Walter George Smith papers, 1836-1933 (MC 47)

...ins correspondence, including family correspondence; diaries, journals and travel logs; speeches, addresses, published and unpublished writings. Scrapbooks, memorabilia, and obituaries are also included. A significant portion of the materials concern Smith’s resignation as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania- a position he had held for 18 years- which made

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...death of the family dog.[9] Much of the correspondence also relates to the travel that the sisters did, from summering in Rhode Island to travelling in Europe.[10] Jane would also often write her brother William, who ran the family bookstore, asking for him to send books to her and her

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite papers, 1865-1954 (MC 2)

...in 1933. The Elizabeth Sarah Kite papers date from 1865 to 1954, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1935, and document the life and literary endeavors of Elizabeth Sarah Kite. This collection contains mostly correspondence, including Kite family letters, as well as ephemera, poems, research notes, autobiographical writings, and drafts

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