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S.H. Cleveland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.58
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1887-1900, of Pennsylvania sawmill worker S.H. Cleveland. The collection takes the form of 13 diaries and several deposit slips. The diaries chronicle the daily activities of S.H. Cleveland. Cleveland writes of work, his engagement and marriage, travels, and various other aspects of his life.

Dates: 1887-1900
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Cortland Way Starr letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01859
Content Description Collection contains correspondence and a single photograph of Courtland Way Starr. Correspondence contains accounts from soldier Courtland Way Starr to mother in Long Island N.Y. Corrrespondence includes accounts from Harrisburg PA on June 26, 1863, recounting his experiences in the army and with the 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn. Letter to mother on July 5, 1863, from Laurel Ford in Pennsylvania describes the exhaustive, cold conditions and the harsh realities of army life. Letter to Mother...
Dates: 1863
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Mary and Hannah Gibbons Papers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.51
Scope and Contents Papers, 1793-1890, of sisters and Quaker educators, Mary and Hannah Gibbons. A small number of papers are directly related to their brother, Joseph Gibbons. Correspondence predominantly discusses relatives, friends, travels, and religious sentiments. The second series of items is family and personal papers, consisting of poems, copied scripture, drug prescriptions, and family records. The papers relating to the Infant School established by Mary and Hannah Gibbons make up the third series and...
Dates: 1743-1890
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Zelda Haus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.134A
Scope and Contents The Zelda Haus Papers cover her time at both Marion Junior College and Susquehanna University.  Haus attended Marion Junior College, a woman's college, from 1923 to 1925.  While there she took part in numerous religiously focused organizations such as the Lutheran League.  These organizations focused on both domestic issues and international issues such as the Armenian Genocide.  In 1925, Haus enrolled in Susquehanna University, located on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Selinsgrove,...
Dates: 1922-1927
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

J. Linderman Wells Ledgers

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame122-123
Scope and Contents

Ledgers, 1858-1865, of J. Linderman Wells, merchant.  Per 1870 census, Wells lived in the general area of Chester, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1858-1865
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Samuel W. Meek Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 M47
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1886-1917, received by Samuel W. Meek in his connection with newspapers in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D. C. and as business manager for the Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va. and for The Press in Philadelphia, Pa. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, Ellis A. Gimbel and John Wanamaker.

Dates: 1886-1917
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Francis Murphy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 M95
Scope and Contents

Letters received by Murphy, a temperance reformer in Pittsburgh, Pa., inviting him to speak and to organize campaigns of "gospel temperance" in Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Includes an "Outline of Program for Conduct of Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Meetings."

Dates: 1886-1898
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Materia Medica Notebook

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Nme11
Scope and Contents

Notes, ca. 1840-1850, from lectures on "materia medica," [probably taken at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.]

Dates: circa 1840-1850
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) Record Book

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Identifier: SC 01586
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a monthly report book for Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) for the years 1879-1889. On the front cover, the school is also referred to as "Clayton or Girty." it appears to have been a one-room school with roughly 50 students between 5-15 years old. Recorded are student names, attendance, books used, teacher salary payments, visitors, and statistics.An undated exhibit label, glued into the volume (November...
Dates: 1879-1889
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Rush's Lectures, Medical Student Notes

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Identifier: SC 00176
Scope and Contents

A medical student's notes, possibly as a student of Dr. Benjamin Rush of the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania).  Includes an index with entries such as Animal Food, Blisters and Diseases of the Mind.  Each topic is handwritten on one page, with a description of the ailment and the remedy.  Notes are bound in book form with a leather cover.  The spine has a title "Rush's Lectures."  440 pages.   Notes are on numbered pages 1 - 330 and the index is at end of book.

Dates: circa 1790-1799
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

William W. Silvis Letter to Samuel Steel

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Identifier: SC 01105
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1865 January 12, from William W. Silvis, Oakland Crossroads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Samuel Steel. In the letter, Silvis talks about the health of Steel's family and the halt of rail roading as a result of the cold weather, wonders if Steel has been in any fights while in the Union Army, and notes that there will be a draft in February if the quota of soldiers is not met. The letter was given by Katrina Garrison in honor of Elizabeth Yeates.

Dates: 1865 January 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Simon Snyder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00346
Content Description

Family papers of Governor Simon Snyder of Pennsylvania and his grandson, General Simon Snyder, brigadier general in Cuba and the Philippines. 56 items: 13 letters, 7 other manuscripts, 17 photographs, and 19 pieces of ephemera.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1819-2011
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

William Baird Westmore Notebook

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Nme3
Scope and Contents

Notes, 1811-1812, on the "Practice of Medicine" taken by William Baird Westmore of Petersburg, Va. from the lectures of Dr. Benjamin Rush, of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1811-1812
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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