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Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection, 1910s-1980s (bulk) 1685-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear ft. (4 boxes and 10 folders)
Abstract:
Melanie Atherton Updegraff (1886-1973) was a 1908 graduate of Bryn Mawr who went on to do missionary work for the Presbyterian Mission Board alongside her husband, Reverend David Benjamin Updegraff. The two were primarily stationed in Kolhapur and later Nipani, in West India. The collection includes correspondence between Updegraff and her sisters, children, and sister-in-law, among other family members, photographs of the Atherton and Updegraff families, an autograph collection, and brochures, pamphlets, and official documentation pertaining to Updegraff's missionary work. Updegraff's four sisters and three daughters all went to Bryn Mawr, and we hear about entrance exams, musical productions, and other campus activities in their letters.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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Charles Roberts scrapbooks, 1859 and undated

Extent:
.5 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:
This collection contains four scrapbooks compiled by Charles Roberts, one from 1859 and others which are undated.

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

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Margaret R. Gest signature book, 1966

Extent:
0.083 linear ft. (1 volume in 1 folder)
Abstract:
Autograph/signature album signed by guests at the 1966 exhibit held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia in honor of Margaret Gest.

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

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Allen C. Thomas autograph album and letterbooks, 1861-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:
The collection consists of a book called "Autographs" of Allen C. Thomas, which serves as an album of autographs he presumably collected during his early life, and two letterbooks pertaining to Thomas's time at Haverford College as a professor and librarian.

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

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Edward William Bok correspondence, 1881-1913 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Edward William Bok was a publisher who came to the United States from the Netherlands with his parents at the age of six. This collection contains correspondence to Bok from various writers and actors spanning the years 1881 to 1913.

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

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Francis Campbell Macauley autograph collection and vocabulary notebooks, 1479-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:
This is an autograph collection compiled by Francis Campbell Macaulay. The collection is composed of letters by scientists, politicians, and men of letters, and fragments with signatures. The collection reflects Macaulay's interest in Italian literature, and includes letters from Ludovico Ariosto, Fortunato Cavazzeni Pederzini, and Alessandro Torri. Other notable autographs in the collection are those of Alexandre Dumas, Robert Morris, and Millard Fillmore. The collection also includes several letters to Macaulay regarding the Dante Society, and five volumes of Macaulay's notes for a vocabulary of the dialect of Nice.

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

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