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Diaries and Notebooks of Marian Anderson

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries house the papers of the famed American singer Marian Anderson. As part of a CLIR hidden collections digitization grant the University of Pennsylvania Libraries digitized over 2,500 items from the Anderson collection including several of her handwritten...

• Marian Anderson Correspondence
• Marian Anderson Notebooks, Journals, and Diaries

Kislak Center Recipe Books

The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania houses a wide variety of recipe books among its collections. These include culinary recipes, comprising food and drink; medicinal recipes, for both humans and animals; household recipes, for...

Penn Manuscript Transcription

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) Collection manuscripts

The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) is the oldest agricultural society in the United States. Organized in 1785, it has played key roles in developing many of the farming methods and institutions responsible for the abundance that is the hallmark of our modern food system....

Thompson Westcott scrapbooks of the History of the Philadelphia Stage

Travel Diaries and Journals