| 3 | Creator: | American Physical Society and American Philosophical Society. -- Joint Committee on the History of Theoretical Physics in the Twentieth Century. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Physical Society and APS. Joint Committee on the History of Theoretical Physics in the Twentieth Century. Collection
| | | | Dates: | Undated | | | | Abstract: | Primary source materials for the history of quantum physics in the twentieth century, collected under the auspices of the APS and the American Physical Society, with a grant from the National Science Foundation. There are transcripts of the oral history interviews, as well as the working papers of the Committee. These include correspondence with famous figures in physics, with some memoirs, photographs, lectures, etc. On microfilm (see
Mss. 530.1 Ar2 ) are manuscripts of Niels Henrick David Bohr and his scientific correspondence (62 reels from the Niels Bohr Archives, Universitets Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Copenhagen). This collection is described and analyzed in
Sources for the History of Quantum Physics: An Inventory and Report, by Thomas S. Kuhn, John L. Heilbron, Paul Forman, and Lini Allen (Philadelphia, 1967). The subject guide derived from the work has subsequently been digitized in its entirety and is available through the finding aid for
Mss. 530.1 Ar2. | | | | Call #: | Mss.530.1.Ar2.5 | | | | Extent: | 12.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bohr, Niels Henrik David, 1885-1962 | Correspondence. | Lectures. | Oral histories | Photographs | Quantum physics--History | |
| 5 | Creator: | Francis, John Wakefield, 1789-1861 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Wakefield Francis papers, 1808-1861
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1861 | | | | Abstract: | Physician John Wakefield Francis (1789-1861) cofounded the New York Academy of Medicine. He served as the second president of the Academy, taught at Bellevue Hospital, wrote medical texts, and edited professional journals. Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, writings, by-laws and minutes, and related papers of Francis and others. Correspondence of others include letters to Francis's associates and family members. Financial documents, 1798-1851, are accounts, receipts, receipt books, checks, and collection notices. Writings are speeches, lectures and notes of Francis and others. Also, minutes and by-laws, 1807-1810, of the Medical and Surgical Society of the University of New York State; and printed material. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1568 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Correspondence. | Francis, John Wakefield, 1789-1861 | Lectures. | Microfilm Collection | Receipts. | Speeches. | |
| 12 | Creator: | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jared Sparks selected papers, 1819-1863 Franklin Bache S. D. Bradford William Duane Peter S. Du Ponceau J. Francis Fisher George Gibbs Henry D. Gilpin Edward D. Ingraham James Mease William B. Reed Henry Stevens, Sr. Henry Stevens, Jr. Benjamin Vaughan Petty Vaughan William Vaughan There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches. Table of contents (11 pp.). (Film 570)
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Letters and papers relating to Sparks's research on Benjamin Franklin and the publication of an edition of the latter's writings. There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.570 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bradford, Samuel Dexter | Correspondence. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duane, William, 1760-1835 | Fisher, J. Francis, (Joshua Francis), 1807-1873 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gibbs, George | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 | Ingraham, Edward D., (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854 | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Research notes. | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Stevens, Henry | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, Petty, 1788-1854 | Vaughan, William | |
| 13 | Creator: | Fox family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Fox Family papers, ca. 1690-1915
| | | | Dates: | 1690-1915 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains information on Fox family speculation in western lands, two manuscript maps from the 1790's and 1830's depicting the family's holdings in northwestern Pennsylvania, and a photograph album from the 1890's documenting Chestnutwold, the Fox estate adjacent to Andalusia. Chief correspondents are Samuel and George Fox. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F832f | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Commonplace Book | Correspondence. | Diaries | Education | Educational Material | Family Correspondence | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Fox, Samuel, 1794-1874 | General Correspondence | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Law | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Maps and Surveys | Maps. | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Pennsylvania History | Photographs | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| 14 | Creator: | Meritt, Benjamin Dean, 1899-1989 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Dean Meritt papers, ca. 1935-1989 American Council of Learned Societies American Philosophical Society American Numismatic Society Athens College Aydelotte, Frank Bonner, Campbell Cherniss, Harold Clement, Paul A. Dinsmoor, William Bell Dow, Sterling Edson, Charles Ferguson, William Scott Friedlander, Paul Greek War Relief Haggard, Patience Hondius, J.J.E. Institute for Advanced Study Moe, Henry A. Princeton University Raubitschek, A.E. Richter, Gisela M.A. Robinson, Charles A. Schweigert, Eugene Gift of Lucy Shoe Meritt, 1993. (Ms. Coll. 82)
| | | | Dates: | 1935-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Known for his pioneering work on Athens in the fifth century BC, Benjamin Dean Meritt spent most of his career at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he developed a world-renowned center for the study of Attic epigraphy, or Greek inscriptions. Meritt reconstructed, with A.B. West, the inscribed tribute-quota lists of the Athenian Empire and is perhaps best known for his work on fifth century BC Athenian finances, which resulted in the four-volume Athenian Tribute Lists, co-authored with H.T. Wade-Gery and M.F. McGregor. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.82 | | | | Extent: | 19.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Council of Learned Societies. | American Numismatic Society. | American Philosophical Society. | Athens College. | Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 | Bonner , Campbell, b. 1876 | Cherniss, Harold F., (Harold Fredrik), 1904-1987 | Clement, Paul A. | Correspondence. | Dinsmoor, William Bell, 1886-1973 | Dow, Sterling, 1903-1995 | Edson, Charles F., 1905- | Ferguson, William Scott, 1875-195 | Friedlander, Paul, 1882-1968 | Greek War Relief Association. | Haggard, Patience | Hondius, J.J.E. | Meritt, Benjamin Dean, 1899-1989 | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | Princeton University. | Raubitschek, A. E., (Antony Erich), 1912-1999 | Research notes. | Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972 | Robinson, Charles Alexander, 1900-1965 | Schweigert, Eugene William | |
