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Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer collection
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, Philadelphia historian, include material on: the thrift movement, establishment of school savings banks and thrift savings banks in the United States, 1886-1928; Historical Pageants of Philadelphia, 1908 and 1912, data on their or...
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| Collection: | Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer Collection |
| Collection Number: | 0460 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson |d 1868-1936 |e creator | |
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| 520 | |a Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, Philadelphia historian, include material on: the thrift movement, establishment of school savings banks and thrift savings banks in the United States, 1886-1928; Historical Pageants of Philadelphia, 1908 and 1912, data on their organization, administration, finance, and executive committee meetings, with water color drawings of costumes and pageantry, posters, names of subscribers and of members, souvenirs; Indian Welfare in Oklahoma; Civil War; abolition of slavery; Temperance Union; Valley Forge Commission; education; motion picture censorship; League for Better Moving Pictures; Sesqui-Centennial Exposition. A portion of correspondence relates to publications, essays, lectures, and biographies of Robert Morris, Jay Cooke, Salmon P. Chase, Charles B. Brown, and others; included in this group of papers are Sarah Louisa Oberholtzer's letters, poems and essays. Papers of an earlier period include: deeds of grants of land in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, 1735-1809; inventory of the estate of Thomas Potts, 1762; Uwchlan Society of Friends, notes and minutes of meetings, 1806; John and Paxson Vicker correspondence, 1823-1844; papers relating to the Pickering Valley Railroad, 1869-1870; and other items of social and political character. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Censorship--Motion Pictures--Early 20th Century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Commemorative Celebrations--Philadelphia. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Historians--Early 20th Century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Historical Pageants--Independence Hall |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer Collection |l 0460 | ||