| 1 | Creator: | Peale family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peale family papers, 1803-1854
| | | | Dates: | 1803-1854 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include accounts of Peale's Museum, including records and accessions (1804-1842), and current expenditures (1808-1819), and papers relating to Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1310 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Accounts. | Microfilm Collection | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The collected papers of Charles Willson Peale and his family, 1735-1885 (inclusive), [microform].
| | | | Dates: | 1735-1885 | | | | Abstract: | The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, financial records, writings, lectures, reproductions of sketches and documents which detail the lives of three generations of the Peale family. Material relating to the Peale Museum is also included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Fiche.11 | | | | Extent: | 449.0 Microfiche card(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Artists. | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Painters -- United States. | Peale family. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | United States -- History -- 1783-1865. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Willson Peale lectures, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | These lectures, numbered 1 through 39 and three unnumbered, were delivered at Mr. Peale's Museum and are on such topics as natural history, physical phenomena and the elements, quadrupeds, fishes, birds, primates, and systems of identification. There are notes in the lectures for pauses, music, and illustrations to be included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.240 Reel 10 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Birds. | Fishes. | Lectures. | Mammals. | Museums -- Educational aspects. | Natural history. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Primates. | Weather. | |
| 5 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum
| | | | Dates: | 1986 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1838 by merchant and philanthropist Nathan Dunn (1782-1844), the Chinese museum informed and entertained Philadelphians from 1838-1841 with its variety of objects, art, and life-size figures in recreated Chinese room settings. For the 50,000 or so people who visited, the museum provided a window into a world that few of them ever would have the chance to experience firsthand.
In his 1986 B.A. thesis at the University of Pennsylvania, Aaron Caplan described American diplomatic, commercial, and religious involvement in China and how the experiences of Anglo-American traders and missionaries influenced public perceptions of China and the Chinese. He explored how, in this context, Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum educated and entertained the public and how it fit into the world of Philadelphia museums in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. | | | | Call #: | Mss.069.C17n | | | | Extent: | 0.1 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Caplan, Aaron | China--Civilization--19th century | China--Commerce--United States | China--Politics and government--19th century | Chinese Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Dunn, Nathan,1782-1844. | Masters theses | Museums--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century | United States--Commerce--China | |
| 6 | Creator: | Fothergill, A.(Anthony),1732?-1813. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A.(Anthony) Fothergill letterbook, 1789-1813 (bulk)
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1813 | | | | Abstract: | Fothergill writes to an English physician, J. Woodforde, from Bath and Bristol in England and from Philadelphia. The letters concern their common interests in medicine, with comments on current events, American and Philadelphia society, and medicine in the United States. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F823 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Cullen, William, 1710-1790 | Diseases -- United States -- 19th century. | Fothergill, A.(Anthony),1732?-1813. | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Letterbooks. | Medical education -- United States. | Medicine | Medicine -- United States. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel. | Prisoners -- Medical care -- England -- 19th century. | Prisons -- Sanitation -- England. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Travel | United States -- History -- 1809-1817. | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865. | War of 1812 | Woodforde, J. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Ord Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1831-1864 | | | | Abstract: | George Ord made important contributions as an ornithologist and writer but is also famous for his contempt of fellow ornithologist John James Audubon. Throughout his life he published numerous scientific articles and assisted in completing Alexander Wilson's life's work,
American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Ord also left his mark as a member of the American Philosophical Society and as the president of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. The George Ord collection consists primarily of outgoing personal correspondence to Charles Waterton ranging from 1831 to 1866 that highlights Ord's professional as well as personal affairs, most notably his hostility toward Audubon. The collection is supplemented by correspondence of Ord's to and from various individuals regarding personal and business matters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Or2 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolitionists--United States--Attitudes | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | American Philosophical Society. | Animals--Habits and behavior of | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America | Banks and banking -- United States. | Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 | Birds--Study and teaching | Birds. