Item 41: Booklet edited by Margaret Sherburne Eliot and Sylvester K. Stevens, titled “Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Pennsylvania”, 1939
Item — Box: 18, Folder: 14
Dates
- Created: 1939
Creator
- Stevens, Sylvester Kirby, 1904-1974 (Person)
Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities
Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Booklet
Condition Note:
Poor.
Measurements:
9 in. x 6 in.
Title:
Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Pennsylvania
Description:
This booklet presents collections in various archives.A list of holdings of various archives and their locations throughout Pennsylvania. Roy F. Nichols wrote forward for this work, in which he wrote how he hopes it will help future researchers. Nichols was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and wrote many books on the history of United States politics. The preface was written by Karl Goedecke. He was the State Director of the Historical Records Survey. The preface states the reason why the Pa Historical Commission wanted this work made. This booklet was created to aid researchers in finding material that they needed. In the early 20th century the libraries, museums, and historical societies all had different organizational systems at their institutions. Historians felt like the different systems impacted their abilities to effectively research their work. This booklet lists the institutions throughout the state and then the “holdings” which is a brief description of the archives they had.
Creator
- Stevens, Sylvester Kirby, 1904-1974 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu