Collections

Sam Rivers Archive

Collection contains performance-ready scores and parts in addition to drafts of scores created by jazz composer and performer, Sam Rivers.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife Wedding Album

Album created to commemorate the wedding of Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife that took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1927.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Shooting Star Review

African American literary magazine published quarterly by Sandra Gould Ford (editor and founder) between 1987-1994 whose mission was to explore the Black American experience through literature and art.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Smoke Control Lantern Slides

Visual images from the 1930s-1940s visually document the city of Pittsburgh before and after smoke control ordinances were passed regulating the burning of coal; a few images include smoke control efforts in St. Louis, Missouri.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Southern Blacks' Migration to Pittsburgh Oral History Project

This collection contains oral history interviews conducted by Peter Gottlieb for his Southern Blacks' Migration to Pittsburgh oral history project in 1976. The project documents the experience of individuals who migrated from the southern United States to the Pittsburgh area between 1916 and 1930.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Spencer Family Photographs

Visual images from the 1890s-1910s show the Charles Spencer family working and playing in and around their Pittsburgh home in Shadyside on Amberson Avenue.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana

Visual materials and artifacts, such as photographs, posters, paintings, banners, sculptures, chinaware, and pins, created throughout the 20th century of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin organized by faculty in History and Slavic Languages and Literature departments.
Contributor: Helena Goscilo, Susan Corbesero, and Petre Petrov, University of Pittsburgh

State and Local Government Archives Oral History Collection

Oral history interviews with notable figures in state and local (Pittsburgh) government. Topics discussed include environmental issues, electoral campaigning, urban redevelopment, civil rights, the role of gender in governance, and the processes of governing.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Steel Process Lantern Slide Collection

Visual images that document steel mills, the steelmaking process, and railroad activities during the early 20th century, specifically the Colonial Steel Company.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Stephen Foster Collection

Collection provides a valuable record of Stephen Foster's composition process, nineteenth century life in the United States, the music business, Pittsburgh history, and Foster's legacy.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Stereoviews of the Railroad Strike of 1877

Forty-three stereoviews depicting the aftermath of the Railroad Strike of 1877, also known as The Railroad War, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Forty-two of these views were taken by Pittsburgh photographer, S. V. Albee and one view was taken by J. R. Riddle.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Stockton Family Letters

Consists of letters concerning the illness of Addison and Joseph Stockton of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1832.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh

Szeming Sze Papers

Collection consists of Dr. Szeming Sze notes, correspondence, and documents from the United Nations Conference in 1945 and the subsequent creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in which he helped to create.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh