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Creative Response to Conflict Records, to be determined once processed (inclusive)

Extent:

12.5 linear ft.

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Karen Talbot Papers, circa 1960s-2000 (inclusive)

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15.25 linear ft. (14 paige boxes, 3 hollinger boxes)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Alphabetical catalogue of library at Arthurstone, circa 1870s (inclusive)

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.1 linear feet (1 volume)

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The Alphabetical Catalogue of Library at Arthurstone documents the diverse library housed on the Arthurstone estate, located near Meigle, Scotland. The volume contains a listing of books, dating from 1535 to 1847, with significant focus on travel to and history of countries across the world; the British military and its many campaigns; and Scottish history, politics, and literature.

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

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John Reynolds mathematics copy book and account book, 1802-1885 (inclusive)

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.1 linear feet (1 volume)

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John Reynolds appears to have been a farmer in Bassingham in Lincolnshire, England in the first half of the 19th century. This volume contains mathematical exercises and examples applied to the building trade from around 1802; the Bassingham Sunday School Library rules (penned by Reynolds in 1816), and Reynolds's farm accounts from 1816 to 1820. The volume provides a glimpse into the life of an educated farmer who was active in his community and church.

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

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Wilhelmina Wrixon cookbook, 1858-1867 (inclusive)

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1 volume(s)

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This volume, created and compiled from 1858 through 1867 by Wilhelmina (Minnie) Wrixon (1838-1931) of 59 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland, is a cookbook containing 73 culinary recipes. The volume primarily contains sweet and baked recipes, but several savory recipes are also included.

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

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Edward Parker Read material, 1911-1942 (inclusive)

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.2 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversized folder)

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Edward Parker Read (1868-1944) was a Black entrepreneur who mainly sold cure-alls. He also marketed himself as an extremely educated and successful man, and may have written several books and engaged in many other industries including publishing, insurance, financial, charitable, real estate and medical. This collection contains both personal materials relating to his wife Allie (1880-1965) as well as financial documents, advertisements, broadsides and correspondence relating to his many business endeavors.

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

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Hare family recipe book, circa 1785-1811 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This volume was written and compiled by John Hare of Canterbury, Kent, England, and gifted to his son, James Hare on 22 March 1785. There is a second hand present, indicating that James Hare continued to contribute recipes to the volume. This volume contains 135 recipes, mostly for medical remedies, attributed both to "J. Hare" and to numerous notable English and European medical figures from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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

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Lorenz and Zehring family papers, 1880-2018 (inclusive) 1920s-1970s (bulk)

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10.25 linear feet (16 boxes)

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Rev. Dr. Edmund Simon Lorenz was an American pastor, hymnist and composer who founded the Lorenz Publishing Company in 1890. The Lorenz and Zehring family papers documents the descendants and history of these families. Materials comprise: photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, music, printed materials, some audiovisual, poems, plays, report cards, minutes, clippings, diaries, certificates, genealogy research and family histories.

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

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Emmett Estelle Grigsby photograph collection, 1911-1915 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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Photographic collection of a notable 20th century Afro-Mexican pianist and socialite, Miss Emmett Estelle Grigsby. Images are mostly of Black men, women, and children and include Miss Emmett and her various family members and friends at home, traveling, and on the road in a variety of settings such as Mexico, Texas and California. Also inlcuded are a few scrapbook album pages with newspaper clippings of Emmett Grigsby.

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

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Everett C. Long letters to Dorothy Newcomb, 1925-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.0 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Everett Carlton Long graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's dental school in 1929. His correspondence to his wife, Dorothy Newcomb, comprises over six hundred letters detailing his experiences as a dental school student at Penn during the 1920s, his personal life, as well as his professional, and scholarly career.

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