William Pepper papers on Eadweard Muybridge
name: label: Creator
content: Pepper, William, 1843-1898
label: Names
content: University of Pennsylvania
label: Names
content: Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 -- Animal locomotion
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Photography -- Equipment and supplies
label: Topic
content: Photography -- Early works to 1900
label: Topic
content: Photography -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Pepper donated his papers to the University of Pennsylvania.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pepper, William, 1843-1898
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Pepper was provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1880 to 1890. The University commissioned Muybridge to complete his animal locomotion studies under their auspices. The results were published in 1887.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1883-1898
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peppwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4399 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: Department of Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania Library.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence between Eadweard Muybridge and William Pepper regarding the production and publication of Muybridge's ANIMAL LOCOMOTION under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. The letters relate to the ownership and dispersement of the plates, negatives, and lenses; Muybridge's contract with the University; and a title for the work.