Form: Newsletters / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1998">1998</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Helen Oakes papers, 1958-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 37.0 linear feet (38 containers)
Abstract:: Helen Oakes was a nationally recognized activist for public education from the 1960s to the 1980s. Oakes was chairman of the West Philadelphia Schools Committee from 1965 to 1970, chairman of the Education Committee of the League of Women Voters in 1965, and in 1968, she wrote The School District of Philadelphia: A Critical Analysis. From 1971 to 1980, she was a member of the board of the Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia. She was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1998 she served as liaison in the educational partnership between ARCO Chemical Company and James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also wrote, published and distributed the “Oakes Newsletter,” from 1970 to 1989, which addressed issues affecting the Philadelphia School District. The Helen Oakes papers date from 1958 to 2002, and include correspondence, printed materials, such as newsletters and pamphlets, newspaper...(see more)

Held at: Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers, 1888-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes
Abstract:: Lucy T. Shoe Meritt (1906- 2003) was an acclaimed archaeologist, scholar, teacher and editor who received her B.A, M.A, and Ph.D degrees from Bryn Mawr. During her life time, Shoe Meritt taught at Mount Holyoke College and the University of Texas at Austin, was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome, and served as the Editor of Publications for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Additionally, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Institute of Archaeology. She received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 1976. The collection is largely comprised of Shoe Meritt's correspondence with her family and notable scholars who were her contemporaries. It also includes diaries, publications, academic and professional papers, as well as photographs, postcards and scrapbooks.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Keith Griffith papers, 1983-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet ((5 boxes))
Abstract:: Darrell Keith Griffith (1959-2012) was an AIDS activist and founder of the website CruisingForSex.com. The collection is divided into two series: Personal materials and AIDS activism. The personal materials date from 1983 to 2012, the year of Griffith's death. The series on AIDS activism covers Griffith's years of involvement in the social justice movement, 1985-1992.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

Academic Computing Center records, 1983-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Newsletters, guides, and correspondence related to academic computing at Haverford College.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Center for Career and Professional Advising records, 1972-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.46 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials created by Haverford College's Center for Career and Professional Advising, as well as the office's predecessors, Haverford College Career Planning Office (1972-1985) and Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College Career Development Office (1985-2013).

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

International Communication Association records, 1946-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 linear feet (60 boxes)
Abstract:: Originally established in 1950 as the National Society for the Study of Communication, the International Communication Association (ICA) has grown to be the largest worldwide academic organization devoted to the systematic study of communication. The collection is composed primarily of administrative records created and/or collected by various officers from 1946 to 2016, and serves to document the association's development over the years. Materials include correspondence, board meeting minutes and reports, bylaws and constitutions, conference proceedings, division records, financial records, membership records, and publication records.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives [Contact Us]

Wagner Free Institute of Science Publicity Materials, 1904-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.33 linear feet
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Held at: Wagner Free Institute of Science [Contact Us]

Serendipity Day Camp records, 1985-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 3 volumes)
Abstract:: Materials related to Serendipity Day Camp, a summer camp for the local community hosted on the Haverford campus since 1963.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Haverford College athletic records, 1879 - 2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.68 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection consists of materials pertaining to athletics at Haverford College.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News photographs, 1987-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends began publishing a newsletter in 1963 and continued until 2009. This collection consists of photographs collected for use in the publication, from the late 1980s into the early 2000s.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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