Skip to main content

Scrapbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Graff 19th Century Feather Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-2009-015
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook is comprised of 90 pages each decorated with bird feathers arranged artisticly, and pasted to the paper. Most species represented are local and common or domesticated, with some exceptions including the macaws from Brazil, and the prairie hens. The title page features the creator's name in feathers.

Dates: Before 1896

ANSP Publicity, Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0417
Scope and Contents The collection consists of scrapbooks and papers which have been preserved mostly by the Department of Public Relations. The contents include two volumes of newspaper clippings, 1880-1895 with seven other volumes containing some 1300 printed announcements of events and general information about the Academy and its activities, 1902-57. These were assembled by E. J. Nolan and V. T. Phillips. A card index is filed in the library of the seven volumes last mentioned and may be consulted by...
Dates: 1880-1957

Bradford collection of biographies of Homeopathic Physicians

 Collection
Identifier: HU-064
Overview

Dr. Thomas L. Bradford (1847-1918) was a practicing homeopathic physician in Maine, Europe and Philadelphia. While practicing and teaching in Philadelphia he served as curator for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1916, he collected, organized and maintained material for 35 scrapbooks of biographical information about homeopathic physicians.

Dates: 1868 - 1918

Custis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-009
Overview Papers of the Custis family, 1851-1967. Collection contains materials reflecting the training and practice of homeopathic physicians, Horace Hatch Custis, Jr. (Hahnemann Medical College class of 1937), his uncle Gregg Custis, Jr. (Hahnemann Medical College class of 1888), and Gregg’s son J.B. Custis, Sr. (New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital class of 1878). Gregg began his career working for the railroad; however, after retiring, he attended medical school. His son, J.B. Custis,...
Dates: 1851-1967

Delaware Valley Ornithological Club records

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0074
Scope and Contents Includes constitution, minutes, lists and photographs of members, treasurer's reports, programs, scrapbook of activities, 1890-99, and general historical papers and correspondence.Signers of letters and documents: Baily, William L. (14) 1890-1900; Baker, Charles H. 1900; Batchelder, C. F. 1892; Bendix, Charles E. 1892; Bicknell, Eugene P. 1895; Bishop, Louis B. 1898; Bissegger, John B. 1896; Buller, W. H. (2) 1895-98; Bush, Walter D. 1898; Chapman, Frank M. 1894; Cope, Francis...
Dates: 1884 - 2003

Drexel family collection

 Collection — Box OV1
Identifier: MC-00-001
Abstract The Drexel family, children and descendants of Francis M. Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-1870), have been a prominent Philadelphia family since the 1840s. The fortune of the family was built on Francis Drexel's brokerage firm Drexel & Co., whose business and partnerships were further expanded by Drexel's sons including Anthony J. Drexel (1826-1893), the founder of Drexel University. The collection contains correspondence, memoirs, genealogical charts, newsletters,...
Dates: 1826-1996

Drexelterians: Through the Years scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: unknown container
Identifier: UR-08-009
Scope and content note

This collection consists of a scrapbook of the Drexelterians, a non-sectarian, Christian student organization. It features officer listings, newspaper clippings from the Triangle newspaper, meeting announcements and event flyers, a calendar of activities, membership cards, booklets from associated Christian organizations, two photographs of unidentified members, and other related ephemera. The information included is from the years 1941-1950 and is spread evenly across these dates.

Dates: 1941-1950

George W. Childs obituary notices scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-00-039
Scope and Contents This collection is made up of 4 volumes of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings surrounding the death, funeral, and will of George W. Childs, as well as many commemorative biographical articles that ran in the weeks following his death. There are two sets of two volumes each. The sets are nearly identical, containing essentially the same articles, but arranged differently. “Volume I of the Obituary Notices of Geo W. Childs” contains clippings primarily from New York newspapers,...
Dates: 1894

George W. Childs scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MC-00-038
Overview

The George W. Childs scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and correspondence, with occasional photographs and other ephemera. The topics are primarily Mr. Childs' career, business and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1855-1874