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Clement and Sophie Winston papers, 1903-1990, undated (inclusive)

Extent:
6.5 linear feet (7 boxes )
Abstract:
Clement and Sophie Winston lived and worked in Washington, DC from the 1930s to the 1980s. Clement Winston (1902-1986), a Russian Jewish immigrant worked as an economist at the United States Bureau of the Budget. This collection documents the couple's personal and professional lives through their creative and professional writings, correspondence, household accounts and personal documents, dating from 1903 to 1990.

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

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Emerson Bennett's Dollar Monthly, 1860 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
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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John Riley Marsh commonplace book, 1829 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 1 photograph)
Abstract:
Commonplace book consisting of poems and songs kept by John Riley Marsh of Alvaston, Grange, Alvaston, Derbyshire, England written in 1829.

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

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Commonplace book, approximately 1813 to 1840 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
Commonplace book containing copies and excerpts of eighteenth and nineteenth century poems and songs written between 1813 to 1840.

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

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Dr. William Gibson Arlington Bonwill poems, 1899 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Dr. William Gibson Arlington Bonwill (1833-1899) was a dental surgeon, an inventor, a teacher, an artist, and a writer. This collection consists of two volumes compiled in 1899 of Bonwill's poems written between 1889 and 1899. These poems are annotated and cover a wide range of subjects, including dentistry, the seasons, religion, love and women, time and age, and emotion.

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

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Cuaderno o coleccion de versos, 1838 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
A volume of Spanish verses and songs compiled by DeWitt in August 1838 while his was living in Guatemala.

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

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Commonplace book, circa 1805-1820 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
A volume containing excerpts and quotations of various authors compiled anonomously in England between the years 1805 to 1820.

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

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