Manuscript Collections
Penn Museum's Manuscript Collections include selections from Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Near East, Mediterranean, Europe, Asia, the Americas, and several private collections.
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1000 * Henry M. Kerr — Cameroon, 1893–1897
1001 * Amandus Johnson — Angola, 1922–1924
1002 Henry U. Hall — Sierra Leone, 1936–1937
1003 Thomas S. Githens — African Handbook, 1944–1951
Carleton S. Coon — South Africa, 1955
1004 Nicholas B. David — Bé, Cameroon, 1966–1970
1005 Margaret Plass, David Crownover — West Africa, 1969
- North Africa (except Egypt)
- 1006 Talcott Williams — Morocco, 1897–1898
1141 Carleton S. Coon — Libya, 1966–1967
- Egypt
- 1007 Charles Rosher — Dendereh, Egypt, 1896
Sara Y. Stevenson — Egypt, 1898
1008 David Randall-MacIver, Leonard Woolley — Nubia, 1907–1911
Eckley B. Coxe
1009 Clarence S. Fisher — Giza, Egypt, 1914–1915
1010 Clarence S. Fisher — Memphis (Mit-Rahineh), Egypt, 1915–1923
1011 Clarence S. Fisher — Dendereh, Egypt, 1915–1918
1012 Clarence S. Fisher — Dra Abu el-Naga (Thebes), Egypt, 1921–1923
1013 Alan Rowe — Meydum, Egypt, 1929–1932
1014 Rudolf Anthes — Memphis, Egypt, 1955–1956
Yale-Penn Expedition to Nubia, Egypt
Froelich G. Rainey — Aswan Dam Salvage, Abu Simbel and other Nubian sites, Egypt
1015 Ray Smith, Donald Redford — Akhenaten Temple Project, Egypt, 1966–1970
- Near East
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- Iraq
- 1016 * William Ward, John H. Haynes — Wolfe Expedition to Mesopotamia, 1884–1885
1017 John P. Peters, Hermann V. Hilprecht, John H. Haynes, Clarence S. Fisher — Nippur, Iraq, 1889–1900
1018 C. Leonard Woolley, Leon Legrain, Max E. Mallowan — Ur, Iraq, 1922–1934
1019 Edward Chiera, Charles Bache — Nuzi, Iraq, 1927–1931
1020 Erich F. Schmidt — Fara, Iraq, 1931
1021 E. A. Speiser — Tepe Gawra, Iraq, 1930–1938
1022 E. A. Speiser, Charles Bache — Tell Billa, Iraq, 1931–1933
1023 E. A. Speiser, Charles Bache — Khafaje and Kara Tepe, Iraq, 1937–1938
1024 Francis Steele, Carleton S. Coon — Nippur, Iraq, 1949–1951
1025 Theresa H. Carter — Tell al-Rimah, Iraq, 1964–1966
1140 Jeanny V. Canby – Ur-Nammu Stela, c. 2001
- Iran
- 1026 Erich F. Schmidt — Tepe Hissar (Damghan), Iran, 1931–1932
1027 Frederick R. Wulsin — Tureng Tepe, Iran, 1931
1028 Erich F. Schmidt — Rayy (Rhages), Iran, 1934–1937
1029 Erich F. Schmidt — Luristan Valley, Iran, 1934–1938
Erich F. Schmidt — Aerial Survey, Iran, 1935–1937
Erich F. Schmidt — Persepolis, Iran, 1937–1939
Robert H. Dyson — Hasanlu, Iran, 1955–1977
Robert H. Dyson — Tepe Hissar, Iran, 1976–1977
1030 Robert H. Dyson — Dinkha Tepe, 1966–1968
1141 Carleton S. Coon – 1949-1955
- Syria-Palestine
- 1031 Clarence S. Fisher, Alan Rowe, Gerald M. Fitzgerald — Beth Shean, Palestine (Israel), 1921–1933
