Tag: Manuscripts
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In Honor of Veterans Day: World War II Materials from the Ashley Bryan papers
In honor of the military personnel and veterans on this holiday, whether you call it Veterans, Armistice, or Remembrance Day, we at the SCPC are proud to share some images from the Ashley Bryan papers, the collection that I have the pleasure to be currently processing. Best known for his efforts as a children’s book…
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A relationship between author and publisher in letters: the James Conway collection relating to James T. Farrell and William Targ
For those interested in the professional (and personal) relationships between author and publisher, the SCPC is proud to have the James Conway collection relating to James T. Farrell and William Targ (Ms. Coll. 1438) open for research use, serving as an excellent companion to the James T. Farrell papers (Ms. Coll. 886). James T. Farrell…
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Hazel–Working, Worrying, and Loving Her Family
We recently acquired a tiny collection of letters written by the men of the Philadelphia Ramsey family. In two generations, there were four veterans from two wars–William B. Ramsey, Jr. served in World War I and his sons (William, Pierce “Ted”, and John “Jack”) served in World War II. All the letters were written, at…
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A Tribute to Educators
This week’s Monument Lab proposal (from the Monument Lab records which documents a project that asked a city-wide question, “what is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?”) : This pandemic we are currently experiencing has resulted in some truly fundamental changes in our lives–many of them are scary: isolation, health worries, and…
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Draft or Do-Over? Who knows?
Last week, I was in the office and I was reminded of how much I absolutely love archival collections! I worked on a tiny collection of Alfred Bendiner original drawings of actors and actresses. Alfred Bendiner (1899-1964) was an architect, artist, author, and Penn alumnus who created caricatures of performers in stage productions, concerts, and operas in…
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Philly Jazz
This week’s Monument Lab proposal (from the Monument Lab records which documents a project that asked a city-wide question, “what is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?”) : For contributors to the jazz scene in Philly, check out the Kislak Center’s Mary Navis collection, the Ray Evans papers, the David Rosenblum World…
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