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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1920-1997
Extent: 3 linear feet (3 boxes)
This collection contains published material relating to atomic energy and the atomic age.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
1893-1903
(Bulk: 1896-1897)
Creator:
Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933
Extent: 1 linear foot
In 1896 the University of Pennsylvania Museum sponsored its first expedition to Russia. The Museum sent Zelia Nuttall (now
remembered mainly for her work in the area of Mexican studies) as its representative on a trip to establish cordial relations
and a system of exchanges and cooperation, and to obtain archaeological and ethnological specimens by gift or exchange. Nuttall
traveled to Moscow, Kiev, Troitzkoi, Rostov, Nijni-Novgorod, and Riga. She also attended ceremonies for the coronation of
Nicholas II and there acquired commemorative prints which she donated to the Museum and to Mrs. Hearst. The collection consists
mainly of correspondence from Nuttall to William Pepper and Sara Yorke Stevenson, inventories of objects acquired, and images
collected at the Pan-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition at Nijni-Novgorod (modern Gorki).
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]
1980-2018
Extent: 3.5 linear feet
The collection consists of articles that were written by Dr. Wolf along with her dissertation and field notes. Dr. Wolf is
a nursing leader who work focuses on patient safety, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and caring and continues to
conduct qualitative and quantitative research on medication errors, nurse caring, and nursing education concerns.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1994-1997
Creator:
Abrioux, Yves
Burattoni, Gianni, 1947- Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Yves Abrioux (1949-) and Gianni Burattoni (1947-) joined forces for much of the 1990s as partners who created art and installations
based on Burattoni’s artistic background and Abrioux’s background as a professor of English literature and a specialist in
the history and theory of gardens and landscape. This collection contains articles, project files and publicity from Abrioux
and Burattoni’s work together from 1990 to 1997.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1900-2003
Creator:
Evans, Wyn Ritchie, 1900-2003
Extent: 14 boxes
The Wyn Ritchie Evans papers include correspondence, writings, photographs, and personal papers that shed light on her connection
to the arts scene and to Herman Sachs, her endeavors as a professional writer, and her life with Ray Evans.
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]
circa 1914-1918
Extent: 1 linear feet
This album contains copy prints of several photos, along with their negatives, depicting World War I-era France.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1836-1837
Creator:
Wrightsville and York Railroad Company.
Extent: 1 volume
An oversize volume comprising the contracts and receipts of payment for the construction of the Wrightsville to York Railroad
line spanning one year from 1836 to 1837.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1841-1886
Creator:
Harrison, W. R.
Extent: 0.2 linear foot (1 box)
W.R. Harrison was a publisher's representative for A. S. Barnes & Co. and Mather, Case, Tiffany, & Burnham, who sold maps
and textbooks to public and private schools and booksellers. This collection consists of a journal kept from October 14, 1841,
to February 20, 1844, by W. R. Harrison as well as several items originally laid into the volume, including bills and receipts,
a letter, and the lyrics to a few songs.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1850-1893
Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
This limited collection contains a limited number of newspapers, newspaper clippings, and prints, as well as one photograph
reproduction and one original painting, related to world's fairs that span from the London Great Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of All Nations (1851) to the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition (1893).
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
1935-1943
Creator:
Butler, Mary, 1903-1970, Creator
Fewkes, Vladimir, Creator Extent: 2.5 linear feet
During the Great Depression President Franklin D. Roosevelt developed New Deal programs to return the country to work through
relief projects. The most popular of these was the Works Progress Administration because it provided work for so many Americans.
Large numbers were put to work building bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports with nominal salaries
subsidized by the federal government. In addition, tens of thousands of artists were funded to create murals and sculpture
for public buildings, write plays and music and perform their work for an arts-hungry public. Between 1935 and 1942, the University
Museum co-sponsored(with institutions such as the Fairmount Park Commission and the Pennsylvania Commission for the Fine Arts)
at least eight Works Progress Administration projects as part of the State-wide Museum Assistance Program. Employee salaries
for the WPA/University Museum projects were paid by the WPA; equipment, space, supplies, technical aid, and specimens were
provided by the University Museum.
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]
1917-1927
Creator:
Women’s Auxiliary of the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania's Ward G.
Extent: 0.4 linear feet
The Ward G auxiliary was a group of women who met periodically to discuss the needs of children being treated in the children’s
ward of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. These reports contain vivid narratives relating the circumstances
of individual children and their families and the work of the department and its staff to provide social and nursing services
to young patients in their homes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1974-1984
Extent: 41 boxes
Materials, including administrative records and minutes; staff information; project files; publications; slides and audio
recordings from presentations and events; and reference materials. Collection documents the activities of a coordinating committee
created by the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Health to maintain communication between government agencies
and local women’s activist organizations focusing on health issues and spun off as an independent organization in 1978. Also
includes information on the professional activities of the committee’s director, JoAnne Fischer Wolf, who was special consultant
to the governor on women and health.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1945
Extent: 08 linear feet (1 volume)
This collection is composed of one volume of photos taken in India by a member of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India), W.A.C.
(I), in 1945. A majority of the photographs capture local sights, mostly in Dagshai, Delhi, and New Dehli.