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Cholic Acid | Church buildings--Pennsylvania-Philadelphia | Cicada (Genus) | Columbidia | Cuba--Insurrection, 1849-1851 | Cuckoos | Daguerreotypes | Darlington, William, 1781-1863 | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 | Dove | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Early National Politics | English language--Dictionaries | Exploration. | Famines--Ireland | France--19th Century | Frogs--United States | Frost--Great Britain | Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807-1882 | Geese | General Correspondence | Gold mines and mining--California--19th Century | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859 | Heatstroke | Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827. | Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Influenza--United States | Irish--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Italy--Revolution of 1848 | Italy--War of 1859 | Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 | Kagoshima-shi (Japan) | Kane, Paul, 1810-1871 | Memorials--Great Britain | Mercury | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) | National Institute for the Promotion of Science | Natural History | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Partridges | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827--Art collections. | Philadelphia History | Philological Society (Great Britain) | Potatoes | Railroads--19th Century | Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. | Rattlesnake | Religion | Reptiles | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Royal Society (Great Britain). | Russia--Foreign relations--Germany-Prussia | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sea monsters | Secession--Southern States | Skin--Diseases-Treatment | Slaves--Emancipation-America | Smithsonian Institution. | Smoking--Health aspects--United States | Soap trade--Pennsylvania | St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Steam-navigation--Atlantic Ocean | Steamboat disasters | Stout Family | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Telegraph | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). | United States--Civil War 1861 1865--Participation Foreign | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects | United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). | Vaughan, William | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 | |
| 8 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stephen Girard papers, 1793-1857.
| | | | Dates: | 1793-1857 | | | | Abstract: | From the Board of Trustees of the Estate of Stephen Girard, these films are the complete archive of one of the largest mercantile and financial operations in the United States of his day. The collection includes correpondence, with translations of letters in French (139 reels). It also includes bank records, account books, ledgers, cash books, and journals; papers, documents, and records of trading voyages (arranged by vessel and date); records of Girard's country house, "The Place"; records of real estate, rents, etc.; prices current of ports of the world. There is a card index of correspondents and ships (14 reels). Included is a card file, a unique and invaluable research tool, this is an index of names and places and alphabetical abstracts of Philadelphia newspaper items and advertisements for the period covering ca. 1718-1795. Roach made a systematic search through eighteenth-century newspapers and several other sources, for biographical and subject information on Philadelphians and Pennsylvanians of the period. It is primarily biographical , but subject headings, such as "The Barracks," "Blue Lion, Sign of the," "Custom House," are scattered throughout. The source of each entry is cited, and there are brief annotations. There is also a miscellaneous assortment of volumes that were received with the Kane family papers. | | | | Call #: | Mss.xxxx | | | | Extent: | 600.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Albany (Sloop-of-War). | American Philosophical Society. | Astronomical observatories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Aykroyd, Henry | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869 | Bank of the United States (1791-1811) | Banks and banking -- United States. | Bolivar, George W. | Boon, W. B. | Brandywine (Ship) | Breese, Samuel L., (Samuel Livingston), 1794-1870 | Bunker, Benjamin H. | Butchers. | Cargo ships -- United States. | Caster, A. | China -- Commerce -- 1644-1912. | Commonplace books. | Cumberland (Ship) | Davis, Amos | Donaldson, John | Duncan, R. R. | Education -- Europe -- 19th century. | Edward O'Brien (Ship) | Europe -- Commerce -- 18th century. | Europe -- Commerce -- 19th century. | Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank. | Girard's Bank. | Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 | Harris, William | Journals (notebooks). | Kaspar, Peter | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Law -- Societies, etc. | Ledgers. | Leesburg (Ship) | Leiper, Mary B. | Logbooks. | Lovell, H. H. | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century. | New World (Ship) | Parker, F. A. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century. | Pennsylvania Literary Association of Philadelphia. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor. | Receipt books. | Rice, J. D. | Roach, Hannah Benner. | Roath, H. G. | Roderic (Ship) | Sandusky (Ship) | Savanah (Ship) | Shipping -- United States -- 18th century. | Shipping -- United States -- 19th century. | Ships -- United States. | Smith, Robert | Society for the promotion of legal knowledge and forensic eloquence (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Telegraph (Ship) | United States -- Commerce -- 18th century. | United States -- Commerce -- 19th century. | University of Pennsylvania. | Wings of the Morning (Ship) | |
