Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1971">1971</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Palmer Cemetery records, 1833-1888 (bulk) 1805-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.4 linear feet (; 1 box, 8 volumes)
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Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

Swarthmore College property records, 1687-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 65 linear ft.
Abstract:: The Swarthmore College property records include real estate and building appraisals; deeds, mortgages, and leases; reports by Swarthmore committees and external consultants; administrative documents such as budgets and correspondence; blueprints, maps, and plans; and other records pertaining to college buildings and grounds, construction and maintenance, and utilities and resource use.

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

Swarthmore Chautauqua memorabilia, 1913-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes )
Abstract:: The Chautauqua movement grew out of the American Lyceum and had its beginnings in 1874 at Chautauqua Lake, New York. In the late 1800s, this movement to provide entertainment and education to the American public was extended by circuit Chautauquas which expanded its influence from coast to coast. The Swarthmore Chautauqua was the youngest of the circuits and was founded in 1912 by Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore College. This small collection of Chautauqua memorabilia contains programs, news clippings, and other material concerning primarily the Redpath Circuit, which operated out of Chicago and Ohio, and the Swarthmore Circuit, which was based in Swarthmore, Pa.

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

Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers, 1802-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (14 items (10 folders)))
Abstract:: The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.

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

Isabel Potts Williamson papers, ca. 1895-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains genealogical correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Isabel Williamson and her family.

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

Harry S. and Marjorie F. Scott Papers, 1942-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (12 folders.))
Abstract:: Includes Marjorie F. Scott's correspondence concerning the planning of the 1949 American Young Friends Conference and papers relating to the 1942 All American Friends Conference and 1947 American Young Friends Conference. Also two letter from Quaker writer Leonard S. Kenworthy whose books were published by Scott's firm.

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

Swarthmore College Astronomy Department records, 1899-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16 linear ft.
Abstract:: Swarthmore College offered its first elective course in Astronomy in the mid 1870's. In 1885, the Board reported a proposal to erect an observatory near the east end of the College property. After Professor Susan Cunningham retired in 1906, Dr. John A. Miller was appointed as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Until 1952, courses were listed under the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy; a separate Department of Astronomy existed until it became the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the mid 1980's. Administrative files, departmental scrapbooks, correspondence, information on symposia and assemblies of the International Astonomical Union, and miscellaneous records. Includes substantial information on eclipses and extensive correspondence with astronomers throughout the world. Correspondants include: Margaret E. Powell, L.J. Comrie, Peter van de Kamp, Sarah Lee Lippincott, James F. Wanner, Harry J. Augensen, J. Francisco Villamediana, John A. Miller, John H. Pitman, Ross...(see more)

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

Swarthmore Borough Memorabilia Collection, 1905-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 oversize boxes)
Abstract:: The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections are deposited in Friends Historical Library. The Memorabilia Collection is composed of objects donated by Swarthmore residents, largely athletic and business items.

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

Margy and Martin Meyerson Collection, 1936-2009 (inclusive) 1950-1981 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 linear feet
Abstract:: The Margy and Martin Meyerson collection consists of over 100 items, including ephemeral pamphlets, maps, photographs, brochures, bulletins, policy papers, booklists, investment prospectuses, tourist industry material, as well as government publications, off-prints, monographs and individual serials volumes, documenting the early decades of the modern State of Israel. Especially notable are four beautiful hand-painted Oriental, perhaps Kurdish, Jewish amulets.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

Elias Schulman MS Collection, 1905-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 15.5 linear feet
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies [Contact Us]

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