Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Illness and the influence of the stars
Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
Catalogue
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The Pennsylvania gazette : weekly magazine of the University of Pennsylvania.
Date: 1918-- Books
Sixteenth-century imprints in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania / M.A. Shaaber.
University of Pennsylvania. Libraries.Date: 1976- Journals
University of Pennsylvania bulletin.
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University of Pennsylvania law review and American law register
Date: ©1907-[1944]- Books
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To the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839.Date: [1818]