| 9 | Creator: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Kane Family Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1955 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of letters, legal papers and financial records of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia family. Spanning 1745-1955, detailed are the legal cases and political advocacy work of John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858), Robert Patterson Kane (1827-1906), and Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955). Also includes correspondence, architectural drawings, and photograph albums of the Cope family. Robert Patterson Kane's daughter Eliza Middleton Kane (1863-1952) married the Philadelphia architect Walter Cope (1860-1902) in 1893. The APS papers of Elisha Kent Kane are in call no. B K132. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.115 | | | | Extent: | 56.0 lin. feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 | American Friends Service Committee. | American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter. | American League to Abolish Capital Punishment. | Antebellum Politics | Architects. | Architectural drawings. | Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American. | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 | Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Baynard, Edward | Bills (financial). | Biographies. | Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888 | Briefs. | Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Cadwalader, Sophia Francis | Cadwalader, Thomas | Cain family. | Caldwell, Thomas | Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. | Collegiate Anti-Militarism League. | Commonplace Book | Cope & Stewardson | Cope, Anne Francis, 1900-1982 | Cope, Eliza Middleton Kane, 1863-1952 | Cope, Elizabeth Frances, 1898-1977 | Cope, Elizabeth Waln | Cope, Oliver, 1902-1994 | Cope, Thomas Pim, 1768-1854 | Cope, Thomas Pim, 1897-1977 | Cope, Walter, 1860-1902 | Coxe, Sophia | Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864 | Deeds. | Devries, William Levering | Diaries. | Diplomas. | Dow, Margaret Elder | Early National Politics | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Family Correspondence | Fisher, Eliza Middleton | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 | General Correspondence | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Girard Bank. | Giretti, Edoardo, b. 1864 | Green, John P. | Green, Rowland | Grier, Robert Cooper, 1794-1870 | Grinnell, Cornelius | Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 | Guillon, Constant | Haiti | Harding, George | Heazlett, Charles T. | Henry, Morton P., (Morton Pearson), 1826-1901 | Hood, Samuel, 1800?-1875 | Hubbell, Horace | Indian Rights Association. | Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc. | Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868 | Institutional Records | Insurance policies. | Italy -- Commerce. | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Kane, Elizabeth Francis Fisher | Kane, Elizabeth Wood, 1836-1909 | Kane, Florence Bayard, 1868-1943 | Kane, Francis Fisher, 1866-1955 | Kane, Jane Duval Leiper | Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Kane, John Kintzing, Jr. | Kane, Robert Patterson, 1827-1906 | Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883 | Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-1948 | Law | Law firms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Lawrence, William | Lawyers -- Pennsylvania. | Lawyers. | Legal Records | Leiper, Samuel M. | Leiper, William J. | Letterbooks. | Manuscripts (for publication). | Marriage and Family Life | McAllister, Richard | Miller, Jesse | Mitchell, S. Weir, (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 | Molzhan, Kurt -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Mormons -- Utah -- History. | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 | Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Expulsion of the Mormons. | Notebooks | Notes. | Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1948 | Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Patterson, Robert, 1802-1872 | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870 | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania Prison Society. | Pennsylvania--Politics and government | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor. | Philadelphia Voluntary Defender Association. | Phillips, Henry M., (Henry Myer), 1811-1884 | Photograph albums | Political Correspondence | Polk, James K., (James Knox), 1795-1849 | Poor -- Services for -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Princeton University. | Prison reformers -- United States. | Prisons -- Pennsylvania. | Purviance, John N. | Receipts. | Religion | Reports. | Ritter, Frank M. | Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937 | Saint George Society -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Saunders, R. M. | Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813 | Shields, James K. | Shunk, Francis R. | Snowden, James R. | Social Life and Custom | Social reformers -- United States. | St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.) | Strickland, William, 1787-1854 | Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | T Square Club. (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Taylor, John | Taylor, Robert | Tilghman, Benjamin, 1785-1850 | Trade | Trials (Espionage) -- United States. | Trials. | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. | United States -- Commerce. | University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Architecture. | Ute Indians | Ute Indians--Removal | Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 | Various authors | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Walnut, T. Henry | Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922 | Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928 | Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 | Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889 | Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | Woodward, George W., (George Washington), 1809-1875 | Workers' Defense League. | |
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