69946257 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d248hs revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context revised 2015-09-17 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-18T13:42:44 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-18T13:42:44 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF person Gordon, G. B. 1870-1927. presumed 1870 1927 University of Pennsylvania. Office of the Provost. Gordon, G. B. (George Byron), 1870-1927 University of Pennsylvania. Office of the Provost. Charles Custis Harrison files, 1854-1943 (bulk 1899-1927). University of Pennsylvania. Office of the Provost. Office of the Provost Records. Charles Custis Harrison Administration 1854-1943 (bulk 1891-1927) 6.5 cubic ft. 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. English University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center