| 3 | Creator: | Traube, J.,b. 1860. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | J.B. Traube autobiography, 1930, 1942
| | | | Dates: | 1930-1942 | | | | Abstract: | These pages include a brief autobiographical sketch written by Traube in 1930 (11 p.), a longer version written in 1942 (101 p.), and a bibliography (28 p.). Also included are notes on Traube's life written in English (3 p.) by John T. Edsall. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.T69 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Chemists. | Edsall, John T., (John Tileston), 1902-2002 | Traube, J.,b. 1860. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Coard, Robert Lawrence, 1921- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | From Benjamin Franklin to Henry Adams: a study of American autobiography, 1952
| | | | Dates: | 1952 | | | | Abstract: | This is Coard's doctoral dissertation for the Dept. of English, University of Illinois. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.901 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 | Autobiographies. | Coard, Robert Lawrence, 1921- | Dissertation, Academic | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Neagle, John, 1796-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Neagle Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1817-1865 | | | | Abstract: | John Neagle was among the better known portrait painters in Philadelphia during the first half of the nineteenth century and was the husband of Thomas Sully's niece, Mary C. Sully.
The Neagle Papers is a small assemblage of personal correspondence, documents, and notes assembled by Neagle during his career. The letters are primarily of a personal nature, but along with the five bound volumes, offer insight into Neagle's study of painting and the techniques he employed. Included among the bound volumes are recipes for varnish, megellup, and drying oils and notes on watercolor painting. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.N125.p | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Artists' materials | Artists--Pennsylvania | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Landscape painting | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Neagle family | Neagle, John, 1796-1865 | Neagle, Mary Chester Sully | Notebooks | Painting--Study and teaching | Recipes | Sketchbooks | Sully family | Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Valentines | Varley, John, 1778-1842 | Watercolor paintings | Whist | |
| 8 | Creator: | Martin, P. D.(Pierre Dominique),1771-1855. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ma biographie, 1839
| | | | Dates: | 1839 | | | | Abstract: | This biography recounts P. D. Martin's life as a member of the French expedition to Egypt (1798-1799), whose history he later wrote as
Histoire de l'expédition francaise en Égypt... (Paris, J.-M. Eberhart, 1815). He dedicates his biography to his son, Armand. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M36 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Beyond Early America | Discoveries in geography -- French. | Egypt -- Description and travel. | Martin, Armand | Martin, P. D.(Pierre Dominique),1771-1855. | |
| 10 | Creator: | Haney, John Louis,1877-1960. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Louis Haney papers, 1887-1959
| | | | Dates: | 1887-1959 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include diaries (1887-1959), lists of books read (1887-1904), scrapbooks relating to Haney, his family, friends, and Central High School, and original and revised drafts of Haney's autobiography entitled "Days of My Years" (1954). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H196 | | | | Extent: | 36.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Diaries. | Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Haney, John Louis,1877-1960. | Scrapbooks. | |
| 11 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Samuel Miles Papers, 1776-1802
| | | | Dates: | 1776-1802 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence and an autobiographical sketch of the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War service of Samuel Miles. A native Pennsylvanian, Miles raised and commanded a regiment of riflemen, but was captured near Flatbush in August 1776, during the battle of Long Island. He was held as a prisoner of war in New York until his exchange in April 1778. Miles subsequently served as Mayor of Philadelphia and was a presidential elector in 1796. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M589 | | | | Extent: | 16.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Early National Politics | Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount, 1729-1814 | Long Island (N.Y.), Battle of, 1776 | Miles, Samuel, 1740-1805 | Military History | Military Records | Nicholson, John | Pennsylvania--Politics and government | Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785 | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Seven Years' War | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Personal narratives | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 12 | Creator: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Travels through life:or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush...written for the use of his children, [1800]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1800 | | | | Abstract: | This autobiography relates Rush's experiences in college and medical school; his meetings with notable doctors; his life in Scotland, England, and France; his medical views; the military and politics during the Revolutionary War; and brief sketches of personalities of that period. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89t | | | | Extent: | 8.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Diaries | Early National Politics | England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Epidemics--United States | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Indians of North America | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Medicine. | Philadelphia History | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Social Life and Custom | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | Yellow fever -- United States. | |
| 13 | Creator: | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rembrandt Peale papers, 1808-1833
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1833 | | | | Abstract: | These papers contain seven letters to his wife (1808-1833), a fragment of autobiography on his painting and studies, a notebook containing copies of correspondence about his portrait of Washington, John Godman's Ode suggested by Rembrandt Peale's National Portrait of Washington (1824), and a commonplace book containing kitchen and medicinal recipes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1081 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Commonplace books. | Godman, John D., (John Davidson), 1794-1830 | Microfilm Collection | Painting. | Peale, Eleanor May | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Poems. | Portraits. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 14 | Creator: | Jennings, George Nelson,1833-1903. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Nelson Jennings autobiography, 1897
