William Draper Lewis personal correspondence, 1888-1949.

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William Draper Lewis personal correspondence, 1888-1949.

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The William Draper Lewis papers document Lewis' personal life and span the years 1888-1949 (a letter from Lewis to his mother written at age six and a letter from his son Henry to his widow Caroline Mary Cope Lewis written the year after his death are also included). Except for two news clippings and a family tree, the collection consists entirely of Lewis' correspondence to and from his wife, children, grandchildren, and friends: Katherine Baily, Anna Brown Cope; Francis R. Cope; Lila D. Cope; Thomas Pym Cope; Mary Fairbanks; Frank Garrison; Anna Lewis Kneedler; Howard Kneedler; Belle Street Wellford Lewis; Caroline Mary Cope Lewis; Fannie Wilson Lewis; Henry Lewis; May Erdman Lewis; William Draper Lewis, Jr.; George Wharton Pepper; Alfreda Cope Lewis Sampson; Edward Sampson, Jr.; June Spong Sampson; Mary B. Shumate; George Wickersham. The arrangement is chronological.

c. 135 items, 1 cu. ft.

University of Pennsylvania Law Library, Biddle Law Library

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University of Pennsylvania Law Library, Biddle Law Library

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Pepper, George Wharton, 1867-1961

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Cope, Anna Brown.

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Kneedler, Howard S., Jr.

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Howard Sparhawk Kneedler was born on June 16, 1848, the son of Jesse Kneedler and Catharine Sparhawk of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After attending the University of Pennsylvania between 1865 and 1868, he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked as a manufacturer. In 1886, he married Mary Tilghman Earle of Washington, D. C., the daughter of George Earle and Mary Chamberlain. Mary T. Earle was born on January 17, 1854, and taught at a girls' school located at "The Cedars," a home in...

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Baily, Katherine.

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Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949

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William Draper Lewis was born in Philadelphia in 1867. In 1891 he received both a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured in economics at Haverford College from 1890 to 1896, while also assuming the role of instructor in legal history at the Wharton School in 1891. In 1896 Lewis joined the law department at the University of Pennsylvania as dean of the school and professor of law. Under Lewis' leadership the law school flourished as he recruited new f...

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Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949

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William Draper Lewis was born in Philadelphia in 1867. In 1891 he received both a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured in economics at Haverford College from 1890 to 1896, while also assuming the role of instructor in legal history at the Wharton School in 1891. In 1896 Lewis joined the law department at the University of Pennsylvania as dean of the school and professor of law. Under Lewis' leadership the law school flourished as he recruited new f...

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Lewis, Fannie Wilson.

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