Tag: Manuscripts
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They grow up so fast: Getting to know Sarah Wistar Pennock through her childhood letters
My favorite items from the Wistar, Pennock, Lukens, Miller, and Davis family papers are Sarah Wistar Pennock’s (1840-1909) letters that she wrote between the ages of six and thirteen. I believe that I’m drawn to her correspondence specifically because of my nearly ten years of experience as a high school teacher. Adolescents experience a lot…
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The Philadelphia Orchestra, an Argentinian researcher, and the Free Library of Philadelphia
STORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS In honor of National Library Week, I’m sharing a story of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a scholar from Argentina, and the Free Library of Philadelphia. While processing the files of the Orchestra’s administrative staff, I came across a letter written in Spanish, addressed to the “Orquesta Sinfonica Filadelfia, U.…
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Finding Your Ancestors in the Archive
Note: Please refer to the University of Pennsylvania’s Sensitive Materials Statement in reference to the harmful language found in documents below. Last year, I listened to an investigative podcast called Sugar Land, about the discovery of the unmarked graves of 95 convict laborers who were buried on land that a school district wanted to develop.…
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The art and creativity in Jewish tuǧras
After cataloging enough documents and manuscripts with tuǧras of fascinating dimensions, drawings, and levels of design, I realized that a post showing the great and unique Jewish tuǧras was called for. Tuǧras, as explained by The Getty Art and Architechture Thesaurus, “[…] were used as authentication on documents, because the Ottoman sultans did not sign…
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Alexander Kendrick reporting…
Though the world is in its “digital era,” I am still a fan of the analog life. Each week when I see the new issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian, I am excited. Even in college back in Texas, I would grab a copy of the Daily Shorthorn (UT Arlington) before class and enjoy a few…
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So much to do!
Laura Capron and her sister Annie sailed to America from India with their parents, who were evangelical missionaries, in 1872. Their parents returned to India in 1874 but Laura and Annie remained in America under the care of their Aunt Annie and Uncle Arthur Tufts. The girls corresponded with their parents regularly and gave them…