Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Diary of George J. Stadelmaier, an American soldier who served in France during World War I. The diary spans from May 1918 to June 1919 during Stadelmaier's service in the 319th Infantry Signal Platoon in the 80th Division at France.

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

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Albert D. Hequembourg (1884-1967) served as a dental surgeon in France during World War I. This collection includes a two-volume diary as well as a few items laid into the volumes which document Albert D. Hequembourg's service in the war as well as his thoughts about the war, politics, and peace negotiations following the war.

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

Extent:: 2 cubic feet
Abstract:: John W. Townsend graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1875, and went on to a career as an industry executive and capitalist as well as a local historian. The Townsend Collection contains documents ranging in date from 1726 to 1933. The vast majority of these items belonged to John W. Townsend. These papers trace local and national history through John W. Townsend's personal, family and business interests.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 30 cubic feet
Abstract:: Class traditions and annual reunions at the University of Pennsylvania date back to the mid-nineteenth century. The Class Collection documents the academic traditions and alumni activities of various classes and schools of the University of Pennsylvania dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.3 cubic feet
Abstract:: Three generations of the Gest family attended the University of Pennsylvania from the mid nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, and were active members of the Philadelphia legal and banking communities. The John Barnard Gest Family Papers consists of photographs of the family - mostly individual formal portraits from the 1880s through to the early 1900s, as well as a few World War I correspondence.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.25 cubic feet
Abstract:: John Rissel Kessler was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, who served in the U.S. Army Ambulance Service during World War I. The John Rissel Kessler Papers consist primarily of correspondence from Rissler to his family between 1917 and 1920 - documenting his experience serving as an U.S. Army ambulance driver assigned to the French Army.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 474 boxes and 253 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, passports, and calling cards of the Burr family of Philadelphia.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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