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1914-1973
Creator:
Baugh, Albert C., (Albert Croll), 1891-1981
Extent: 15 boxes
Consists of 15 boxes of Albert Croll Baugh’s professional papers, including correspondence, research materials, a catalog
of the book collection he donated to the University of Pennsylvania libraries, and reproductions of various medieval manuscripts.
The correspondence is professional and overwhelmingly relates to Baugh’s research. The research materials consist primarily
of notes, unpublished article reviews, reprints of articles, and newspaper clippings, and make up the greater bulk of the
collection. These materials cover Middle English, French and Anglo-Latin literature and literary history in the twelfth through
sixteenth centuries. Specific topics covered in the research materials include Arthurian legends, Chaucer, Middle English
language (including spelling, grammar and punctuation) and literature (especially romances, plays and lyric works), Piers
Plowman, and the concept of the table dormant, as well as the teaching of English and the editing of medieval texts. The catalog
records Baugh’s extensive personal research library and can additionally be found on microfilm, along with various medieval
manuscripts on microfilm. The bulk of the manuscript reproductions are, however, in photograph, facsimile or photocopied form.
These manuscripts are primarily in Middle English (with a few in Latin) and include various transcriptions of the Ancren riwle
(a 13th century text of rules for anchoresses, one version of which Baugh edited and then published in 1956), two versions
of Piers Plowman, (the B and C texts), various English public records, and miscellaneous other Middle English works.
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1944-2016
(Bulk: 1960-2009)
Creator:
Solomonow, Allan
Extent: 34.8 linear feet (36 boxes)
Allan Wayne Solomonow (born 1937) is a Jewish peace activist who was active in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area
from the 1970s through the 2010s. His particular concern was Middle East peace, especially the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. This collection documents Solomonow's life's work and primarily comprise his professional papers related to the
Jewish peace community as well as collected secondary material that informed his thinking.
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1950-2003
(Bulk: 1980-2003)
Creator:
American Musicological Society.
Extent: 66 boxes
This collection contains correspondence and administrative records supplementing the main collection of records, focusing
on the 1980s and 1990s, with detailed records on committee activities and publications. Several officers of the AMS figure
prominently in the collection. The supplementary records overlap chronologically and should be used in conjunction with Ms.
Coll. 221, American Musicological Society Records.
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1681-2000
(Bulk: 1681-1760)
Creator:
Elias, Archibald C., 1944-
Extent: 0.4 linear foot (1 box)
This collection consists of manuscripts and papers relating primarily to seveententh and eighteenth century Ireland and Great
Britain formerly owned by A.C. Elias, a literary scholar who wrote extensively on Jonathan Swift and his circle.
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1801-1961
(Bulk: 1907-1960)
Creator:
Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960, Author
Extent: 46.2 linear feet (93 boxes)
Arthur Hobson Quinn (1875-1960) was a professor and dean of English and History at the University of Pennsylvania and an internationally
recognized authority on the history of American drama. This collection contains material representative of Quinn’s entire
professional life: correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, lecture notes, reviews of contemporary plays, his collection
of playbills and libretti, and material related to his research on Edgar Allan Poe and the American realist playwright James
A. Herne.
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1929-2012
(Bulk: 1970-2012)
Creator:
Tehon, Atha
Extent: 11.5 linear feet (30 boxes and 8 oversized folders)
Atha Tehon (1926-2012) was a children's book designer and art director at Dial Books for Young Readers for thirty years and
a freelance designer. This collection documents Tehon's life and career in the field of children's book publishing through
correspondence, professional papers, project files on children's books, artwork, and awards.
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1931-1972
(Bulk: 1940-1961)
Creator:
Mencken, August, 1889-1967
Extent: 0.33 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
August Mencken (1889-1967) was an American civil engineer and author. This collection comprises August Mencken’s correspondence
regarding his brother, H.L. Mencken, his research and work on a scale model of the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and miscellaneous
collected writings from friends and colleagues.
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1912-1963
(Bulk: 1912-1925)
Creator:
Perez, Jann
Perez, Robert N. Extent: 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
A. Mitchell Palmer was a Democrat politician from Pennsylvania who served as Congressman, Alien Property Custodian and Attorney
General between 1908 and 1921. This collection covers, to a limited degree, each of these three stages of Palmer’s career.
It includes photographs, correspondence, and administrative documentation relating to Palmer’s political campaigns, his support
of president Woodrow Wilson, and his involvement with organizations such as the Chemical Foundation, especially during his
appointment as Alien Property Custodian.
