psi Omega dental fraternity and the Edwin T. Darby Dental Society, but his primary extracurricular activity centered on the track and field. The Alvin C. Kraenzlein scrapbook documents the peak period of Kraenzlein's competitive athletic career in 1899 and 1900 when he participated in the Paris Olympics.

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

University City Associates, Inc. Records, 1963-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 cubic feet
Abstract:: In November 1963, a group of people termed "friends" of the University of Pennsylvania, that included a few senior administrators of the University of Pennsylvania, formed University City Associates, Incorporated (UCA). The corporation was created as a for-profit stock company whose mission was primarily to locate and develop interim student housing around the University campus. The collection documents the real estate business investments and opportunities of the UCA, since the late 1960s.

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

David Kairys Papers, 1960-2011 (inclusive) 1962-2009 (bulk)

Extent:: 95 cubic feet
Abstract:: David Kairys is a noted civil rights lawyer and a professor of law at Temple University School of Law who received his Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971. The David Kairys Papers document the professional and legal career of civil rights attorney, author, and law professor David Kairys. The collection has been organized into four series: Professional, Legal Cases, Works By, and Personal.

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

Richard Bunker Singer Papers, 1920-2012 (inclusive) 1923-2010 (bulk)

Extent:: 24 cubic feet
Abstract:: Richard Bunker Singer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1939, served as a United States Navy flight surgeon in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and in 1952 accepted a position in life insurance underwriting at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston, MA. The Richard Bunker Singer Papers document the family life and professional career of Dr. Singer. The collection has been organized into six series: Correspondence, Personal, Professional, Works By, Photographs, and Awards.

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

Matthias Adam Shaaber Papers, 1914-1981 (inclusive) 1940-1978 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: Matthias Adam Shaaber was a scholar of Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature, who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 - 1968. The Matthias Adam Shaaber Papers document his work with several organizations he was a member of and primarily date from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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

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