1032 * Elihu Grant — Beth Shemesh (Ain Shems), Palestine (Israel), 1929–1933
James B. Pritchard — Jericho, Israel, 1951
1033 James B. Pritchard — El-Jib (Gibeon), , 1956–1961
1034 James B. Pritchard — Tell-es-Sa’Idiyeh, Jordan, 1964–1968
1035 James B. Pritchard — Sarepta (Sarafand), Lebanon, 1969–1976
- Turkey
- 1036 Erich Schmidt — Alishar Huyuk, Turkey, 1928–1929
1037 Kirsopp Lake — Lake Van, Turkey, 1938–1939
- Mediterranean (Classical or Greco-Roman Archaeology)
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- Greece
- Michael Jameson — Porto Cheli (Halieis), Greece, 1962–1973
1047 Henry Lamar Crosby – Travel Images 1930's
John T. Dimick — Kythera, Greece, 1963–1966
Elizabeth K. Ralph — Helice, Greece, 1966
Elizabeth K. Ralph — Akrotiri, Thera, Greece, 1968
- Crete
- 1038 Harriet Boyd Hawes, Edith Hall Dohan — Gournia, Vasiliki, and Kavousi, Crete, 1901–1904
Edith Hall Dohan — Sphoungaras, Crete, 1912
1039 Richard B. Seager — Pseira, Pachyammos, Crete, 1911–19
- Italy
- 1040 Arthur L. Frothingham — Etruria, Italy, 1895–1898
1041 Jotham Johnson — Minturnae, Italy, 1931–1933
1042 Froelich G. Rainey, Elizabeth K. Ralph — Sybarys, Italy, 1961–1968
1043 Oliver C. Colburn, Elizabeth K. Ralph, G. Roger Edwards — Torre del Mordillo (Thurii), Italy, 1963–1967
1044 Lorenzo Quilici, James Delmege — La Civita di Artena, Italy, 1964–1967
1045 Theresa H. Carter — Pithekoussai, Ischia, Italy, 1964–1971
1046 John Ward-Perkins, George F. Bass — Gravina, Italy, 1966–1971
Elizabeth K. Ralph — Ciro, Italy, 1969
Paola Zancani-Monturo — Temessa, Italy, 1970–1971
- Cyprus
- 1048 * Max Ohnefalsch-Richter — Cyprus, 1890–1891
1049 B. H. Hill — Lapithos, Cyprus, 1931–1932
1050 George H. McFadden, John Franklin Daniel, G. Roger Edwards — Kourion (Curium), Cyprus, 1935–1954
1051 * Diana Buitron Oliver, Kourion, Cyprus, 19
- Turkey
- 1052 * John H. Haynes — Assos, Turkey, 1881–1883
- North Africa
- Theresa H. Carter — Leptis Magna, Libya, 1960–1961
Theresa H. Carter — Cyrenaica, Libya, 1962
Aubrey S. Trik — Leptis Magna, Libya, 1966
Froelich G. Rainey — Tibesti Mountains, Libya, 1969
1053 Donald White — Marsa Matruh, Egypt, 1984-1991
Underwater Archaeology
1054 George F. Bass — Cape Gelidonya, Turkey, 1960
George F. Bass — Yassi Ada, Turkey,
Peter Throckmorton — Lake Bolsena and Taranto, Italy, 1964–1965
Michael Katzev — Kyrenia, Cyprus, 1968–1974
1055 David Owen, Cynthia Eiseman — Porticello, Italy, 1969–1982
- Europe
- Henry C. Mercer — Spain, France, 1892–1893
1056 Zelia Nuttall — Russia, 1896
1057 Henry U. Hall — Siberia, 1914–1915
1058 Vladimir J. Fewkes — Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, 1929–1932
1059 Eugene Golomshtok — Russia, 1931–1933
1137 Bernard Wailes – Dun Ailinne, Ireland 1968-1975
- Asia, East
- 1060 William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 1896