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1894-1979
Creator:
Gatter, Carl W., Compiler
Extent: 10 boxes
The collection contains very little original Pound material, although there are six folders of photocopied correspondence
from him to various correspondents, primarily from the period when Pound was institutionalized at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Correspondents include Pound's wife Dorothy and an early girlfriend Mary Moore. There are 22 folders of correspondence to
Gatter relating to the early life of Ezra Pound. The balance of the collection comprises Gatter's research material on the
life of Ezra Pound, including some printed material and photographs.
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1952-1983
Creator:
Franck, Carlludwig, Author
Extent: 2.2 linear feet (6 boxes)
Carlludwig Franck was an architect, architectural historian, and independent scholar in history and the life sciences. The
collection consists of bound typescripts or carbons for mostly unpublished nonfiction works. Some include graphs, drawings,
photographs, etc.
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1925-1988
Creator:
Blum, Charles William, Jr., 1925-1991
Extent: 1.1 linear feet (4 boxes)
Charles William Blum, Jr. (1925-1991), an artist known for magical realism, lived and worked in New York; San Miguel, Mexico;
and Spain. His papers, dating from 1925 to 1988, document his personal life through letters, journals, photographs and memorabilia.
In particular, Blum's papers cover numerous topics including his work as an artist; his relationships with Robert Davison
and Salvatore Saraceno; his opinions on love, romance and homosexuality; expatriate life in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico;
and his opinions on the literary, theatrical, and modern dance scenes of the 1950s.
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1818-2000
(Bulk: 1907-1998)
Creator:
Charlotte Cushman Club (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Extent: 16.6 linear feet (26 boxes)
Founded in 1907, the Charlotte Cushman Club was originally intended to provide respectable lodgings for actresses appearing
in Philadelphia theaters. In the years of World War II the Club ceased to provide residential services, becoming a favorite
gathering place of theater lovers as well as of the many actresses and actors visiting the city with their touring companies.
The Charlotte Cushman Club Records offer insight into the activities, the administration, and the membership of the Club during
the whole life of the organization, until its closure in 1998. The collection also includes part of the holdings of the former
Club’s museum and library.
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1860-1963
Creator:
Kirk, Clara Marburg, 1898-1976
Kirk, Rudolf, 1898-1989 Extent: 2.8 linear feet (7 boxes)
The Clara and Rudolf Kirk collection of William Dean Howells material consists of literary and visual materials by or about
William Dean Howells, an American author, playwright, and literary critic. It was compiled by Clara and Rudolf Kirk, who were
scholars studying Howells, circa 1940-1963. The collection includes essays and reviews written by or about Howells, correspondence
and newspaper clippings by or regarding Howells, six scrapbooks about Howells' life and career, and other miscellaneous materials.
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1893-1987
Creator:
Rucker, Corneille McCarn
Extent: 1 linear feet (3 boxes)
Corneille McCarn Rucker, an aspiring poet, was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Hawaii before attending Vanderbilt University.
She was the first woman to publish in The Fugitive, an influential poetry journal. It appears that despite this success, Corneille,
in general, had a difficult time publishing many of her poems. This collection documents the lively social life and literary
aspirations of a well-educated young woman in the early 20th century. Corneille McCarn Rucker memorialized her life in an
extremely narrative and vivid fashion through letters, diaries, writings, and scrapbooks.
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1936-1992
Creator:
Davis, Curtis W., 1928-
Extent: 6.5 linear feet (17 boxes)
Curtis W. Davis (1928-1986) was a television producer who planned to publish a biography of the orchestral conductor Leopold
Stokowski (1882-1977). The biography remained unfinished at the time of Davis' death. This collection consists of his research
materials, notes, correspondence, and drafts of the planned biography.
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1950-2012
Creator:
Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-2013
Extent: 0.2 linear foot (1 box)
This collection contains twenty-one letters from Professor Daniel Hoffman (1923-2013), former US Poet Laureate, to Professor
Norman Kelvin (1924-2014), dating from 1950 to 2012. These letters document the friendship between Kelvin and Hoffman, their
careers, and their personal lives.
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1923-2000
(Bulk: 1975-1998)
Creator:
Mahoney, David J.
Extent: 73 boxes
Personal papers of business executive and philanthropist David J. Mahoney. The bulk of the materials comprise correspondence
from 1951 to 2000, including letters from Richard Nixon, Norton Simon, William Safire, and Vernon Jordan; writings from 1965
to 1999, including two books written by Mahoney: Confessions of a Street Smart Manager (1988) with Richard Conarroe and The
Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection (1998) with Richard Restak, M.D.; and events covering
the years 1968 to 1998, such as the Horatio Alger Award, which Mahoney won in 1977, and the Bilderburg Conference in both
1981 and 1982. Also available are newspaper clippings and publicity materials focusing on Mahoney as a society figure and
businessman, media such as VHS tapes and DVD’s, books, photographs, and award plaques and medals.
