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John Richard Savage Class Collection, 1886 - ca. 1910 (inclusive)

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17 items

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

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William Schleif Papers, 1898, 1933-1967 (inclusive)

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1 cubic feet

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William Schleif was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 26, 1868 and earned a Ph.G. in 1890 from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (now the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia) and a M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1895. The William Schlief papers document the efforts of the Executricx of his estate, Elsie Warren Heiser, to have his will probated.

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

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Bloomers Records, 1982-1895, 2016, undated (inclusive)

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0.25 cubic feet

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

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Peter N. Heydon Collection of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Furniture, undated

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8 items

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Includes a few artifacts of British poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Robert Browning (1812-1889).

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

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Emerson Bennett's Dollar Monthly, 1860 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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Emerson Bennett's Dollar Monthly was a monthly magazine of literature and fashion published in Philadelphia in 1860. The magazine was edited by the prolific author of westerns and romance novels Emerson Bennett with John T. Hamelin. After the initial year of publication Bennett withdrew from his editorial duties, and Hamelin remained as the editor of the newly named American Dollar Monthly. This collection consists of volume 1 of Emerson Bennett's Dollar Monthly bound in a single volume, dating from January to December of 1860. The magazine contains short stories, poems, articles, illustrated plates, cartoons, needle and fancy-work patterns, and regular columns. This volume contains a long serialized piece by Bennett, The Mountain Lily; or, Adventures in the Wilderness: A Companion to "Prairie Flower", which appears in every issue. Other stories and poems by Bennett and Hamelin appear, as well as by writers Wesley Bradshaw, S. Annie Frost, Lavinia S. Goodwin, Marie T. Hamelin, Belle...(see more)

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

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Edith Wharton and Clyde Fitch typescript of "The House of Mirth: A Play in Four Acts, circa 1906", circa 1906, undated (inclusive)

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0.2 linear_foot (1 box)

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, best known for works that provided insightful representation of New York high society. In 1905, her novel, The House of Mirth, was published; and shortly thereafter, she worked with dramatist, Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), to develop a play adapted from the novel. The collection consists in the complete typescript of the play The House of Mirth, as well a photocopy made at a later date.

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

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

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3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Map of [New] York Yearly Meeting, Undated.

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0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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This collection contains a map of all the Meetings belonging to [New] York Yearly Meeting. The first known Quaker meeting in New York took place in Manhattan, 1671. The New York Yearly Meeting held their first meeting in 1696 after setting up at the New England Yearly Meeting in 1695.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Leaf from Shahnameh, unknown (inclusive)

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.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Flora V. Taylor recipe book, undated (inclusive)

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1 volume

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This volume contains 26 household and culinary recipes, compiled by Flora V. Taylor, likely in the early 20th century.

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