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Joanna Banks collection of African American authors and artists, foodways, and memorabilia, 1948-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:

6.5 linear feet (7 boxes)

Abstract:

Joanna Banks is a retired Museum Educator and book collector, specializing in the writing of Black authors, with a particular focus on works by and about Black women, children's books, and African American cooking and foodways. Joanna Banks assembled a collection of materials around these themes that includes periodical articles, academic papers, newspaper clippings, photocopies, newsletters, catalogs, recipes, bibliographies, photographs, and ephemera.

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

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Medical recipe book and culinary and household recipe book, not before 1799

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2 volume(s) (366, 368 pages)

Abstract:

These two volumes contain 357 recipes and were written and compiled by an unknown creator starting in 1799, likely in France. It is unclear when the creator completed these volumes. One volume contains medical remedies and the other contains pantry, culinary, rural economy, and household recipes.

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E. Macey recipe book, 1864-1910 (inclusive)

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1 volume(s)

Abstract:

This volume contains 61 culinary, medicinal, and household recipes as well as a food diary from a vacation in Switzerland written and compiled in England and Switzerland by E. Macey between 1864 and 1910.

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English recipe book, circa 1800-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This volume contains 103 culinary, household, and medicinal recipes created and compiled by an unknown creator in England in the early 19th century.

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Collection of G. & C. Merriam material, 1831-1879 (inclusive)

Extent:

.4 linear feet (1 box)

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G. & C. Merriam, bookseller and publisher, was established in 1831 by George and Charles Merriam in Springfield, Massachusetts. Primarily, the firm sold schoolbooks, Bibles, law books, and editions of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language. This collection documents, to a limited degree, the operations of G. & C. Merriam (1831-1864) and the G. & C. Merriam Company (1864-1892) through correspondence, financial records, and advertising.

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Jeoffry B. Gordon collection of Medical Committee for Human Rights and Student Health Organization records, circa 1965-1970s (inclusive)

Extent:

.4 linear feet (1 box)

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Jeoffry B. Gordon (born 1942) is a retired physician who primarily worked in California. His specialties included family medicine, public health and general preventive medicine, and medical toxicology. This collection documents, to a limited degree, Jeoffry B. Gordon's involvement as a medical activist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, especially in the Student Health Organization (SHO) and the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR). While documentation of Gordon's immediate involvement is limited, the collection provides a glimpse into the world of medical activsm, more broadly, during this time period, through publications, newspaper clippings, journal articles, and newsletters.

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English recipe and commonplace book, 1830-1867 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This volume contains 122 culinary, medicinal, and household recipes and 79 pages of accounts, poems, verse, and history notes written and compiled by Mrs. Prout Tuner[?] and other unidentified contributors between 1830 and 1867.

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Almira Elizabeth Lincoln Shaw cookbook, 1869-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This cookbook contains 285 recipes and was written and compiled by Almira Elizabeth Lincoln Shaw between 1869 and 1891 in Massachusetts.

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Mrs. Ira Carpenter cookbook, 1878

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1 volume(s)

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This volume contains 151 culinary recipes and was written and compiled by Mrs. Ira Carpenter in 1878. There are several hands present in this volume.

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American recipe book, circa 1920s (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This volume contains 236 culinary, medicinal, and household recipes written and compiled by an unknown individual, possibly in New Jersey in the 1920s.

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Nir and Inna Feldman collection of Haifa material, 1790-1988 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk)

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8 linear feet (11 boxes) and 1.70 gigabyte(s)

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The Nir and Inna Feldman collection of Haifa material documents the city of Haifa's (Israel) culture, infrastructure and immigration. The bulk of the collection dates from the early 1900s until the 1960s, consisting primarily of photographs, architectural drawings and correspondence.

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B. Z. Goldberg papers, 1873-1989 (inclusive) 1917-1976 (bulk)

Extent:

110 linear feet

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Benjamin Waife (1895–1972) was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American journalist. He is primarily known by his pen name Ben Zion Goldberg. He worked with a variety of newspapers, including Der tog (The Day); Eynikayt (Unity); Jewish Digest; and American Jewish Almanac. His best known books include The Sacred Fire : The Story of Sex in Religion and The Jewish Problem in the Soviet Union : Analysis and Solution. This collection largely documents Goldberg's professional career, through correspondence, writings, publicity, and his own research. There is some personal and family material; and material relating to his father-in-law, Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem, particularly via My Father,the biography Marie Waife-Goldberg (daughter of Aleichem and wife of Golberg) wrote about her father.

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Patterson-Proctor family photograph album, 1898-circa 1910 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s) (1 box)

Abstract:

This volume contains 19 cartes-de-visite photographs of members of the extended Patterson-Proctor family, a Black family living in Ohio and Pennsylvania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Dr. Theo George Wilson collection of Medical Committee for Human Rights material, 1962-1973, undated (inclusive)

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2.2 linear feet (6 boxes)

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The Dr. Theo George Wilson collection of Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) material measures 2.2 linear feet, dates from 1962-1973, and is composed of MCHR administrative papers, topics focused on by the organization, and writings about or by MCHR. MCHR was a non-profit organization that worked for those with substandard health care, opened free clinics in inner cities, pressured medical schools to enroll more Black students, and advocated for abortion rights and other health related political issues. Dr. Theo George Wilson was a doctor and professor who served as a National Executive Director for MCHR in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Collection of Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors material, 1948-1958, undated (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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The collection of Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) material measures 0.2 linear feet, dates from 1948-1958, and is composed of the organization's mailings and newsletters. CCCO was a non-profit organization founded in 1948 in response to the Selective Service Act of 1948. The organization's main goal was to help people avoid military conscription or seek discharge after voluntary enlistment.

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Edward Ellingham notebook, 1835-1852 (inclusive)

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1 volume(s)

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This notebook was kept and written in by Edward Ellingham (1811-1848) from 1835 to 1848 and by an unidentified individual from Ellingham's death through 1852. It contains music scores, accounts, pharmaceutical and veterinary recipes, records of the deaths and other life events of Ellingham's family and acquaintances, and notes relating to Ellingham's work as a farmer.

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William Hill recipe book, circa 1840-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This volume contains 84 handwritten medical, veterinary, and household recipes written and compiled by William Hill in the United States around 1840 through 1884.

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Roberts family recipe and commonplace book, 1835-1891 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

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This recipe and commonplace book was written and compiled by several hands, likely representing several members of the Roberts family, in England from 1835 to 1891. There are culinary, household, and medicinal recipes in addition to genealogical notes and notes and transcriptions of documents related to a variety of topics.

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British literary scrapbook, after 1835

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.33 linear feet (1 volume)

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This scrapbook, collected by William St. Clair (1937-2021), was created by an unknown individual and contains clippings of British Romantic period poems and literary passages, lithographs and images of landscapes, caricatures, royalty, religious figures, and others. The volume is representative of the Romantic period (circa 1780-1932) and pays particular homage to Sir Walter Scott.

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Thomas Forster papers, 1793-1837, 1941 (inclusive)

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4.6 linear feet (6 boxes)

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The Thomas Forster papers measure 4.6 linear feet, date from 1793 through 1837, with transcriptions from 1941, and provide documentation of Forster's financial and business dealings in Erie and Presque Isle, PA. Thomas Forster (1762-1836) was an agent of the Harrisburgh & Presque Isle Land Company, President of the Erie & Waterford Turnpike Road Company, Collector of Customs of the Port of Presque Isle, and Superintendent of Lighthouses for Erie, PA.

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