Vol. 40 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
New Additions to the Bonfils Photographic Collection: From the Archives
The Museum Archives has recently received from Drexel University Libraries (Philadelphia) a gift of 120 Bonfils photographic prints to be […]
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Vol. 41 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati and Jennifer Quick
The Flowering of the Museum Gardens: From the Archives
The University of Pennsylvania Museum sits on a plot of land that had been reserved by the City of Philadelphia […]
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By: Alex Pezzati
Sitio Conte Excavations Come to Life on the Web: From the Archives
J. Alden Mason wrote this unabashed paean to the American Section’s Linton Satterthwaite when he was excavating at Sitio Conte, […]
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Vol. 42 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
Thomas C. Donaldson and the 1890 U.S. Census: From the Archives
The University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives houses thousands of 19th centry photographs documenting people and places all over the world. […]
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Vol. 42 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati
A Crowning Achievement: Zelia Nuttall in Czarist Russia: From the Archives
Why was Zelia Nuttall, a well-known Aztec scholar, engaged to travel to Russia as a representative of the University of […]
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Vol. 42 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
Painted Walls, Painted Faces: From the Archives
The University of Pennsylvania Museum is not known for its collections of oil paintings, but the Archives displays a few […]
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By: Alex Pezzati
World Photography on the Worldwide Web: From the Archives
The photographic collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives consist of approximately 300,00o items: glass and film negatives, paper-based […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati
Borneo and Beyond: The Adventures of Furness, Harrison, and Hiller: From the Archives
Between 1895 and 1903, three young men affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania undertook several expeditions to the mysterious world […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
The Hand of Fate in Tatiana Proskouriakoff’s Career: From the Archives
Of all the brilliant minds that have lit up the firmament of ancient Maya studies, there is none that arouses […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
Murder in Mesopotamia: From the Archives
The Setting is an Archaeological expedition to Ur, in Iraq, during the 1930s. The beautiful, intriguing, and temperamental wife of […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati
From the Archives: The Big One That Got Away: Heye-day Ends With Loss of Prized American Indian Collection
In the early 20th century, the University of Pennsylvania Museum competed with other museums in the United States and Europe for collections of primitive and ancient […]
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Vol. 45 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
The Inventor and the Sultan: Bright Idea Opens the Way for Excavations in Ancient Nippur: From the Archives
The Museum was in its infancy in 1888 when Rev. Dr. John Punnett Peters was in Constantinople (now Istanbul), then […]
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Vol. 45 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
Held in the Archives: Famous Jazz Age Artist’s Watercolors in UPM’s Archives: From the Archives
The old cliché that museums and archives are full of undiscovered treasures is true. Though one works constantly to identify and catalog […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
Goldberg Variations: Archives Houses Over 16,000 Eclectic Images From Photographer Reuben Goldberg
The Archives is known for its collections of field notes and photographs documenting human cultures and archaeological remains around the world. […]
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By: Alex Pezzati
Nipper in the Jungle: From the Archives
One of the world’s most recognizable logos is that of Nipper, the little black and white fox terrier, head cocked, […]
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Vol. 47 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati
The Scholar and the Impostor: From the Archives
“Real South African at U. of P. Museum” Thus was a new “exhibit” at the Museum announced on January 28, […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
‘So long, until tomorrow’: Lowell Thomas and the ‘History of Civilization’ Fireplace: From the Archives
LOWELL JACKSON THOMAS (1892–1981) was the voice of the news in the U.S. for almost half a century, hosting CBS […]
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By: Alex Pezzati
Charles R. Sheeler, Jr.: A Famous Artist Photographs the Museum: Charles R. Sheeler, Jr.: A Famous Artist Photographs the Museum
Charles R. Sheeler, jr. (1883–1965), a pioneer of American modernism, was one of the most important American artists and photographers […]
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Vol. 50 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati and James R. Mathieu
Is Your Mind Ready for Adventure?: From the Archives
“EXPEDITION—for the adventurous mind. If you’re puzzled about man’s fate, about his potential for greatness or failure in this sometimes […]
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