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1921-1952
Creator:
Gabel, Arthur Bertram
Extent: 0.7 linear feet (2 boxes)
Arthur Bertram Gabel was a professor in the dental school at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of the American
Textbook of Operative Dentistry. This collection contains Arthur Bertram Gabel’s lecture and research notes. There are four
types of notes in this collection; Brazil lecture notes, student lecture notes, professional lecture notes, and research notes,
which range in date from 1921 to 1952. The research concerns the “flow of methyl methacrylates” and the lectures cover a wide
range of dental topics.
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circa 1982-1999
Creator:
Weissler, Chava
Extent: 6.75 linear feet (8 boxes)
Dr. Chava Weissler has been the Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Religion Studies Department
of Lehigh University since 1988. Her areas of interest are women in Jewish history, Jewish folklore, classical Jewish texts,
and Jewish and American popular religion. This collection, dating from 1982 to 1999, contains writings by Dr. Weissler, as
well as her personal notes and research documents. The bulk of the materials document the research and writing of Dr. Weissler’s
first book, Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women, published in 1998.
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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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1962-2013
Creator:
Vanderwerken, David L., 1945-2015
Extent: 2.4 linear feet (3 boxes)
This collection includes material related to a planned critical biography of author Chaim Potok (1929-2002) by David L. Vanderwerken
(1945-2015), an American literary scholar and professor of English literature. It contains correspondence regarding the proposal
for the book; general research on the critical literature surrounding Potok's literary career, as well as his life and art;
a Vanderwerken interview with Potok; and copies of Potok's novels and nonfiction works, with annotations by Vanderwerken.
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1932
Creator:
Potts, Edgar L., 1893-1970
Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Edgar L. Potts (1893-1970) was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and a theater enthusiast. During his
graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, he wrote his thesis, "History of Philadelphia Theatre, 1890-1900." This collection
documents his research for and writing of his dissertation and contains two typed drafts of the dissertation and his research
into the chronological listing of plays performed in Philadelphia in the year 1890.
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circa 1955
Creator:
Aubrey, Edwin E., 1896-1956
Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
This collection contains the notes and papers regarding Edwin E. Aubrey’s Fulbright Scholarship application for the research
of the life and works of English theologian and bishop, Simon Patrick.
Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives [Contact Us]
1948-2014
(Bulk: 1980-2014)
Creator:
Katz, Elihu, 1926-
Extent: 16.3 linear feet (39 boxes and 1 artifact box)
Elihu Katz (born 1926) is an American Israeli sociologist and media scholar who has made substantial contributions to the
field of communication, specifically in the areas of media effects, diffusion, uses and gratifications and reception, and
media events. This primary portion of Katz’s papers documents his scholarly and professional activities at the Guttman Institute
of Applied Social Research, and Annenberg Schools for Communication at the University of California and University of Pennsylvania,
respectively. Materials pertaining to the University of Chicago, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Israel Broadcasting
Authority are also present, but less substantially so. The collection is divided into ten series and includes correspondence;
drafts of talks, papers, articles, and books; research notes; conference materials; teaching materials and course documents;
public opinion studies and reports; Israeli broadcasting materials; and biographical documents.
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1937-1989
(Bulk: 1963-1989)
Creator:
Aresty, Esther B.
Extent: 7 linear feet (14 boxes)
Esther B. Aresty (1908-2000) was a cookbook collector and culinary historian who wrote on food, cooking and etiquette. This
collection documents Aresty's personal and professional activities, primarily through correspondence, publication drafts,
and research materials regarding her books, entitled The Grand Venture (1963), The Delectable Past (1964), The Best Behavior
(1970), and The Exquisite Table (1980).
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1856-1945
Creator:
Schelling, Felix Emmanuel, 1858-1945
Extent: 7.25 linear feet (13 boxes)
Felix E. Schelling (1858-1945) was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, an expert on Shakespeare, and
an author of scholarly works on Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature. This collection documents Schelling's life as a student,
a professor, a scholar, and an author. It also documents the University of Pennsylvania through the eyes of an individual
who was a student and a faculty member over a period of more than fifty years.
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1953-1970
Creator:
Gaige, Frederick H.
Extent: 0.4 linear foot (1 box)
Frederick H. Gaige (1937-2009) was an educator and an expert on Nepal who did research on a Fulbright Fellowship from 1966
to 1968 and earned his doctoral degree in South Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. This collection
consists of papers and research compiled by Gaige, largely during the years of his education at the University of Pennsylvania
and during his Fulbright Fellowship in Nepal which culminated in the publication of Regionalism and National Unity in Nepal.
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1882-1932
Creator:
Brown, George William, 1870-1932
Extent: 1.4 linear feet (4 boxes)
George William Brown (1870-1932) was a professor of Semitic languages and Indology, a founding member of the Linguistic Society
of America, and a missionary in India for sixteen years as a member of the Disciples of Christ. This collection consists of
materials documenting Brown's career in research, writing, and teaching about religion, missionary work, and linguistics,
dating from 1892 to 1932.
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1914-1956
(Bulk: 1940-1956)
Creator:
Bolitho, Hector, 1897-1974
Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
This collection mostly contains research materials and correspondence between Bolitho, Aga Khan III, M.A. Jinnah and others,
including Mountbatten and W.S. Maugham, on the subject of the newly formed country of Pakistan.
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1898-1992
Creator:
Furber, Holden, 1903-
Extent: 1.75 linear feet (5 boxes and oversized folder)
Holden Furber (1903-1993) was a professor of South Asian studies at the University of Pennsylvania from 1948 to 1973. His
papers include his correspondence to his family while traveling; records relating to his education from grammar school to
graduate school; his writings; his research; and his professional papers, largely as a professor.
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1882-1985
(Bulk: 1975-1985)
Creator:
Gibson, James M.
Extent: 5.2 linear feet (12 boxes)
This collection contains research materials collected and compiled by James M. Gibson for a biography of Horace Howard Furness,
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Story: Horace Howard Furness and the Variorum Shakespeare, published in 1990. The bulk of this
collection consists of photocopies of original nineteenth and early twentieth century documents made between roughly 1975
and 1985. This collection gathers hundreds of letters and articles that relate to H. H. Furness, from over fifty libraries
and repositories, and illuminates Gibson’s research and writing process. Furness (1833-1912) was a leading Shakespeare scholar,
and thus some of the material pertains to the study of Elizabethan theater.
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1926-2014
Creator:
Gertzman, Jay A.
Extent: 4 linear feet (5 boxes)
Jay A. Gertzman, professor emeritus of English at Mansfield University, is the author of four books: Fantasy, Fashion, and
Affection: Illustrated and Decorated Editions of Robert Herrick’s Poetry, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica,
1920-1940; Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist; and A Descriptive Bibliography of Lady Chatterley's Lover: With Essays Toward
a Publishing History of the Novel. This collection focuses on Gertzman's research on Samuel Roth (1893-1974), writer, publisher,
and entrepreneur, who is best known for publishing unauthorized excerpts of James Joyce's Ulysses in the United States, and
for being the plaintiff in a landmark case before the United States Supreme Court that redefined what constitutes obscene
material unprotected by the First Amendment. Researchers will find notes associated with Gertzman's book, Samuel Roth, Infamous
Modernist, which was published in 2013 by University Press of Florida, as well as various research notes on Samuel Roth's
publishing and writing career.
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1882-1999
(Bulk: 1920-1950)
Creator:
Gertzman, Jay A., Collector
Extent: 4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Jay A. Gertzman is professor emeritus of English at Mansfield University. This collection includes research material collected
and used by Jay Gertzman to produce his book Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940;. Documents collected
here pertain to the proliferation and censorship of erotic material in the era between the two World Wars.
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1969-1982
Creator:
Brecher, Jeremy
Eyer, Joe Extent: 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
Joseph (Joe) Eyer (1944-2017) was a scholar from Philadelphia whose research focused on social causes and health effects of
stress. This collection includes Eyer’s writings (both published and unpublished) on medicine, mental illness, and socio-economic
issues related to stress; course material from his doctoral program in biology at the University of Pennsylvania; and letters
to and collaborative engagement with his colleagues, in particular, Jeremy Brecher, Ingrid Waldron, and Peter Sterling. This
collection documents the Philadelphia scholars' research on topics including mortality, addiction, suicide, ecology, physiology,
and sex.
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1886-1990
Creator:
Sellin, Johan Thorsten, 1896-1994
Extent: 82 boxes
The Johan Thorsten Sellin Papers include correspondence; biographical materials; drafts of writings; notes; clippings about
Sellin’s work; minutes; reprints of criminology articles; memorabilia; and some photographs. The material is largely professional,
not personal, and documents Sellin’s research as a penologist and his career as a teacher of sociology and criminology, as
well as his works in Swedish-American causes.
