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Balch, Edwin Swift, 1856-1927,. Papers of the Balch family, 1760-1955.

Title: Papers of the Balch family, 1760-1955.

The collection contains journals and letters, 1825-1881, of Joseph Swift; journal excerpts and diary of Emily Swift Balch; letters and diaries of Thomas Balch; letters of Elise Willing Balch; a diary, 1760-1761, of Joseph Shippen; deeds, letters, unpublished writing, address books, engagement book, and a Vassar sketchbook of Eugenia Hargous Macfarlane Balch; and letters, and Little Theatre minute book of Emily Tapscott Clark Balch. The collection pertains chiefly to Edwin Swift Balch, and contains a journal, 1859-1906, re Philadelphia society, the Civil War, Confederate diplomacy and European travel; an autograph album signed by prominent literary, artistic and political figures; scrapbooks re polar exploration, and the Cook-Peary controversy; a biography and bibliography of his published works, incomplete diaries, 1904-1917; and account books. Other topics include Philadelphia riots, 1864, fighting near Leestown, W. Va., Mosby's raiders, life in Paris, art in Europe and America, Louis Philippe, Jenny Lind, the London Exhibition of 1851, Prince Clemens von Metternich, Napoleon III, the Paris Commune, Henry M. Stanley, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal, the Sedan battlefield, Richard Cobden, Theodore Roosevelt, and European travel especially in Switzerland. Also unpublished pieces by Edwin Swift Balch and Eugenia H.M. Balch; a biography of Emily Balch and manuscripts of her "Stuffed Peacocks," and of Joseph Hergesheimer's "Tintypes"; and a limerick collection. Also family photographs; a tintype album; a photograph album with notes by Rudolph Franke on a polar expedition; and "The Confession of the Murder of Prof. Marvin," analyzed by Thomas F. Hall, 1926.

ArchivalResource: 170 items.1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647842108 View

Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005. Helen Farr Sloan Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks. 1886-1896.

Title: Helen Farr Sloan Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks. 1886-1896.

The Helen Farr Sloan Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks consists of fourteen binders of Philadelphia-area news clippings broadly related to the subject of art. Materials date from 1886 to 1896, encompassing the early years of John Sloan's work in Philadelphia, and suggest that Mrs. Sloan supported this project to collect biographical and historical context for this period of her husband's career. The collection includes photocopies of art-related materials published in the following Philadelphia newspapers: The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Evening Call, The Evening Telegraph, The Evening Bulletin, North American, The Philadelphia Press, The Philadelphia Record, Public Ledger, and The Times. The bulk of the articles are from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The collection is organized in chronological order and is divided into three series.

ArchivalResource: 5.3 linear feet (14 volumes in 5 record center boxes and 1 manuscript box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300486614 View

Hovenden, Thomas, 1841-1895 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Hovenden, Thomas, 1841-1895 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199288968 View

Robert Henri papers

Title: Robert Henri papers

The Robert Henri papers date from 1880 to 1954. included are 26 diaries, dating from 1880 to 1928. The collection also includes writings, scrapbooks, printed material, and miscellany.

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Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122400714 View

Brown, John, 1800-1859. Brown-Gee collection--Series I, [18--]-[19--].

Title: Brown-Gee collection--Series I, [18--]-[19--].

Correspondence file, including letters written by Brown to his father, Owen Brown, brother, Jeremiah, other family members, and Frederick Douglass, marriage licenses of his parents (Owen Brown and Sally (Root) Brown) and other family members, deeds, and other papers; Harpers Ferry file, containing clippings relating to Brown's Harpers Ferry raid (Oct. 1859), the observance of its 100th anniversary, map, history of the early years of Storer College, and outline of events at John Brown's farm in North Elba, N.Y., written by Edwin Cotter, Jr.; Kansas file, containing newspaper clippings, postcards, programs, photos, etc., relating to a park and statue honoring Brown in Osawatomie; New Richmond, Pa., file, with clippings and writings on his residence in Crawford County, photographs of the remains of his tannery at New Richmond, as well as gravesites of first wife Dianthe Lusk Brown and two of his sons; periodical articles, including an article by Clarence Darrow; plays, including Mrs. J.C. Swayze's Ossawatomie Brown (1857) and Gallows Glorious (1933) by Robert Gow; and photograph file including photos of Brown and his homes in Hudson, Ohio and North Elba, N.Y., prints of a carving of Brown in the capitol building in Albany, N.Y., and print "The Last Moments of John Brown" by Thomas Hovenden. Also includes recollections by sons John, Jr. and Salmon and one of Brown's associates at Harpers Ferry, Osborne P. Anderson; Owen Brown file, including genealogies of the Brown, Root, and Mills families, pictures of the old burying ground in Hudson, and estate papers; John Brown articles file, containing articles and poems on a variety of subjects concerning Brown and his family; articles on Brown's religious views; four wills of John Brown; affidavits alleging Brown's insanity at the time of his trial, and eyewitness accounts of the trial and execution; and miscellaneous periodical articles, including a history of 115 of the oldest homes in Hudson, Ohio and various articles (1949-1969) pertaining to the life and times of John Brown.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154689278 View

Charles Henry Hart papers

Title: Charles Henry Hart papers

The papers of Philadelphia art historian and writer Charles Henry Hart date from 1774-1930, bulk 1888-1918, and measure 6.1 linear feet. Found within the papers are correspondence, subject files, scattered personal business records, a file of images of art work, notes and writings, and printed material. The subject files include letters from art historians, art collectors, dealers, and gallery owners.

