[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?

To: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?
From: Ross Bender <ross.bender@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:08:21 -0400
In-reply-to: <200409091604.i89G4Hno004596@visconde.ic.unicamp.br>
References: <200409091604.i89G4Hno004596@visconde.ic.unicamp.br>
Reply-to: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: owner-vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx

Re: To Do List, Philadelphia

William Romaine Newbold was one of the first professors of philosophy
at Penn. He didn't publish a great deal, and the story is that he went
mad, either as a result of his obsession with the Voynich manuscript,
or vice versa.

The Rare Book library at Penn is just a few blocks from the White Dog
restaurant, once the home of Madame Blavatsky. The bookseller William
H. Allen got his start in part with the acquisition of Newbold's
library; his first store was located at 3413 Walnut Street in West
Philadelphia, now the site of (among other Penn offices) the Institute
for Research in Cognitive Studies.

Newbold was variously rumored to be a medieval specialist, a
cryptologist, and a Navy consultant. He once lectured at the American
Astronomical Society:

<<Notes of Interest: the Twenty-seventh Meeting of the AAS took place
on Thursday to Saturday, December 29-31, 1921 at the Sproul
Observatory of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, upon the
invitation of the Director, Professor John A. Miller. Attendees were
housed in Parrish Hall, the Main Building and Dormitory of the
College. Because of the winter season, there were no outside
excursions. On Friday evening, Dr. William Romaine Newbold, Professor
of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, gave an interesting
talk, entitled "Evidence Contained in the Voynich Manuscript That
Roger Bacon Possessed a Telescope." >>

Attached is a list of Penn's holdings re Newbold. Apparently no
personal papers but some interesting scrapbooks.

Ross Bender
http://rossbender.org

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:04:17 -0300, Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>   > [Nick:] I've recently posted a short list of VMs-related
>   > real-world research projects (ie places someone would need to
>   > physically travel to in order to find the answer to a question)
>   > here:-
>   > http://www.nickpelling.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/voynich/howtohelp.html
>

