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Wahrman collection of Jews and medicine, 1862-1986 (inclusive) 1920-1950 (bulk)

Extent:

1.6 linear feet (3 boxes)

Abstract:

The Wahrman collection of Jews and medicine documents Jewish hospitals, pharmacies, nurses and physicians in Europe, Africa, South Asia and Israel through correspondence, postcards, photographs and medical records. The bulk of this collection dates from the 1920s to 1950s, with some material from the late 1800s up until the 1980s. The material in this collection contains items that were part of the Simon Cohen collection of Jews in Medicine.

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

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Woodbine Jewish agricultural borough photograph album, 1904-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:

.15 linear feet (1 box)

Abstract:

The borough of Woodbine was created by Eastern European Jews fleeing pogroms in the Russian Empire. The borough was funded by Baron Maurice de Hirsch, as a Jewish settlement in south Jersey in 1891. The Woodbine Jewish Borough photograph album consists of 45 black and white photographs, dating from 1904 to 1907, depicting the borough's public schools, the synagogue, the borough's officials and board members, and social events.

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

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Aquarian Minyan print collection, 1978-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:

.25 linear feet (1 box)

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The Aquarian Minyan, part of the Jewish renewal movement, was founded in 1974 when Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi hosted a Kabbalah workshop in Berkley, California. The Aquarian Minyan print collection consists of the organization's newsletters, booklets for religious holidays, and mailings, dating from 1978 to 1998.

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

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Pentateuch pictorial book, 1905 December

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 box)

Abstract:

Hadassah Levine (1879-1960) was a public school teacher in New York City, who later married Dr. Rabbi Bernard Drachman. Levine would have been 26 years old at the time this volume was created. The Pentateuch pictorial book was created by Hadassah Levine in December 1905, containing 51 plates depicting biblical scenes from the Torah, written in English.

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

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Paola and Bertrand Lazard Holy Land postcard collection, 1904-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Paola and Bertrand Lazard are collectors of early printed books, postcards, maps, drawings and watercolors from the Holy Land. The collection consists of 1287 black and white and color postcards of major cities, archeological sites, religious sites and landscapes in Israel, dating from 1904 to 1983.

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

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Eliezer Gelgor photographs, 1908-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 box)

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Eliezer Gelgor was a photographer who owned photography shops in Grodno, Belarus and Ramat Gan, Israel. The Eliezer Gelgor photographs consists of a total of 206 black and white photographs of Mandatory Palestine and Europe included in two photograph albums, loose photographs and in an XI Olympiade Berline souvenir album, dating from 1908 to 1956.

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

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Pat Norman autograph album from Paul Junior High School, 1959

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

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Pat Norman was a student at Paul Junior High in Washington D.C. in 1959. This volume, Friends forever...a record of their autographs and autobiographies for posterity, includes class photos, printed prompts for information from friends about likes, hobbies, talents, and aspirations separated between boys and girls. There are class photos pasted in, some with notes and signatures.

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

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Cremdementhe and Malaisande : a play in 6 acts typescript, by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Dr. Maxwell Schneider, 1926

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

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Nothing is known about Dr. Maxwell Schneider. This typescript includes a supposed introduction by Theodore Dreiser to Maeterlinck's Cremdementhe and Malaisande, satirizing both Dreiser's American Tragedy and Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande, appended to an altered copy of James Roy Lester's Letter from an old time salesman to his son (Chicago, 1922).

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

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Charles English commonplace book, 1825-1833 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

Abstract:

Charles English was presumably an officer stationed in Plymouth, England aboard the H.M.S. Tribune, which was wrecked in 1832 and rebuilt in 1833. He compiled this commonplace book while on board the H.M.S. Tribune, from 1825 to 1833.

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

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Dawson Hale inventory of the estate property of John Darbon, 1821

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

Abstract:

In 1821, Dawson Hale, of 48, Great Marlborough Street, inventoried and appraised the property of the late John Darbon, who lived at Greens Row, Chelsea, London. This volume contains an inventory of household furniture, plates, linens, books, china, glass that made up Darbon's property.

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