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Jane Hill Meyer collection, 1926-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.45 linear feet ((1) archival box)
Abstract:: Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the Curtis Institute of Music, its faculty, and students.

Held at: Curtis Institute of Music Archives [Contact Us]

Mildred Oonk collection, 1916-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet ((1) folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains programs of recitals and concerts attended by Oonk while a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, as well as a program of Monday Musicales (1916) and a brochure of the National Youth Administration Symphony Orchestra of Philadelphia (1941).

Held at: Curtis Institute of Music Archives [Contact Us]

Nino Rota books, 1999-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet ((1) letter-sized archival box)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of three bound books with collected articles, correspondence, interviews, and letters written by Rota and others. Materials are written in English, French, German, and Italian. Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Held at: Curtis Institute of Music Archives [Contact Us]

Samuel Lifschey collection (MSS 19), 1912-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.85 linear feet ((1) legal sized flip-top archival box (1) deep lid print box containing (2) bound scrapbooks)
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Held at: Curtis Institute of Music Archives [Contact Us]

Elizabeth Swenson scrapbook (MSS 37), 1924-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet ((1) flat box)
Abstract:: Materials primarily related to Curtis and Curtis affiliated musicians; collected by Swenson while serving as assistant to the dean, 1924-1942

Held at: Archives [Contact Us]

Anna Moffo collection (MSS 62), 1932 - circa 2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.43 linear feet
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Anthony di Bonaventura papers (MSS 64), 1930-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear feet
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Vertical files collection, 1924 - 1980 (bulk) 1924 - circa 2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25.7 linear feet ((13) record boxes)
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Held at: Archives [Contact Us]

George B. Gordon Director's Office Records, 1910-1928 (bulk) 1907-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12.5 linear feet
Abstract:: George Byron Gordon, explorer in Central America and Alaska, and first to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, was born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, Canada on August 4,1870. Gordon attended the University of South Carolina for one year in 1888 then completed his degree at Harvard University. Selected as an assistant to John G. Owens in 1892, Gordon accompanied Owens on the Harvard-sponsored excavation at Copan, Honduras. When Owens died in the field, Gordon was given the leadership to close down that portion of the work and then continued as Director of the next six sessions in Copan, until 1900. While performing these duties, Gordon attained his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1894. Gordon joined the Free Museum of Science and Art(later the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology)in 1903 as Assistant Curator in the Section of General Ethnology. He led two expeditions to Alaska, in 1905 and 1907...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

Horace H.F. Jayne Director's Office Records, 1929-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Horace H.F. Jayne was Director of the University Museum from 1929 to 1939 as a part of a distiguished career in the cultural institutions of Philadelphia. The collection consists of twenty boxes of correspondence related to his duties as Director.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]

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