Papers, 1729-1957.

Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908

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Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood. Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also jou...

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916

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Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Merritt Chase letter, 1911 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599930 William Merrit Chase (1849-1916) was a painter and instructor from New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. From the description of William Merrit Chase photographs, [ca. 1895]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425314 Painter and instructor; New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. ...

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Wright, Catharine Morris, 1899-1988

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Brumbaugh, G. Edwin, 1890-1983

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G. Edwin Brumbaugh was a restoration architect. Born in 1890 in Huntington, Pa., he was the son of former Pennsylvania Governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh and Anna Konigmacher. He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia and received his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1913. From 1912 to 1914, he was a draftsman for Mellor & Meigs. In 1915, Brumbaugh began working for Charles Barton Keen and as late as 1923 supervised the work of Keen's office w...

Swank, James Moore, 1832-1914

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James M. Swank was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., on July 12, 1832, and grew up in Johnstown. In 1852 he became editor of the local Whig newspaper, reorganized it as a daily, the JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE, and became sole owner in 1864. From 1869 to 1871 he served as clerk of the U.S. House Committee on Manufactures, under the patronage of Rep. Daniel J. Morrell, a Johnstown steelmaker. He then became a clerk in the Department of Agriculture and produced the first published history of th...

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942

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Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Studied in Europe and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she later taught. From the description of Cecilia Beaux papers, 1863-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81491295 Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Born in Philadelphia in May 1855; died in Sept. 1942. Beaux st...

Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948

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Harrison Smith Morris was born in Philadelphia on October 4, 1856, the son of George Washington and Catharine (Harris) Morris. He had two younger sisters, Matilda Harris Morris and Jane Walters Morris, who never married. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the Reading Coal & Iron Company to help support his parents, who were in ill health. In 1893 he became the managing director of the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, a position which he held until 1905. Morris also ...

Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956

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Benson was an American artist, calligrapher, sculptor, and designer of incised letters. From the description of Papers for Flags of the Old state house, ca.1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205894 Artist, calligrapher, and sculptor. From the description of John Howard Benson items, 1953-1956. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64054605 Benson was an American artist, calligrapher, sculptor, and designer of incised letters. ...

Schelling, Felix Emmanuel, 1858-1945

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Felix Emmanuel Schelling joined the faculty of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania in 1886. He was curator of the H. H. Furness Memorial Library from 1933 to 1945. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, [1895]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884799 From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1890-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884801 A.B., LL.B...

State penitentiary for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania

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The State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is situated on 13 acres known as "Cherry Hill", two miles northwest of the Court House in Philadelphia, Pa. The Pennsylvania Legislature authorized its construction on March 20 1821. Construction begain on May 22 1823 and was completed in 1829. From the description of List of prisoner discharges and scrapbook, 1885-1890. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151382914 The State P...

Swann, Thomas Wallace

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Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926

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Quaker Dean of Swarthmore College. Born in Dutchess County, NY, Elizabeth Macy Powell married Henry Herrick Bond in 1872. Her husband died in 1881, leaving her with a young son. After serving for four years as Matron of Swarthmore College, Elizabeth Powell Bond was appointed as its Dean in 1890; she retired in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1856-1958. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 28177160 ...

Williams, Francis Howard, 1844-1922

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Durham, John S.

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Stork, Charles Wharton, 1881-1971

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American poet, educator, editor, translator. From the description of Letter to Will Orton Tewson, [1925]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53807495 Charles Wharton Stork was an American author, a graduate of Haverford and of Harvard, and taught in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Stork produced poems, plays, novels, and translations of Scandinavian verse, and was the editor of Contemporary Verse from 1917-1925. From the gu...

McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938

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R. Tait McKenzie, physician, physical therapist, physical educator, and sculptor served the University of Pennsylvania as its first Professor of Physical Education, 1904-1929. Born in 1867, McKenzie spent his youth in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. He entered McGill University at the age of eighteen earning both his undergraduate degree and his M.D. degree (1892). His childhood friend, James Naismith, encouraged McKenzie to pursue interests in physical training, and McKenzie ...

Kirchwey, George W. (George Washington), 1855-1942

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Osborne, Thomas Mott, 1859-1926

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Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, 1864-1954

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Biographical Notes Horace Traubel 1858, Dec. 19 Born, Camden, N.J. 1873 Introduced to Walt Whitman upon the poet's arrival in Camden, N.J. 1885 Founding member, Society for Ethical Culture, Philadelphia,Pa. ...

Gilpin, Thomas, 1776-1853

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John Pemberton of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a member of the Society of Friends, was imprisoned with 19 other men in Winchester, Virginia, between 1777 and 1778, after refusing to swear allegiance to the United States. Fearing collusion with invading British forces, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania arrested 17 Quakers and three additional men in September 1777, and transferred the prisoners to Winchester, Virginia, later that month. The men were released in April 1778, though two d...

Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950

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Agnes Repplier was an American author known for her urbane, conservative essays. Born in Philadelphia, she began writing to help support her family, developing an ironic style to present her conservative values. She soon became a regular contributor of serious essays to The Atlantic Monthly, generally defending traditional values with a European, almost aristocratic, perspective. A significant and eloquent voice for her generation, her old-fashioned values lost favor after World War I and her po...

Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909

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Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. He was descended from two of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. His father, William Wharton, was in the direct line of Thomas Wharton of Westmoreland, England, who came to America in 1683. The first American ancestor of his mother, Deborah Fisher Wharton, was John Fisher, who emig...

Sartain, Emily, 1841-1927

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Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935

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Miss Lizette W. Reese (1856-1935) taught school in Baltimore, Maryland for 45 years. She retired in 1921 and concentrated her efforts as a poetess. Many collections of her poems were published in book form. From the description of Papers, 1928-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498089 American writer. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Baltimore, Maryland, to Wilbur Needham, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1923 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat r...

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936

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Elizabeth Robins Pennell was an American author and editor. She published essays, articles, and travel writing, and served as art critic for several newspapers and magazines. She and her husband, illustrator Joseph Pennell, were friends, collaborators, and biographers of artist James McNeill Whistler. From the description of Elizabeth Robins Pennell letters, 1921-1934. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54810288 The American art critic and writer ...

Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957

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Anna Wharton Morris was the youngest daughter of Joseph Wharton, prominant Philadelphia industrialist and philanthropist. She was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, active in prison reform and other social reform movements of her day, and was a profilic writer, primarily of short stories and essays. In 1896, she married Harrison S. Morris, Philadelphia author and arts administrator, and they had one child, Catharine Morris Wright. From the description of Papers, 1729-1957...

Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961

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Muralist and illustrator, of Pennsylvania; 1896, student of Howard Pyle; d. 1961. From the description of Violet Oakley papers, 1897-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975899 Violet Oakley died on 25 February 1961. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1935-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122584716 Muralist, painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Violet Oakley autograph and photogra...