| Abstract: |
The Robert Southall Bright Collection concerns the personal and business affairs of theBright family, most notably Philadelphia
lawyer Robert Southall Bright (1872-1943) and his wife Caroline de Beelen Bright (d. 1932). The collection comprises 2.3 linear
feet of material and contains correspondence, financial and legal items, receipts, insurance policies, leases, speeches, political
papers, certificates, invitations and greeting cards, photographs, and ephemera. The collection is divided into five main
series: I. Robert S. Bright correspondence, II. financial and legal documents, III. papers concerning other members of the
Bright family, IV. miscellaneous papers, and V. photographs.
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