ArchivalResource: 6.1 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9158c0376-ba03-4a63-bc79-9bf7d296e933 View

Thomas Hovenden scrapbook

Title: Thomas Hovenden scrapbook

A scrapbook of clippings, letters, engravings and photographs.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9aac953b3-07db-4f8e-96bd-9c2ae2605e86 View

Helen Farr Sloan, Philadelphia Inquirer, notebooks, 1886–1896

Title: Helen Farr Sloan notebooks Philadelphia Inquirer 1886–1896

The Helen Farr Sloan notebooks consist of fourteen binders of Philadelphia-area news clippings broadly related to the subject of art, encompassing the early years of John Sloan’s career in Philadelphia, and include a separately-organized group of materials from the same period about the Drexel family and publisher George W. Childs. Philadelphia Inquirer

ArchivalResource: 5.3 linear feet; (14 volumes in 5 record center boxes and 1 manuscript box)

http://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss0562 View

Bates, Bertha Corson Day, 1875-1968. Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978.

Title: Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978.

Correspondence, notebook (photocopy) including notes from Howard Pyle's illustration class at Drexel Institute, diaries/journals, notebook of commissions and payments (1896-1902), books, photographs, glass plate negatives, bookplate designs, biographies, and catalogs, cards, and programs designed by Bates; together with an exhibition catalog and invitation (1978) to a Bates exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum. Includes correspondence with E.P. Dutton & Company, Little, Brown & Company, and R.H. Russell. Persons represented include Jessie Gordon, Caroline Gussman Keller, Deane Keller, Albert G. Keller, Thomas Hovenden, and Christopher L. Ward.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70971503 View

Office of the Provost Records. Charles Custis Harrison Administration 1854-1943 (bulk 1891-1927)

Title: Office of the Provost Records. Charles Custis Harrison Administration 1854-1943 (bulk 1891-1927)

The Charles Custis Harrison records of the Office of the Provost document his activities as Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and as Vice President and President of the Board of Directors of the University Museum. This collection though part of the Office of the Provost Records, includes material from almost all aspects of Harrison's career with the University of Pennsylvania. It will aid research in the history of the University Museum, University fundraising, and the development of the university in the United States. The Charles Custis Harrison records contain outgoing correspondence from his years as Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1894-1911). The correspondence relates to his job duties as Provost: budgetary, program development, building construction, and faculty hiring. Frequent correspondents include William Draper Lewis, Edward W. Mumford, Charles H. Frazier, J. Hartley Merrick, Josiah Harmar Penniman, and William Otto Miller. There is a collection of letters sent to him from a variety of leaders in the field of education, philanthropy and the University on the occasion of his retirement. The collection also includes correspondence concerning the formative years of the University Museum of Archæology and Anthropology and its academic arm - the Department of Archæology and Palæology. There are copies of the minutes of the Board of Managers of the Museum as well as correspondence with key figures, such as Sara Y. Stevenson, Clarence H. Clark, E.W. Clark, John Henry Haynes, H.V. Hilprecht, Morris Jastrow, Jr. Typescript copies of the Museum's first excavation project at Nippur in present day Iraq complement the correspondence. In addition to these early records, the collection contains correspondence about the museum's management and collections in the 1920s during Harrison's final years as President of the Board of Managers. Information on Harrison and his family can be found in the personal and family papers series. It includes newspaper clippings and some correspondence concerning the business career of Charles Custis as well as some of the family's interest in the arts, such as his purchase of "Breaking Home Ties" by Thomas Hovenden (and includes a photograph of the artist painting the picture). There is a small amount of material relating to Harrison's wife Ellen Nixon Waln and her interest in history and the Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 cubic ft.

https://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upa/upa6/upa6_2h.html View

Conshohocken Historical Society Conshohocken Art League collection, 1948-1980

Title: Conshohocken Historical Society Conshohocken Art League collection 1948-1980

The Conshohocken Art League was established in 1922 with the mission "to promote interest and appreciation toward the arts, to sponsor classes and to host related events." The bulk of the Conshohocken Historical Society Conshohocken Art League collection, 1948-1980, is comprised of newspaper clipping scrapbooks and loose clippings. There are also a large number of invitations and event pamphlets.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 Linear feet

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HSP_CHS09 View