7. Manuscript Collections

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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled in 1997 by Ingersoll's grandson, Perry Benson, Jr., and a presentation copy of "Some account of the singular beginnings of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia: 1957) by Grant Simon.

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This collection contains research material compiled by the art historian, Ruth Butler.

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"Price Papers" is the original bound typescript compiled by Sarah Dickson Lowrie that she intended to publish as a biography of Eli Kirk Price (1870-1933), a well-known civic leader, who was closely associated with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The volume is richly illustrated with maps, clippings, ephemera and photographs and includes some correspondence and typescripts of family letters.

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The collection is comprised of the papers of Ralph Beaver Strassburger (1883-1959), his wife Mae Bourne Strassburger (1881-1975), and estate records of their son, J. A. Peter Strassburger. Much of the collection involves Ralph and Mae Strassburger's receipts and correspondence with auction houses and dealers of both fine and decorative art. Also included are the auction appraisals of the Strassburger estate known as Normandy Farms, as well as museum correspondence with estate heirs.

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This collection consists of Titus C. Geesey's correspondence with curators, directors and other individuals written from 1945 to 1969, primarily regarding loans and gifts from his collection of American folk art, and in particular, Pennsylvania German objects.

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The Violet Oakley Collection documents the range Oakley's artistic talents, particularly as a muralist, with her commitment to pacifism and feminism.

Abstract This collection consists of approximately five months worth of letters written by the artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953) in which he describes his 1931-1932 journey back to Japan in vivid detail. Writing to his wife Katherine (Schmidt) in New York, Kuniyoshi details every experience, particularly the social and media activities surrounding his one-man exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka, and his visits to Okayama to spend time with his dying father. A few photographs of Kuniyoshi's train stop in...

Abstract The Zieget Shaker Collection Papers document Irene and Julius Zieget's relationship with the Shaker community while they developed an extensive collection of Shaker art and crafts. The papers also include some of the Ziegets' acquisitions--nineteenth- and early twentieth-century manuscript material. Included here are records of deaths, recipes and other household instructions along with spiritual messages, blessings and hymns all recorded neatly in the distinctive and decorative Shaker...