William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — China, Mongolia, and Siberia, 1898–1899
W illiam H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Ainu, Japan, 1901
Carl W. Bishop — China, 1915–1918
Helen Fernald — China, 1928–1929
1132 Elizabeth Lyons papers
- Asia, South and Southeast (including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India)
- William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Veddahs, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1899
William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Assam, India, 1899–1900
William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Burma, 1900
William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Menangkebau, Sumatra, 1901
1061 Alexander Scott — India and Tibet, 1914–1920
1062 * Rodolphe de Schauensee — Thailand, Burma, and Bali, 1932
1063 * Rodolphe de Schauensee -- Southwestern Africa, 1930
1064 Ernest Mackay, W. Norman Brown — Chanhu-Daro, Pakistan, 1935–1936
1065 Schuyler V. R. Cammann, Rodney S. Young — Balkh and Kunduz, Afghanistan, 1953-1954
1141 Carleton S. Coon — Kara Kamar, Afghanistan, 1964
1066 George F. Dales — Makran Coast, Pakistan, 1960–1961
George F. Dales — Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan, 1964–19
George F. Dales — Chansen, Thailand, 1967–1969
George F. Dales — Seistan, Afghanistan, 1968–1972
1067 Gregory L. Possehl — Gujarat, India, 1971–1972
1068 Chester F. Gorman, Joyce White — Ban Chiang, Thailand, 1973–19
1069 Vimala Begley, Bennett Bronson — Kantarodai, Sri Lanka, 1966-1970
Gregory L. Possehl — Oriyo Timbo, India, 1982
1138 Thomas Zwicker Papers
- Oceania (Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and island Southeast Asia)
- William H. Furness, Alfred C. Harrison, Hiram M. Hiller — Borneo, 1896–1898
1070 Ward H. Goodenough — New Guinea, 1951
Ward H. Goodenough, Ann M. Chowning — Nakanai, New Britain, 1954
1071 Charles A. Valentine
1072 * Margaret Matches Newman — New Guinea, 1929
1133 William Davenport
- North America (including the United States and the North American Arctic)
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- Arctic
- 1073 Edward A. McIlhenny — Alaska, 1897–1898
1074 George B. Gordon — Alaska, 1905, 1907
Louis Shotridge — Alaska, British Columbia, 1912–1932
1075 William B. Van Valin — Point Barrow, Alaska, 1917–1919
1076 Alfred E. Hopson — Point Barrow, Alaska, 1929
1077 Frederica de Laguna — Alaska, 1930–1953
1078 Henry Michael — Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1952
1079 * Wendell P.. Roop
- United States
- 1080 * Wilson M. Dickeson — Mississippi and Lousiana, 1834–1844
1081 * Charles H. Stephens — Blackfeet, Montana, 1891
Charles C. Abbott — New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 1890s
Henry C. Mercer — New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Maine 1890s
