Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Scope and Contents Correspondence describing the statue and its inspiration, including a translated letter from sculptor Einar Jónsson detailing the design (1919), and correspondence among George Wharton Pepper, Edward Biddle, Eli Kirk Price, and J. Bunford Samuel regarding a dispute over the correct date of Karlsefni's arrival in North America, ultimately resolved through consultation with Professor Julius Emil Olson of the University of Wisconsin (1919). Also includes an undated letter from Samuel to the...