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1961-1971
Creator:
Goddard, David Rockwell, 1908-1985
Extent: 4.6 linear feet (12 boxes)
David Rockwell Goddard (1908-1985) was a plant physiologist, educator, and provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The
collection includes papers related to Goddard's work on several panels, including the Life Sciences Panel; the Commission
on Narcotics and Drug Addiction; the Pesticide Panel of the Federal Council for Science and Technology; and the National Academy
of Sciences Advisory Committee on the USSR and Eastern Europe. Materials include reports, memoranda, newsletters, pamphlets,
meetings minutes and newspaper clippings.
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1954-1965
Creator:
Delaware River Port Authority
Extent: 1 linear feet (1 box)
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a single-level, seven-lane suspension bridge reaching across the Delaware River from Philadelphia
to Gloucester City in Camden County, New Jersey. Construction on the bridge began in 1953, and the bridge was opened to traffic
in May 1967. The naming of the bridge was highly controversial and the Delaware River Port Authority's records document the
support and criticism of selecting Walt Whitman as the person for whom the bridge was named. The bulk of the collection consists
of letters to the Delaware River Port Authority from concerned New Jersey and Philadelphia area citizens, but researchers
will also find Delaware River Port Authority meeting records, clippings, and an essay related to the naming of the Walt Whitman
Bridge.
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1963-1970
Creator:
Meiring, Desmond
Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Desmond Meiring (born 1924) is the pen name of Desmond Rice, a Kenyan-born author of more than a dozen works. The collection
contains manuscripts for four of Meiring's works, as well as a letter to Richard Simon of Simon & Schuster containing revisions
to The Wall of Glass.
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1966-1976
(Bulk: 1973-1976)
Creator:
Flusser, Vilem, 1920-1991, Author
Stacy, Don, (Donald L.), Author Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Donald L. Stacy (1925-2008), known primarily as Don Stacy, was an artist and art teacher born in New Jersey, who lived and
worked for most of his life in New York City. Vilém Flusser (1920-1991)-- a Czech-born philosopher who lived for a long period
in Sao Paulo, and later in France-- wrote on media and technology, and on communication and artistic production, among other
concepts. The correspondence between Don Stacy and Vilém Flusser in this collection was collected by Don Stacy and takes place
primarily between 1973 and 1976. The letters from Don Stacy are either handwritten draft letters to Flusser or reprographic
copies of the sent letters, while the letters from Flusser are originals. The two men discuss art and philosophy, taking pleasure
in sharing ideas and theories and debating opposing positions, and also address issues surrounding their friendship.
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1956-2008
Creator:
Samitz, Doris, 1923-2008
Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Doris Samitz (1923-2008), an art enthusiast, was involved in the Philadelphia art scene. This collection documents her involvement
with the Arts Council of the Broad Street "Y" and the Barnes Foundation from the 1950s until her death, but particularly during
the 1960s and the 1970s.
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1953-1990
Creator:
Stein, Irvin, 1906-
Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Dr. Irving Stein (1906-2000) was an orthopedic surgeon and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who also served on
the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra. This collection documents his relationship with Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), the conductor
of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and his efforts to memorialize Ormandy's accomplishments following his death.
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1876-1970
(Bulk: 1944-1962)
Creator:
Bradley, Sculley, 1897-
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
Edward Sculley Bradley (1897-1987) was a scholar, author, educator, and administrator at the University of Pennsylvania. He
was a prolific writer and editor, serving as editor of the General Magazine and History Chronicle, Philadelphia, 1945-1956.
He published biographies of literary figures George Henry Boker and Henry Charles Lea, as well as editions of works by Mark
Twain, Stephen Crane, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Walt Whitman. Bradley was considered an international expert on Whitman, editing
several important editions of the poet's Leaves of Grass. The Sculley Bradley papers include his personal and professional
correspondence dating from 1923 to 1962, material from several literary censorship cases for which he testified, corrected
drafts of his manuscripts for the Comprehensive Reader's Edition, Norton Critical Edition, and Variorum edition of Leaves
of Grass, ephemera and graphics associated with Walt Whitman, and a small amount of material on other authors.
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1886-1984
(Bulk: 1917-1960)
Creator:
Goldsmith, Enid Frank, 1888-1983
Extent: 1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Enid Frank Goldsmith, the sister of Waldo Frank (1889-1967), was born on March 30, 1888, and died on December 7, 1983. The
letters in this collection span several generations and mainly include correspondence between various members of the Frank
and Goldsmith families between 1886 and 1984. The majority of the letters are either written to or by Enid Goldsmith between
1917 and 1960. Other prominent writers include Waldo Frank, Julius J. Frank, and Morton Goldsmith.
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