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]
1858-1976
Creator:
Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Extent: 6 linear feet
This collection contains records relating to the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. Materials include historical accounts,
administrative records, board minutes, annual reports, correspondence, and photographs.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1822-1865
(Bulk: 1845-1855)
Creator:
Wistar and Horner Museum., Creator
Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
The Wistar and Horner Museum was originally founded as the Wistar Museum in the early 19th century by Caspar Wistar, chair
of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine. In 1818, shortly before his death, Wistar
appointed William Edmonds Horner, Dean of the Medical Faculty and professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania,
as curator of the Wistar Museum. At that time, the combined collections of Wistar and Horner became known as the Wistar and
Horner Museum. Dr. Joseph Leidy succeeded Horner as curator of the museum in 1847, and contributed hundreds of anatomical,
botanical, and animal specimens to the museum collections. The Wistar and Horner Museum records date from 1822 to 1865, and
consist of materials relating to museum collections, finances, funding, and curatorial activities; as well as Horner’s dissecting
class at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection documents the evolution, management, finances, and curatorial and
collecting activities of a university museum.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1900-1954
Creator:
Blancké, Wilton W. (Wilton Wallace), 1884-1949
Extent: 0.83 linear feet (2 boxes + 1 oversized folder)
The papers of Wilton W. Blancké document his life as an educator and author. A strong, vocal proponent for a foreign language
curriculum in public education, Blancké wrote several articles on the subject. He also penned numerous letters to editors
of various publications espousing the view that the study of foreign language contributes to an international understanding.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1980-2000
Creator:
Heston, Wilma Louise, 1935-
Extent: 5.8 linear feet (7 boxes)
Wilma Heston began buying chapbooks in Peshawar’s Bazaar of the Storytellers (Qissa Khwani Bazaar) in 1982. The chapbooks
were initially intended to provide texts for Pashto verse narratives that were sung, recorded and then sold in audio-cassette
form.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1932-1967
Creator:
Haines, William Wister, 1908-1989
Extent: 7.33 linear feet (8 boxes)
William Wister Haines (1908-1989) was an American author, screenwriter, and playwright, most famous for his novels Slim and
High Tension, which depicted working-class protagonists during the Great Depression, and Command Decision, a play and novel
depicting the final stages of World War II. This collection includes material related to his literary work, especially in
the form of drafts of novels, short stories, essays and articles, screenplays and television scripts, and plays.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1755-1803
Creator:
Smith, William, 1727-1803
Extent: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Personal and professional papers of William Smith, the University of Pennsylvania's first provost, covering the years 1755
to 1803.
University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]
1690-1871
(Bulk: 1748-1804)
Creator:
Smith, William, 1727-1803,
Extent: 2 cubic feet
The Rev. William Smith (1727-1803) was the first Provost of the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania).
In addition to his teaching duties, Smith was an Anglican clergyman in Philadelphia and active in Pennsylvania politics in
support of the Penn family prior to the American Revolution. The papers primarily document Smith's public and political activities
from 1753 to 1775.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1885-1888
Creator:
Huber, William S., 1865-1909
Extent: 0.5 linear feet
Dr. William S. Huber (1865-1909) was a dentist in Lebanon, Pennsylvania who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
Medical and Dental Schools. This collection contains Huber's student lecture notes recorded between February 1885 and March
1888.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1865-1926
Creator:
Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926
Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
William Romaine Newbold (1865-1926) was an American philosopher who served on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania from
1907 to 1926. Teaching both Latin and Philosophy, Newbold is perhaps best known for his work delving into antiquarian mysteries.
This collection contains material from two pieces of scholarship by Newbold during his time at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1941-1964
Creator:
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
Mathews, William R., 1893-1969 Extent: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
William R. Mathews (1893-1969) was a journalist, newspaper editor and publisher who corresponded extensively with John Foster
Dulles (1888-1959), a politician who served as a United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. This collection
represents years of correspondence between these two men, with occasional notes to or from one of their wives. The letters
demonstrate Dulles and Mathews' friendship and mutual respect, as they discuss the political and military events that occurred
between 1941 and 1957.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
1949-1969
Creator:
Coe, Michael D., 1929-
Coe, William R. , 1926-2009, Creator Extent: 1 cubic feet
William Robertson Coe II was born in 1926 in New York City. Dr. Coe trained as an anthropologist and archaeologist at the
University of Pennsylvania (BA 1950, MA 1953, and Ph. D 1958). He joined the faculty of the Department of Anthropology in
1959 and the Penn Museum as assistant curator in the same year. Coe conducted early excavations in Belize, Bolivia, and El
Salvador and later directed excavations at Tayasal and Quirigua in Guatemala, but is best known for his long-term commitment
with the Museum’s Tikal Project in Guatemala from 1956-1969. He took over the directorship of the Tikal field operations in
1963. His meticulous archaeological recording skills culminated in his monumental achievement, publication in 1990 of the
six-volume “Tikal Report 14,” one of the most significant archaeological reports ever. Coe received the Guatemalan government’s
highest honor, “The Order of the Quetzal,” in 1969 and the Drexel Medal from the Penn Museum in 1991. He was also known as
a superb teacher of Mesoamerican Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania. He retired from the University in 1987. He
died in 2009 at the age of 82. The William R. Coe II collection of personal papers spans the period from 1949-1969. It contains
materials related to his early field research, articles and publications, prior to his extensive work in Tikal, which is housed
with the Tikal Project records, photographs, and publications. The collection consists of 2 archival boxes of material, with
a primary focus on Nohoch Ek, British Honduras, an early expedition conducted as an undergraduate student along with his brother
Michael Coe and also on William Coe’s University of Pennsylvania master’s thesis on Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Notable ephemera
within the collection include his personal state of Pennsylvania TIKAL license plate and the “Order of the Quetzal” medal,
along with Guatemalan news clippings about the award.
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]
1752-1903
(Bulk: 1861-1898)
Creator:
Pepper, William, 1843-1898
Extent: 9 volumes
The collection documents Pepper’s role in expanding the University of Pennsylvania in the 19th century, his contributions
to the medical profession, and his activism in Philadelphia. Primarily comprising correspondence, the collection covers Pepper’s
life from a student at the University of Pennsylvania to his death 54 years later.
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