1082 Frank H. Cushing — Florida, 1895–1896
1083 Stewart Culin — Western United States, 1900–1901
Stewart Culin — Zuni, New Mexico, 1902
1084 Edward Sapir, J. Alden Mason — Utah, 1909
1085 Frank G. Speck — Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada,1908–1950
1086 Wilson D. Wallis — Micmac and Hopi, 1911–1913
Mark R. Harrington —
1087 Gerda Sebbelov — Osage, Oklahoma, 1911
J. Alden Mason — Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1929
J. Alden Mason — Texas and Southwest Expedition, 1929
1088 Charles Bache, Mary Butler, Linton Satterthwaite — Beech Bottom, Virginia, 1930
Vladimir J. Fewkes — Irene Mound, Georgia, 1938
1089 Edgar B. Howard — Texas and New Mexico, 1930–1941
1090 Linton Satterthwaite, Charles Bache, Edgar B. Howard — Finley, Wyoming, 1940–1941
1091 Linton Satterthwaite — Tranquility, California, 1944
1092 Frank G. Speck, John Witthoft — Cherokee and Catawba, North Carolina, 1946
1093 * Samuel Pennypacker
1094 * H. N. Rust
1095 Charles Hazzard, H. Jay Smith Exploring Co.
- American Historical Archaeology
- 1096 John L. Cotter — Philadelphia, Jamestown, Natchez, etc., 1951–1979
1135 Jeffrey M. Kenyon — Gorgas Mill Complex, 1964-1976
1097 Mary Butler — Morton Mortonsen House, Philadelphia, 1979
- Central America
- 1098* Daniel G. Brinton — Notes, 1890s
Henry C. Mercer — Yucatan, Mexico, 1895
1099* * Augustus Le Plongeon — Yucatan, Mexico, 189
1100* * George B. Gordon — Copán, Honduras, 1896
1101 Stewart Culin — Cuba, 1901
George B. Gordon — Yucatán, 1910
1102 Robert Burkitt — Guatemala, 1913–1934
1103 J. Alden Mason — Puerto Rico, 1914–1915
1104 Percy C. Madeira, J. Alden Mason — Aerial Expedition, Guatemala and Mexico, 1930
1105 J. Alden Mason, Linton Satterthwaite — Piedras Negras, Guatemala, 1931–1939
1106 Linton Satterthwaite — Various sites, Mexico and Guatemala, 1932–1937
1107 M. Louise Baker — Guatemala, Mexico, 1931–1933
1139 J. Alden Mason — Linguistic expeditions to Mexico (Durango, Mexico, 1936; Tepehuán, Mexico, 1948)
1097 (with historical arch. collection) Mary Butler — Guatemala, 1939–1946
1108 J. Alden Mason — Sitio Conte, Panama, 1940
1109 Linton Satterthwaite — Caracol, British Honduras (Belize), 1951–1953
1110 Linton Satterthwaite — Various sites, British Honduras (Belize), 1951–1953
1111 William R. Coe, Robert J. Sharer — Chalchuapa, El Salvador, 1954, 1966–1970
1112 Edward Shook, William R. Coe — Tikal, Guatemala 1955–1970
1113 Ruben E. Reina, Margaret Arrot — Guatemalan Pottery Project, 1950s–1960s
Ruben E. Reina — Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain, 1966
1114 Elizabeth K. Ralph — La Venta, Mexico, 1969
1134 Ruben E. Reina — Antigua, Guatemala, 1969–1970
1115 Arlen and Diane Chase — Tayasal, Guatemala, 1971–1973
1116 * Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1117 * Hiram M. Hiller — Cuba, 1902–1907
- South America
- 1118 Max Uhle — Bolivia and Peru, 1895–1896
Max Uhle — Pachacamac, Peru, 1896–1897
1119 Algot Lange — Brazil
1120 William C. Farabee — Amazon Expedition; British Guiana, Brazil, and Peru, 1913–1916
1121 * John Ogilvie — British Guiana, 1910–19
1122 Theodoor de Booy — Venezuela, 1918
1123 * J. Alden Mason — Santa Marta, Colombia, 1921–1923
1124 William C. Farabee — Andean Expedition, Peru,1922–1923
1125 Gregory Mason — Colombia, 1931–1932
1126 Vincenzo Petrullo — Mato Grosso Expedition, Brazil, 1931
Vincenzo Petrullo — Venezuela, 1933
Vincenzo Petrullo — Colombia and Venezuela, 1934–1935
J. Alden Mason — Peru, 1952
1127 Alfred Kidder II — Bolivia, 1954–1955
1128 Berkeley R. Lewis — Venezuela, 1958
Karen M. Chavez — Peru, 1965–1967
Frank E. Johnston — Peru, 1966
- Physical Anthropology
- 1129 Solomon Katz — Point Barrow, Alaska, 1969–1972
1130 Wilton Krogman
- Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology
- Elizabeth K. Ralph
Henry N. Michael
- Maxwell Sommerville Collection
- 1131 Maxwell Sommerville Collection
- Stewart Culin Game Collection
- 1136 Stewart Culin Game Collection