Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1890">1890</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1894">1894</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Online Content Not Available Year 1890 to 1894

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 binder)
Abstract:: Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. This small collection contains a number of portraits of Chapman family members, as well as some loose photos of scenes.

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Extent:: .02 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This small collection is composed of notebooks containing announcements and records of births, death, marriage of individuals living within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, many living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Not all were members of the Society of Friends, and the sources are not included.

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Extent:: 1 cubic ft. (3 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. His son, Drew Pearson (1897-1969), was a syndicated national columnist. This collection contains photographs of the following subjects mostly related to Paul M. Pearson's life and work: Swarthmore Chautauqua, Virgin Islands, Oglebay Park and Institute, Photographs for Drew Pearson Articles, and Miscellaneous (including personal photographs).

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Extent:: 5 cubic ft.
Abstract:: Here are listed, in approximate chronological order, collections of photographs of Quaker meetinghouses, stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collections were photographed or assembled by various individuals at various times.

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Extent:: 2 cubic ft.
Abstract:: This assembled collection consists of a wide variety of single albums acquired by the Friends Historical Library at various times from various sources.

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