Online Content: Not Available / Form: Portraits / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: .92 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Howard Haines Turner (1909-1996) was a Quaker economist and educator who was active in a variety of social concerns, particularly in improving the justice system. He also had a lifelong interest in cooperative communities and worked in South Vietnam under the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). His photograph collection, dating from the early 1900s to about 1995, consists of color black and white and slide photos of his family,. friends, and travel.

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

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 folder in box, stored with pa-085)
Abstract:: This collection, dating from 1942 to 1953, depicts the speakers at the Frankford Friends Forum, which was started in 1930 and would feature a lecture on social justice issues. Speakers like Scott Nearing and Bayard Rustin are photographed and included in the collection of black and white photographs of forum speakers.

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

Extent:: 1700 photographic prints ((16 boxes))
Abstract:: Portraits of chemists, chemical industrialists, and notable individuals from chemical-related fields dating from the 1800s to the 1960s.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; 65 print photographs and negatives)
Abstract:: Black and white photographs, primarily portraits, related to the history of the American Chemical Society Division of Cellulose Chemistry.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Extent:: 6.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. This is a collection of correspondence, manuscript material, and other items related to him. The material dates from 1832-1993, with the bulk of the material dating from 1832-1870. The bulk of the correspondence consists of autograph letters by Dickens. There are also autograph letters from Dickens’s circle of family, friends, and associates.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Darlingtons were a Quaker family of Pennsylvania and New Jersey with strong ties to Swarthmore College, and their collection, dating from 1864 to 1953, consists of photographs depicting the daily lives of the family and their connections to Swarthmore.

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

Extent:: 5.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard Gimbel (1898-1970) was a leading rare book and manuscript collector and the son of the founder of Gimbel's department store. Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor, and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. This collection of material was largely collected by Richard A. Gimbel and dates from 1809 to 1995. It includes numerous original manuscripts and correspondence by or related to Poe.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]

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