Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania / People: Smedley family / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="2000">2000</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="2026">2026</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Quakers -- Pennsylvania People Smedley family Year 2000 to 2026

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (10 boxes and photographs)
Abstract:: The Ozone Club was a golf association for Quaker men in the Philadelphia area. It was established in 1901 and included in its membership the presidents of Swarthmore College and prominent Quakers. The Niblick Club which was set-off from the Ozone Club in the 1920s, also was a men's golf association with Quaker membership. The Ozone Club records include minute books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers. A small amount of records from the Niblick Club is also included with the collection, including annual meeting programs and photos.

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

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (10 boxes (and folder))
Abstract:: This collection contains manuscripts and other materials relating to the Whitson, Smedley, Fisher and other Quaker families of southeastern Pennsylvania. Along with commonplace books, correspondence, and photographs are a series of thematically arranged genealogical binders assembled by the donors. Of particular interest are the battlefield correspondence of Sam Smedley who was killed in the American Civil War and the journal of Esther Whitson, later Cope, who served as a nurse with the AFSC in Russia in the early 1920s

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

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