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Photograph album of a Black Kansas family, 1920s-1940s (inclusive)

Extent:
0.75 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
This depression-era photograph album of a Black Kansas family features fifty photographs of the family at work, home, and on the road in early 1930s Kansas.

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

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Frank Carey papers, 1969-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:
Frank Joseph Carey (1933-1984) was a PhD student in music, who researched 16th century vocal music at the University of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1984. This collection documents his sixteen years of doctoral research from 1969 to 1984, with notes on music theory, analysis, musical transcriptions, and drafts of his dissertation.

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

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Sid Neff Jr. collection on Ernest Hemingway, 1997-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. Collection comprises newsletters, news articles, conference documents and correspondence related to Ernest Hemingway. A copy of Robert M. Myers manuscript, Ernest Hemingway: A Compendium of the Persons and Characters in His Fictions, Life, and Times in also included.

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

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Colonel Thomas W.E. Christmas collection of Korean War military photographs, 1949-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Colonel Thomas William Ellsworth Christmas was a surgeon in the Army Medical Corps specializing in eye, ear, nose and throats. His collection of photographs comprises images of military hospital installations taken near Pusan during the Korean War. Photographs show hospital facilities, personnel, other army facilities, images of Prison of War Compound #93, nurses, surgeons, Korean Horticultural and the Research Institute in Tongnae.

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

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John Mitchell journal, circa 1818-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This journal documents John Mitchell's intimate thoughts on death, depression, and vaccination.

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

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Mary Ralph remembrance album, 1835-1855 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
Mary Ralph's remembrance album focuses on religion from her time as a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and New York City 1835-1855.

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

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Leroy Marcus Glodell papers, 1918-1986 (inclusive) 1939-1952 (bulk)

Extent:
3 linear feet (3 boxes)
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The Leroy Marcus Glodell papers document the wartime and post-war experience of this U.S. Army Intelligence officer and his future wife Frances Grace Knapton Consolves, during his various military assignments in the United States and Central America.

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

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Collection of business invoices, 1838-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
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Collection of over 50 invoices, receipts, and engraved and pictorial letterheads from a wide range of American businesses. Businesses represented in the collection include bakeries, dry goods merchants, tobacco shops, patent medicine dealers, railroads, carpet sellers, hardware stores, lumber dealers, iron works and others mostly in Baltimore and Philadelphia, circa 1860s-1880s.

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

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Sam Frank photographs, circa 1950s-1970s (inclusive)

Extent:
.8 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:
Sam Frank (1920-2007) was a Jewish photographer who documented Israel and its people from the 1950s to the 1970s. The collection consists of almost 1500 images (in the forms of print, contact print/sheet, and negative) of many aspects of life in the newly established state of Israel.

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

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Caro Ann Germann collection relating to Ashley Bryan, 1994-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.25 linear feet (1 box) and 2.4 gigabytes
Abstract:
Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) was an artist and storyteller best known for his award-winning children's book illustrations with particular emphasis on African folktales and African-American spirituals. This collection consists of correspondence from Ashley Bryan to Kinkaid School faculty Caro Ann and John J. Germann, printed material regarding his artwork and exhibitions, and digital images and video of Ashley Bryan presenting at the Kinkaid School.

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

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Collection of Philadelphia peace material, 1961-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:
Grassroots activism for peace and disarmament in the 1960s and 1970s was powerful and widespread. The Collection of Philadelphia peace materials offers an assortment of newsletters, informational and event flyers, donation requests, and correspondence from 1961 to 1977. Activist organizations included are from in and around Philadelphia--the Brandywine Alternative Fund, SANE Nuclear Policy, Philadelphia's chapter of the Student Peace Union (SPU), the N.Y.C. People's Life Fund, and miscellaneous letters on the peace movement and donations. All organizations advocate against war and military spending, and instead promote resistance and peaceful action.

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

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Gurkha photograph album, 1917-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.13 linear feet (1 album)
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Gurkha photograph album consisting of 48 black and white photographs from 1917-1919 featuring images of military training, soldiers, children, cities, and bungalows. Locations identified in captions include: Bombay, Jamal Garhi, Cape Town, and Mardan.

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

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Bob Spaugh World War II photographs, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Bob Spaugh was an army Lieutenant from Fort Worth, Texas who was served on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. This collection of original photographs documents an American soldier's experiences on "Test Tube Island," an American chemical weapon testing program.

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

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Ronald Beck scrapbook of Royal Air Force service and travel memorabilia, 1942-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.3 linear feet
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George Ronald Kinloch Beck (1907-1993) was an officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. This scrapbook contains about 20 pages of photographs, correspondence, clippings, and other memorabilia that documents his military service from 1942 to 1945. Another 49 pages of photographs, photographic post cards, maps, itineraries, and brochures, document trips to Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, and Africa, from 1955 to 1969.

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

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The First and Last Voyage, or the Sea Cadet, 1844

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
Single volume diary, "The Sea Cadet" recounts Leent (Lieut.?) Evans' descriptions of ports of call, impressions and feelings of life on his voyage. This unpublished verse narrative describes his last voyage, from Cowes in the Isle of Wight to Sydney, Australia, and back.

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

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Lawrence F. Bernstein collection of Leonard B. Meyer papers, 1952-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.42 linear feet (5 boxes)
Abstract:
The Lawrence F. Bernstein collection of Leonard B. Meyer papers contains material American musicologist Meyer transferred to his colleague, Bernstein, upon his retirement from the University of Pennsylvania music department. The collection contains Meyer's correspondence, writings, research and teaching materials, documenting his life's work in music.

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

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