| | | | Dates: | 1897 | | | | Abstract: | George Nelson Jennings' autobiography includes quotations from journals, especially one of a trip to California in 1872, and mentions of his son Herbert S. Jennings. There are also a short sketch of his later years by his daughter Helen Jennings Barrett, written in 1937, and genealogical notes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J442 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Barrett, Helen Jennings | California--Description and travel | Genealogies. | Jennings, George Nelson,1833-1903. | Jennings, H. S., (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 | Physicians -- United States. | |
| 15 | Creator: | Kayser, H., (Heinrich), 1853-1940 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben, 1936
| | | | Dates: | 1936 | | | | Abstract: | This is an autobiography of Kayser, who mapped a large number of spectra of the elements, in association with Carl David Runge. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.K18 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Kayser, H., (Heinrich), 1853-1940 | Physicists -- Germany. | Physics -- Study and teaching -- Germany. | Runge, Carl, 1856-1927 | Spectrum analysis. | University of Bonn. -- Institute of Physics -- Faculty. | |
| 16 | Creator: | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Reminiscences for his children, 1912, 1915
| | | | Dates: | 1912-1915 | | | | Abstract: | This item was written by William Keen for his children and includes genealogy, glimpses of his boyhood in Philadelphia, and reflections on his education at Jefferson Medical College and his medical career. There are accounts of memorable events and surgical cases, including the operation on President Grover Cleveland's jaw. There are mentions of S. Weir Mitchell and other physicians, with historical recollections of such Philadelphia institutions as the College of Physicians. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.K245 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Cleveland, Cleveland, 1837-1908 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia. | Genealogies. | Jefferson Medical College. | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 | Medical education -- United States. | Medicine -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Mitchell, S. Weir, (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Physicians -- United States. | |
| 17 | Creator: | Court, Thomas H. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935
| | | | Dates: | 1588-1935 | | | | Abstract: | This collection was assembled by Court and was partly used in the book, "The History of the Microscope" (with Reginald S. Clay, London, 1932). There is historical correspondence (including some by Court), documents, broadsides, and photographs, concerning microscopes and instruments. This includes material on Joseph Bonomi, James Epps, John Lee, Edward Nairne, and others. There is significant material on Cornelius Varley: account book, autobiographical sketch, watercolors and sketches, etc. This collection also contains a large number of deeds pertaining to the property of John Lee (1783-1866), Fellow of the Royal Society and an amateur astronomer. In addition, there are about 300 pamphlets, including early trade and auction catalogs, used by Court for his research. | | | | Call #: | Mss.509.078.M582 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | Astronomy. | Autobiographies. | Bonomi, Joseph, 1796-1878 | Broadsides. | Court, Thomas H. | Deeds. | Epps, James | Medicine -- History. | Microfilm Collection | Microscopy -- History. | Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806 | Photoprints. | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History. | Sketches. | Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873 | |
| 18 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Navajo: Radio program, Holbrook, Arizona, August 1, 1968. Autobiographical Remarks, Mrs. Elsie Benally, Navajo Reservation, Bellemont, Arizona, August 2, 1968
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.64 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Tape(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiography | Bennally, Elsie | Navajo Indians. | Navajo language | Radio programs | Shetter, William Z. | Sound recordings | |
| 19 | Creator: | Sullivan, Thomas, 1755- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal of the operations of the American War
| | | | Dates: | 1778-1779 | | | | Abstract: | An Irish-born non-commissioned officer in the 49th Regiment of Foot, Thomas Sullivan served with the British Army in North America from the siege of Boston in 1775 through the last days of the Philadelphia Campaign in 1778. He deserted in June, 1778, and became steward to Continental Army Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene. | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.3.Su5 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Boston (Mass.)--Description and travel--18th century | Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776 | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 | Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 | Diaries | Elizabethtown (N.J.)--Description and travel--18th century | Germantown, Battle of, 1778 | Great Britain. Army--Regiment of Foot, 49th (1743- ) | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 | Halifax (N.S.)--Description and travel | Irish--United States | Long Island, Battle of, 1776 | Military History | Military Records | Monmouth, Battle of, 1778 | Mud Island (Pa.) | New Jersey Campaign, 1776-1777 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel--18th century | Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778 | Red Bank, Battle of, 1777 | Sullivan, Thomas, 1755- | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States--History--Revolution, 1776-1783 | White Plains, Battle of, 1776 | |
| 20 | Creator: | Russell, Francis Albert Rollo,b. 1849. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Francis Albert Rollo Russell papers, 1858-1928
| | | | Dates: | 1858-1928 | | | | Abstract: | The collection is primarily professional letters written to Russell, but there are also a few letters from his wife and a few by him. There is also an autobiographical letter written by Russell. Most of the correspondence pertains to the Royal Meteorological Society, snow crystals, dew, frost, hail, fog, etc. Russell had wide-ranging interests, however, and some of his non-scientific concerns appear in the letters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R913 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Autobiographies. | Dew. | Fog. | Frost. | Hail. | Meteorologists -- England. | Meteorology. | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) | Russell, Francis Albert Rollo,b. 1849. | Snowflakes. | Thiselton-Dyer, William T.(Wiliam Turner), 1843-1938 | Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Water. | |
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