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1869-1950
(Bulk: 1880-1932)
Creator:
McMaster, John B. , Author
Extent: 16.5 linear feet (40 boxes)
John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) was an American writer and professor best known for his landmark history of the United States,
A History of the People of the United States, which appeared in eight volumes from 1883 to 1913. McMaster’s historical technique
was notable in its use of newspaper material and his insistence on providing social context from all classes, not simply the
political leaders of the time. This collection contains correspondence, writings by McMaster, material used by McMaster in
his research, and personal material, such as newspaper clippings of his life and work, testimonials by colleagues, and memorabilia.
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1908-1980
Creator:
Mauchly, John W. (John William), 1907-1980
Extent: 37 linear feet (37 boxes)
John W. Mauchly (1907-1980) was a physicist, teacher, and a leader in the development of computers. With J. Presper Eckert,
he invented the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
(EDVAC), the Binary Automatic Computer (BINAC), and the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC). This first installment of Mauchly's
papers documents Mauchly's youth, education, early career at Ursinus College, his work at the University of Pennsylvania Moore
School of Electrical Engineering, his partnership with J. Presper Eckert, with whom he formed two companies, the Electronic
Control Company (ECC) and the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), and his work through 1959 with Remington Rand/Sperry
Rand after its purchase of EMCC in 1950. Early work in programming, coding, compilers, routines and subroutines, and most
importantly, the application of electronic computers in government, business, and industry, as well as the history of the
computer, is well documented. Moreover, this collection provides a glimpse into the personal life of the remarkable man behind
this work through his interactions with family, friends, and colleagues.
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1894-2002
(Bulk: 1960-2002)
Creator:
Shadur, Joseph
Shadur, Yehudit Extent: 1.4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Joseph and Yehudit Shadur were pioneers of Jewish folk art and the subject of Middle Eastern studies and environmental conservation
in Israel. Their collection includes two series, one of the writings, correspondence, book reviews, and research by Joseph
Shadur, and the other, published works by or about Yehudit Shadur, or containing images of her paper-cuts. These documents
date from 1894 to 2002, with the majority of the documents produced from 1960 to 2002.
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1909-1956
Creator:
Gillet, Joseph E. (Joseph Eugene), 1888-
Extent: 1.6 linear feet (4 boxes)
Joseph E. Gillet (1888-1958), a native of Belgium, was a professor of Spanish at Bryn Mawr College. He directed doctoral dissertations
both at Bryn Mawr College and at the University of Pennsylvania, and he achieved several critical editions recognized in the
academic world. His papers include photostats, transcripts and translations of Spanish texts, correspondence with his colleagues
and libraries in America and Europe, clippings of journals mentioning his publications, and handwritten research notes.
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1906, undated
Creator:
Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946
Extent: 0.2 linear foot (1 box)
Joseph Francis Ambrose Jackson (1867-1946) was a historian, lecturer, artist, journalist, and writer active in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. This collection offers insight into Jackson’s intellectual activity as a theater historian. It includes a manuscript
of an unpublished essay on the history of American dramatic literature, an alphabetical listing of American playwrights, a
collection of portraits of 18th-century actors, and handwritten notes on the theatrical history of pre-and post-revolutionary
Philadelphia.
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1935-2008
Creator:
Meyer, Leonard B.
Extent: 7 linear feet (18 boxes)
Leonard B. Meyer (1918-2007) was a musicologist and composer who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1988.
The papers, dating from 1935 to 2008, consist of correspondence with Meyer, drafts and notes for many of his works, research
and teaching materials, musical compositions, and memorabilia.
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1930-1994
Creator:
Dresden, Mark J.
Extent: 2.4 linear feet (3 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Mark Jan Dresden (1911-1986) was a Dutch-American Iranist who studied Indology. He taught Persian and Old and Middle Iranian
Languages at the University of Pennsylvania from 1949 until his retirement in 1977. Dresden’s work on Khotanese, Persian and
Iranian languages and texts is widely published. This collection, dating from 1930 to 1994 contains correspondence, ephemera,
event files, lectures, financial documents, funding and grants files, project files, research and writing, and personal documents.
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