Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1943">1943</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Sigma Tau Fraternity. Gamma Chapter Records, 1913-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Mask and Wig Club Records, 1889-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Mask & Wig Club was founded in 1889 by Clayton Fotteral McMichael as an all - male peformance group. The Mask & Wig Club documents chronicle the history of the all-male University of Pennsylvania singing and dramatics organization. Included are production materials from 1889 to 1989.

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

Herman Beerman Papers, 1923-1981 (inclusive) 1965-1978 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: Herman Beerman (1901-1995) received his B.A. in 1923, his M.D. in 1927, and his Sc.D. in 1935 all from the University of Pennsylvania. He served an internship at the Mt. Sinai Hospital and his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before his appointment in the both the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Department of Dermatology. The papers consist of correspondence, 1923, 1965-1978; copies of his curriculum vitae; information on the dinner held in his honor by the History of Dermatology Society in 1981; clippings; photographic prints; and other miscellaneous papers.

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

Jerry Donohue Papers, 1941-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 cubic feet
Abstract:: Jerry Donohue was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1985. He earned his Ph.D. in 1947 at the California Institute of Technology where he remained until 1952 when he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study at Cambridge where Francis Crick and John D. Watson, pioneers of DNA research. The papers of Jerry Donohue, with the exception of a small group of personal papers, represent the professional and academic career of a leading scientist in the field of chemistry and the study of crystallography. The bulk of the collection begins with his arrival at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.

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

Louis Joseph Meyer Papers, 1939-1984 (inclusive) 1942-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 cubic feet
Abstract:: Louis Joseph Meyer entered St. Charles Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania and was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1923. With United States entry into World War II, Meyer joined the Army Reserve as a chaplain and was assigned to the 20th General Hospital. The Louis Joseph Meyer Papers document his services as military chaplain with the 20th General Hospital in India during Wolrd War II.

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

Elizabeth F. Flower Papers, 1929-2001 (inclusive) 1965-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 cubic feet
Abstract:: Elizabeth Farquhar Flower received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939. Flower began her teaching career at Penn in 1937. She obtained tenure in 1956 and was promoted to full professor in 1974. This collection documents the life and teaching and research career of Elizabeth F. Flower as an academician and faculty member in the field of philosophy.

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

Helen, Ira, and Michael Wolfert papers, 1920-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 33 linear feet (35 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection includes material related to the lives and work of Helen (1901-1985), Ira (1908-1997), and Michael Wolfert (1936-2001). It contains correspondence between the family and others; manuscripts by all three subjects, as well as others; financial documents; personal documents; photos taken by and of the family; newspaper clippings collected by Helen and Ira; and notes and miscellanea from all three subjects.

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

Wharton School. Office of the Dean Records, 1930-1995 (bulk) 1890-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 115.0 cubic feet
Abstract:: The Wharton School Office of the Dean Records documents the administrative activities of the Wharton School, principally covering the administrations from Simon N. Patten through Thomas P. Gerrity. Portions of this collection are closed.

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

Lewis Mumford supplementary collection, 1926-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) was one of the foremost American intellectuals of the twentieth century. This collection consists of material by or about Lewis Mumford which was purchased to supplement the Lewis Mumford papers, circa 1905-1987, Ms. Coll. 2.

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

Jay A. Gertzman research collection on censorship, 1882-1999 (inclusive) 1920-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Jay A. Gertzman is professor emeritus of English at Mansfield University. This collection includes research material collected and used by Jay Gertzman to produce his book Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940;. Documents collected here pertain to the proliferation and censorship of erotic material in the era between the two World Wars.

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

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