| 15 | Creator: | Scaliger Family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Scaliger family papers, fifteenth-nineteenth centuries
| | | | Dates: | 1459-1862 January 25 | | | | Abstract: | The Scaliger Family Papers, when taken together, trace the history of a noble family that was originally from Italy but lived primarily in Agen, France from the mid-1500s through the mid-1800s. Beginning with the patriarch, Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558), a celebrated Italian scholar and physician, the members of the Scaliger family upheld an illustrious reputation over the centuries as scholars, military leaders, and noblemen. Throughout their family’s history, the Scaligers maintained that they were descended from the Della Scallas, Princes of Verona. It is as a result of the necessity to defend this claim as well as later attempts to prove their ties to their noble heritage that this collection of documents has remained so well intact. The Scaliger Family Papers is a collection that encompasses several different kinds of documents that span from 1539 to 1862 including letters, genealogical material, works by members of the Scaliger family, as well as military, legal, and financial documents. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sca42 | | | | Extent: | 1.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | African American | Agen (France) | Bazzoni | Beyond Early America | Bousquet | Catherine de , La Brunetiere | Certificates. | Charrier de Lescale de Vérone, Joseph Juste de | Charrier de Lescale de Vérone, Joseph de, -1689 | Charrier, Jean de | Contracts -- France -- History. | Correspondence. | Family Correspondence | France -- Colonies. | France -- History. | France -- Intellectual life. | France -- Social life and customs -- 15th century | France -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. | France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century. | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Froyez, Alexandre | Genealogies. | Goulard, Henry Renée de | Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610 | Ietoueoz, Anthoniette | Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Legal Records | Lescale de Verone, Elizabeth Hariette de | Lescale de Vérone, Anne de, after 1528-1619 | Lescale de Vérone, Jeane Anthoinete de | Lescale de Vérone, Joseph Juste Caesar de, -1755 February 26 | Lescale de Vérone, Julius Caesar de, -1726 | Lescale de Vérone, Louis Francois de, 1747- | Lescale de Vérone, Marianne Josephe de | Lescale de Vérone, Marie Catherine de, 1753-1768 | Lescale de Vérone, Marie Magdeline de, -1749 July 20 | Lescale de Vérone, Marie de, -1742 | Louise , Bosquet | Marriage and Family Life | Marriage certificates. | Marriage customs and rites -- France -- History. | Military -- France -- History. | Miscellaneous | Monmejan | Monmejan, Francois de | Monmejan, Marie de | Montault | Montault de Saint Civier, Marie Josephe | Narbonne, Agelillan de | Nobility -- France. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History. | Poizat | Poizat, Jean Robert , 1803-1868 July 18 | Sallales, Izabeau de | Scaliger | Scaliger Family. | Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609 | Scaliger, Julius Caesar, 1484-1558 | Scaliger, Julius Caesar, 1484-1558 -- Correspondence | Scaligero, Giulio Cesare, 1484-1558 | Slaves -- Dominican Republic -- Santo Domingo. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Unidentified | Vérone, Victoire de | Wills. | |
| 16 | Creator: | Gratz family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Gratz Family Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1750-1974 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of business and personal papers of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia Jewish family from 1750-1974. Business records include trade and land transactions (some in Yiddish) of the Gratz brothers, Barnard and Michael (1750-1804) with the business continued by Michael's sons: Simon, Hyman, Joseph, Jacob, and Benjamin (1791-1861). Personal correspondence are primarily letters to Rebecca Gratz from her sisters Rachel and Sarah (1795-1867) with later correspondence to Rachel's children: Horace and Sara Moses (1832-1879). Contains a small group of French letters related to Napoleon III, collected by family member Miriam Fox, and some heirloom artifacts. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.72 | | | | Extent: | 10.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Art | Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 | Bonaparte, Joseph, 1768-1844 | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 | Colonial Politics | Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Correspondence. | Croghan, George, d. 1782 | Early National Politics | Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 | Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920 | Family Correspondence | Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Fenno, Maria | Franks, David | General Correspondence | Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801 | Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 | Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 | Gratz, Jacob, 1789-1856 | Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 | Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811 | Gratz, Miriam Simon, 1749-1808 | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 | Gratz, Sarah, 1779-1817 | Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839 | Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 | Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | International Trade. | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Joseph, Sarah Gratz Moses | Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 | Land and Speculation | Land speculation | Legal Records | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 | Moses, Isaac, 1742-1818 | Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1783-1823 | Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 | Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 | Official Government Documents and Records | Orphan Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | Pennsylvania History | Philanthropy | Political Correspondence | Religion | Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808 | Simon, Joseph, 1785-1858 | Simon, Joseph, ca. 1712-1804 | Sketchbooks | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | Trade | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Women's History | |
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