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Ephraim Avigdor Speiser Papers, 1921 (inclusive)

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2 items
Abstract:
Dr. Ephraim A. Speiser, chairman of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School, was a noted archaeologist and authority on the life and literature of the ancient and modern Near East. He received an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1923 and a Ph.D. from Dropsie College in 1924. This collection consists of two notebooks of Ephraim A. Speiser during his time as a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1921.

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Franz Frederick Exner Photographs, 1901 (inclusive)

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9 items
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Franz Frederick Exner applied for admission into the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in the Chemistry Ph.D. program in 1900. The collection includes one photograph album containing 43 photographs. Dating from 1901, the photographs document turn-of-the-Century Philadelphia architecture and public spaces, as well as, significant buildings on the University of Pennsylvania's campus.

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Committee to Produce Greek Play Records, 1886 (inclusive)

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1 cubic feet
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On May 14 and 15, 1886, a group of seventy Penn students put on Aristophanes' Acharnians, a Greek play set in 425 B.C. satirizing the Peloponnesian War. An audience of nearly three thousand turned out for the performance, which took place at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. This collection provides valuable insight into the 1886 Penn production of The Acharnians.

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Samuel N. Weigle Photograph Collection, ca. 1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 items
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Samuel N. Weigle attended Wharton where he received his BS in Economicson February 14, 1942. The Samuel N. Weigle Photograph Collection is comprised of nine images taken in and around the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the early 1940s.

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Elias White Hale Papers, 1848 (inclusive)

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1 item
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Elias White Hale attended the University of Pennsylvania Medical School from October 1846 to 1848. His preceptor was Dr. Joseph B. Ard. In 1848, he received his M.D. degree from the University. This collection contains a draft copy of the final essay of Elias White Hale required for his graduation from the School of Medicine. The essay is on the topic of pneumonia. It describes the illness at its various stages.

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