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Ms-226: Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania Trade Cards, Olivia R. Simmet
Ms-226: Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania Trade Cards, Olivia R. Simmet
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This collection contains 80 nineteenth century trade cards from businesses primarily in Philadelphia (six are from other Pennsylvania location) as well as two decorative images and one three- dimensional square map of Central Europe in German. The cards advertise for a variety of goods and services, including clothing, groceries, beauty and health products, printers, plumbers, jewelers, florists, and more. Many of the cards depict cherubic children, fashionable men and women, prudent consumers using the products advertised, fine art, and include poems, promotions, and manufacturer guarantees. These cards may be of interest to anyone studying methods of advertisement and marketing, graphic …
Ms-036: Radical Pamphlets, 1965 – 1975, Christine M. Ameduri
Ms-036: Radical Pamphlets, 1965 – 1975, Christine M. Ameduri
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This collection is divided into two sections. Radical Pamphlets, consists of pamphlets on broad topics such as labor, communism, ecology, poverty, racism and women’s rights. The second series is the Peace Movement and consists of pamphlets, papers, newspaper clippings and correspondence dealing with the Vietnam Conflict and Peace Movement in the United States compiled by David Mozes, a friend of Scott, Nancy and Jim Scott, and Michael J. Hobor, Class of 1969.
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Ms-012: Robert Weidensall Collection, Christine M. Ameduri
Ms-012: Robert Weidensall Collection, Christine M. Ameduri
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Credited with establishing a YMCA branch on the Gettysburg College campus in 1867, Robert Weidensall (1836 - 1922) was elected the first national field secretary of the International Committee of the YMCA in 1868, a position which he held until his retirement in 1918.
The collection is almost exclusively comprised of materials relating to Weidensall's work with the International YMCA, much of it authored by himself. No personal information other than his employment history with the association is included.
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Ms-032: Letters Of The Toomey Family During World War I, Jaclyn Campbell
Ms-032: Letters Of The Toomey Family During World War I, Jaclyn Campbell
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The Toomey collection is composed primarily of correspondence and is arranged into four sections including letters to Leo Toomey, Joe Toomey, Mary Ellen Toomey, and other miscellaneous correspondence.
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