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	Author:	Dunn, L. C. , (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1974	Requires cookie*
	Title:	L. C. Dunn Papers
	Dates:	1911-1974
	Abstract:	Scholars of African American history will find interesting material in this collection on the subjects of race and biology, in particular in regards to Dunn's work with Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu.
	Call #:	Mss.B.D917
	Extent:	15.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	American-Soviet Friendship Council \| American-Soviet Science Society. \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Bjerknes, Kristian Bonnevie, 1901- \| Blakeslee, Albert Francis,1874-1954. \| Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 \| Bonnevie, Kristine \| Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938 \| Carrel, Alexis, 1873-1944 \| Caspari, Ernst W. \| Castle, William E., (William Ernest), 1867-1962 \| Cohn, Alfred E., (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 \| Columbia University. \| Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 \| Dahlberg, Gunnar, 1893-1956 \| Danforth, Charles H. (Charles Haskell) \| David, Paul R. \| Demerec, M., (Milislav), 1895-1966 \| Developmental genetics \| Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975 \| Drosophila -- Genetics \| Dunn, L. C. , (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1974 \| Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars \| Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979 \| Eugenics \| Evolution (Biology) \| Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962 \| Geneticists \| Genetics \| Genetics -- Soviet Union \| Geyer-Duszynska, Irene, 1924- \| Goldschmidt, Richard \| Gumbel, Emil J. \| Heredity \| Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 \| Iltis, Hugo \| Italy -- Population studies \| Ivanyi, Pavol \| Jennings, H. S., (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 \| Jews -- Population studies \| Jews -- Rome \| Jollas, Victor \| Landauer , Walter \| Landsteiner, Karl, 1868-1943 \| Lectures \| Lewontin, Richard Charles \| Mice -- Genetics \| Mohr, Otto Louis, 1886- \| Mohr, Tove \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 \| Muller, H. J., (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967 \| National Research Council. Committee on Experimental Animals and Plants \| Notebooks \| Photoprints \| Political refugees -- United States \| Popuation biology \| Poultry -- Genetics \| Primatology \| Race, race relations, racism \| Science and politics \| Stern, Curt, 1902-1981 \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964

	Author:	Hare-Willing family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Hare-Willing Family Papers
	Dates:	1724-1965
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to students of African American history are records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia (receipt book, 1820-1848; minute book, 1827-1844).
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.104
	Extent:	52 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Account books. \| African American \| African American churches -- United States \| Americans Abroad \| Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Beale, Catherine C. \| Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932 \| Beale, Constance R. \| Beale, Edward Fitzgerald \| Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 \| Clark, John Innes \| Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia. \| Flint (Ship) \| General Correspondence \| Hare, Charles Willing, 1871-1942 \| Hare, Ellen Mary Cassatt \| Hare, Emily P. Beale, 1848-1935 \| Hare, Esther Binney, 1873-1967 \| Hare, Esther Coxe Binney \| Hare, George Harrison \| Hare, Horace Binney \| Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879 \| Hare, Horace Binney, 1876-1956 \| Hare, John Innes Clark, 1816-1905 \| Hare, Margaret Willing, 1753-1816 \| Hare, Robert, 1752-1811 \| Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 \| Hare, Robert, 1869-1875 \| Hare, Thomas Truxtun, 1878-1956 \| Hare-Willing family. \| Harvard University \| Institutional Records \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Law \| Legal Records \| Letterbooks. \| Mac Veagh, Margaret \| Meigs, Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare \| Minutes. \| Miscellaneous \| Natural history \| Notebooks \| Perry-Smith, Oliver, 1884-1969 \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. \| Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. \| Philadelphia History \| Receipt books. \| Religion \| Religion, religious organizations \| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 \| San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. \| Science -- United States -- 19th century. \| Science and technology \| Scrapbooks. \| Smith, Stuart Farrar, 1874-1951 \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Steam-engines. \| Titantic (Steamship) \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States (Ship) \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. \| Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 \| Women's History \| World War I \| World War II

	Author:	Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Elisha Kent Kane Papers
	Dates:	1810-1953
	Abstract:	Among the most popular of American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, Kane visited Africa in 1846 aboard the frigate United States. The Kane collection contains a variety of fascinating materials relating to the slave trade and plight of African Americans in the nineteenth century. The papers consist of manuscript materials entitled "Journal of a Trip to Africa," "Slave voyage notebook," and "Whydah slave trade." Also, there are two "Africa: miscellaneous" folders which include an essay on the commercial policy and history of the Gold Coast, along with quantitative data for the years 1820-1843 regarding the repatriation of African Americans to Liberia.
	Call #:	Mss.B.K132
	Extent:	6.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Africa \| Africa -- Description and travel \| Americans Abroad \| Arctic Indians \| Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Arctic regions-Pictorial works \| Asia Minor -- Description and travel \| Bills. \| Blockley Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| China -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Colonization, repatriation \| Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892 \| Egypt -- Description and travel \| Engravings. \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Explorers -- United States \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 \| Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 \| General Correspondence \| Geometry -- Study and teaching \| Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Nunavut \| International Travel \| Inuit -- Canada \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island \| Journals (notebooks) \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Jane Duval Leiper \| Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795- \| Lectures \| Letterbooks \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Logbooks \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania \| Meteorology -- Arctic Regions \| Mexico -- Description and travel \| Mineralogy -- Study and teaching \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Northwest Passage \| Notebooks \| Obstetrics \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals \| Philadelphia. General Hospital \| Plantations \| Receipts \| Silhouettes \| Sketches. \| Slave trade -- Africa \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States. Navy \| Watercolors

	Author:	Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840	Requires cookie*
	Title:	C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque Papers, 1808-1840
	Dates:	1808-1840
	Abstract:	The collection contains a manuscript written for a contest sponsored by the Societe de Geographie de Paris. The organization sought the best-written history of the "origins of negroes." Rafinesque was awarded a gold medal for his work. Rafinesque, Constantine S. Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres, ou introduction a l'histoire des negres indigenes d'Asie, d'Afrique, polynesie, Amerique et Europe. 1831. 1 item (106 pages).
	Call #:	Mss.B.R124
	Extent:	1.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Bibliographies. \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Botany. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Delaware Indians \| Essays. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 \| Indians of North America -- Louisiana \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Manuscript Essays \| Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| North America -- Description and travel. \| Notebooks \| Ojibwa Indians \| Osage Indians \| Ottawa Indians \| Picture-writing \| Plains Indians \| Political Correspondence \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Tarascon, L. A. \| Travel \| Wallam olum \| Zoology.