Abraham A. Neuman Papers
This collection documents the public and professional life of Abraham Neuman (1890-1970) and his presidency of Dropsie College.
Notable Collections
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August Friedrich Pott Collection
The core of the Penn Libraries’ outstanding linguistics collection is the library of August Friedrich Pott (1802-1887), professor of general and comparative linguistics at the University of Halle and first librarian of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.
James T. Farrell Collection
The prolific and once popular writer James T. Farrell (1904-1979) is perhaps best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy. Collections in the Kislak Center include Farrell's substantial surviving papers; a near-comprehensive group of his publications, including translations; and material about and from him in other collections.
Otto E. Albrecht Collection
Otto Edwin Albrecht (1899-1984) was an internationally known music bibliographer and professor of romance languages and musicology at the University of Pennsylvania.
U. S. Health Activism History Collection (Walter J. Lear U.S. Health Activism History Collection)
The U.S Health Activism History Collection is a group of archival collections centered on health care, health policy, and medical reform movements. Topics covered in these collections included poverty, civil rights, women's health, and many others. The original collector, Walter J. Lear (1923-2010), was a pioneering LGBT doctor and medical activist.