Subject: Quakers -- Education / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1945">1945</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Anonymous photograph albums, 1912-1948, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of three anonymous photograph albums: The Goodwill Train photograph album, the Lingnan University photograph album, and the Views of Friends' Mission, Tokyo, Japan photograph album.

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

Media Friends School records, 1937-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (4 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of materials concerning appeals for funds and the admission of all qualified children regardless of race to Media Friends School in the late 1930s.

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

William Hubben Papers, 1906-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: William Hubben (1895-1974) was a prominent Quaker educator, speaker, editor, and author. Born in Germany in 1895, William Hubben joined the small but growing movement of German Quakers in 1923 and participated in a number of international religious and peace conferences. His political involvement with the Social Democratic Party caused his dismissal in 1933 by Hitler's government. He emigrated to the United States with his wife, Maria, and children soon afterward, and went on to be heavily involved with Quakerism there. The collection contains correspondence (1906-1976), manuscript and published writings (1924-70), editorials, reviews, speeches, notes, pictures and memorabilia, and reference materials of William Hubben. Part of the collection is in German.

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

Frank Aydelotte Papers, 1905-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 120.5 linear ft. (276 boxes)
Abstract:: The Frank Aydelotte Papers consists of President Aydelotte's official correspondence, correspondence with faculty, and personal papers.

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

Theodore Friend Papers, 1923-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 linear ft.
Abstract:: Theodore Friend was President of Swarthmore College from 1973 to 1982. He is a teacher, historian, and novelist. His books include Indonesian Destinies (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Between Two Empires: The Ordeal of the Philippines (Yale University Press, 1965). He is President Emeritus of the Eisenhower Fellowship and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

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

Rachel Davis DuBois Papers, 1920-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (10 box)
Abstract:: Rachel Davis DuBois (1892-1993) was a Quaker educator, writer, and a pioneer in the interfaith and interracial dialogue and intercultural education. This collection contains the personal papers of Rachel Davis DuBois, including correspondence, writings, her work with interracial, intercultural, and interfaith projects, personal logs and notes, and miscellaneous material.

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

Paul M. Pearson (Paul Martin) Papers, 1890-2011 (bulk 1890-1938) (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 linear ft. (22 boxes)
Abstract:: Paul M. Pearson (1871-1938) was a noted Quaker educator, editor, and speaker, a professor of Public Speaking at Swarthmore College, the first civilian governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, an assistant director of the U.S. Housing Authority, and a leading founder and executive in the Chautauqua movement. The collection contains biographical and genealogical materials, personal correspondence (1894-1938), writings (published and manuscript), extensive material on the Swarthmore Chautauqua as well as papers relating to his work with the National Community Foundation, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. Housing Authority. There are also a small number of papers concerning Drew Pearson (1897-1969), his son and a syndicated national columnist.

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

John W. Nason Papers, 1927-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 35 linear ft.
Abstract:: In June 1940 at the age of thirty-five, John W. Nason (1905-2001) became the eighth president of Swarthmore College. A strong proponent of the Honors Program, he continued the mission of academic excellence established by Frank Aydelotte while adapting the campus to the pressures of World War. The first series of this collection, 1927-1965, contains John W.Nason's official correspondence and correspondence with faculty. There is also one box of reports collected by Nason's Vice President James A. Perkins, 1944-1946, received as a separate records transfer. Series B, Personal Papers, 1939-1948, includes correspondence received as a separate donation.

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

Moses Bailey papers, 1902-ca.1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous papers relating to Moses Bailey, including his draft essay on Alexander C. Purdy, a letter to him from Rufus Jones concerning an Arabic translation by George Keith, and a mimeographed draft of Hannah J. Bailey's 1902 annual address to the Winthrop Women's Christian Temperance Union with her editing.

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

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