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 Here are the holdings of Van Pelt Library at the University of Pennsylvania:\par
\par
Title:             [The cipher of Roger Bacon : advertising notices and\par
                     reviews / compiled by Roland G. Kent].\par
\par
Publisher:         [1921-1930]\par
Description:       Book\par
                  1 v. (unpaged) ; 25 cm.\par
\par
LC Subject(s):     Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.  Cipher of Roger\par
                     Bacon.\par
                  Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.\par
                  Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930.\par
                  Voynich manuscript.\par
                  Ciphers.\par
                  Cryptography.\par
\par
Local Subject(s):  CHR 1921-1930\par
                  PRO Kent, Roland G., Mrs. (donor)\par
\par
Notes:             Consists of nine advertisements for, and 14 reviews of, The\par
                     cipher of Roger Bacon (by William R. Newbold and edited\par
                     by Roland G. Kent) pasted into a volume of blank leaves.\par
                      All are dated 1928.  They are followed by 4 newspaper\par
                     clippings, one journal article and a typed copy of a\par
                     letter in the Times Literary Supplement (all laid in)\par
                     about the Voynich manuscript, the provisions for its\par
                     sale in Voynich's will, and Roger Bacon, dated between\par
                     1921 and 1930.\par
\par
Other Contributors:\par
                  Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952.\par
                  Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.  Cipher of Roger\par
                     Bacon.\par
                  Cryptology Collection (University of Pennsylvania)\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Rare Bk & Ms Library RBC\par
\par
Call Number:       652M B135.yN.yK\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
\par
Author:            Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.\par
\par
Title:             The cipher of Roger Bacon / by William Romaine Newbold ;\par
                     edited with foreword and notes by Roland Grubb Kent.\par
\par
Publisher:         Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press ; London :\par
                     H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928.\par
Description:       Book\par
                  xxxii, 224 p. : ill., port., facsims. ; 25 cm.\par
\par
LC Subject(s):     Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.\par
                  Voynich manuscript.\par
                  Ciphers.\par
\par
Local Subject(s):  CHR 1928\par
                  PRO Mendelsohn, Charles J. (Charles Jastrow) (autograph,\par
                     New York) (RBC copy 1)\par
                  PRO Mendelsohn, Esther Jastrow (donor) (RBC copy 1)\par
                  PRO Kent, Roland G., Mrs. (donor) (RBC copy 2)\par
                  PRO Kent, Roland G. (autograph, March 16, 1928) (RBC copy\par
                     2)\par
\par
Local Note(s):     RBC copy 1 has copious ms. notes by Charles Jastrow\par
                     Mendelsohn.\par
                  RBC copy 2 is one of the first six copies printed March 23,\par
                     1928.\par
\par
Other Contributors:\par
                  Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952.\par
                  Mendelsohn, Charles J. (Charles Jastrow), 1880-1939.\par
                  Cryptology Collection (University of Pennsylvania)\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Rare Bk & Ms Library RBC\par
\par
Call Number:       652M B135.yN\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Rare Bk & Ms Library RBC\par
\par
Call Number:       652M B135.yN copy 2\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Storage: From RECORD page, use Place Request tab\par
\par
Call Number:       232 B136N\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Van Pelt Library\par
\par
Call Number:       Z103.B22 N5\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Van Pelt Library\par
\par
Call Number:       Z103.B22 N5\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
\par
Author:            Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.\par
\par
Title:             Miscellaneous pamphlets -- .\par
\par
Publisher:         [1907-1926?]\par
Description:       Book\par
                  v. ; cm.\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Rare Bk & Ms Library RBC\par
\par
Call Number:       119 N423\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
\par
Author:            Rhodes Scholarship Trust.\par
\par
Title:             Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1903.\par
Description:       Archival/Manuscript Material\par
                  4 items (9 leaves).\par
\par
Summary:           Misc. notes from the committee appointed in 1903 to work\par
                     out the conditions for the Rhodes Scholarship Trust.\par
                     Consists of the following: an envelope in Prof. William\par
                     R. Newbold's hand listing the people who attended the\par
                     first session in January 1903; a letter dated 16 January\par
                     1903 from George R. Parkin to Dr. Newbold; an original\par
                     draft of the conditions for state committees in the\par
                     handwriting of Woodrow Wilson; and a portion of a draft\par
                     in the handwriting of Andrew West.\par
                  Also includes accession material from September-October\par
                     1958: a letter from Kent Packard to Dr. Gaylord\par
                     Harnwell, president of the University; a letter from Dr.\par
                     Harnwell to Packard; and a letter from Neda Westlake of\par
                     the University Library to Packard.  Packard was the\par
                     brother-in-law of Professor Newbold, who in 1903 was\par
                     Dean of the Graduate School.\par
\par
Provenance:        Gift of Kent Packard, 1958.\par
\par
LC Subject(s):     Rhodes scholarships.\par
\par
Other Contributors:\par
                  Harnwell, G. P. (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982.\par
                  Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.\par
                  Packard, Kent.\par
                  Parkin, G. R. (George Raleigh), 1896-\par
                  West, Andrew Fleming, 1853-1943.\par
                  Westlake, Neda M.\par
                  Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts\par
\par
Call Number:       Misc Mss\par
\par
Author:            Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.\par
\par
Title:             Newbold memorial meeting : being the proceedings of a\par
                     meeting held at the University of Pennsylvania on\par
                     December first, 1926, in memory of William Romaine\par
                     Newbold / edited by Roland G. Kent.\par
\par
Publisher:         Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, [1926?]\par
Description:       Book\par
                  30 p. : port. ; 25 cm.\par
\par
LC Subject(s):     Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926.\par
\par
Other Contributors:\par
                  Kent, Roland Grubb, 1877-1952.\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          University Archives, 215-898-7024 (non-circulating)\par
\par
Author:            Newbold, William Romaine.\par
\par
Title:             The great chalice of Antioch / by William Romaine Newbold.\par
\par
Publisher:         [Philadelphia : Curtis Pub. Co., 1924.\par
Description:       Book\par
                  [p. 7-8, 74, 76, 79, 81] mounted on 4 l. : ill. (1 col.) ;\par
                     36 cm.\par
\par
LC Subject(s):     Jesus Christ Art\par
                  Apostles\par
                  Chalice of Antioch.\par
                  Chalices\par
                  Christian art and symbolism\par
\par
Notes:             Extracted from The Ladies' Home Journal, November, 1924.\par
\par
                        ______________________________\par
\par
Location:          Fine Arts Library\par
\par
Call Number:       NK7215 .N487\par
Status:            Available, check location\par
\par
\par
--\par
Ross Bender\par
http://rossbender.org\par
}

Follow-Ups:
- Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?
  - From: Nick Pelling

References:
- Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?
  - From: Jorge Stolfi

Prev by Date: Re: VMs: William Romaine Newbold -- to do list
Next by Date: VMs: Re: Another ms from the Villa Mondragone lot?
Previous by thread: Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?
Next by thread: Re: VMs: Q. is there a to-do list?
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread