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Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown records, 1949-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
15.0 linear feet (32 document cases)
Abstract:
Kiwanis Club is an international, co-educational service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, which commits volunteer hours to serve children and strengthen communities. The Kiwanis club of Jenkintown was chartered in 1949 through the sponsorship of the Kiwanis Club of Glenside. The Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown records are a gift of the club, consisting of 13 linear feet of material housed in 32 boxes. The collection spans from 1949 to 2014 and comprises chronological files, administrative records, financial, and membership records, as well as publications and memorabilia.

Held at: Old York Road Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Harry J. Utzy, Jr. photographs, 1926-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:
20.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Harry J. Utzy, Jr. (1908-1992) was a commercial, portrait, and news photographer active in the Jenkintown area. The Harry J. Utzy, Jr., photographs, 1926-1985, contain approximately 20,000 glass negatives, original film negatives, and prints that largely document the area of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Also included are photographic prints documenting the newly-constructed Alaska Highway (1943).

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Old York Road Woman's Exchange records, 1932-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Old York Road Woman’s Exchange was a non-profit consignment store that was established to "help others to help themselves." It opened in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1932 and closed in 1996. The Old York Road Woman’s Exchange records, 1932-1995, consist largely of minutes that span nearly its entire existence (1932-1994), with several volumes of account books, a consigners’ book, a scrapbook, and a scattering of clippings and other memorabilia. The Old York Road Woman's Exchange was a charter member of the Federation of Woman's Exchanges, and this collection also includes several decades of the Federation’s annual meeting packets.

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Jenkintown Urban Mobilization Program records, 1985-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet
Abstract:
The Jenkintown Urban Mobilization Program (JUMP) was created as a non-profit corporation in 1985. Its purpose was to establish a full-time revitalization effort for the Central Business District of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. The Jenkintown Urban Mobilization Program records, 1985-1993, consist of planning studies and administrative records of the organization.

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Theodore B. and Annie Wallace Culver receipted bills, 1912-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Theodore B. Culver was a wealthy mill-owner in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. His wife was Anne Jane Skilton Wallace, who established the Jenkintown Day Nursery in 1903. The Theodore B. and Annie Wallace Culver receipted bills, 1912-1914, are from various vendors in the Jenkintown area and Philadelphia, as well as receipts for charitable contributions, paid wages, collected rents, and other miscellany.

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League of Women Voters of Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown records, 1952-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The League of Women Voters (LWV) was established in 1919 to help educate women on the civic responsibilities of voting. The Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown branch, still active as of 2013, was established in 1951 and expanded in 1959. The League of Women Voters of Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown records, 1952-2009, include newsletters, minutes, programs, photographs, articles (clippings), government directories, correspondence, bylaws, membership directories, board meeting agendas and minutes.

Held at: Old York Road Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Jenkintown Senior Citizens records, 1967-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
The Jenkintown Senior Citizens was an organization of men in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who met monthly with speakers. The Jenkintown Senior Citizens records, 1967-1974, include a small amount of correspondence, memoranda and other materials relating to meeting arrangements.

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Lillian Rankin papers, circa 1960-2005

Extent:
11.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Lillian Bassett Rankin (nee Stringfellow) was born in 1913 and died in 2009. A graduate of Beaver College (now Arcadia University) and later a teacher there, Rankin lived most of her life in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. A large proportion of the Lillian Rankin papers, circa 1960-2005, consists of photographs and slides. The collection also contains a sizeable amount of her notebooks and writings, and a small amount of financial records, correspondence, and Beaver College/Arcadia University alumni ephemera.

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The Bookstore, Incorporated records, 1959-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
The Bookstore was established in 1959 as a non-profit book selling business for the benefit of the Jenkintown Library in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Bookstore, Incorporated records, 1959-1993, are comprised of financial records of the organization.

Held at: Old York Road Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Comfort-Dern family papers and memorabilia, 1848-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Charles L. Comfort (1835-1913) was a Confederate Civil War veteran who settled in Philadelphia and opened a business in botanical preparations and flavoring extracts. His second wife was Ellen Lister Dern. The Comfort-Dern family papers, 1848-1925, are a miscellaneous accumulation of papers primarily relating to Charles L. Comfort and his father-in-law Conrad Dern. It includes receipted bills, family correspondence, photographs, business accounts, Badger/Comfort family genealogical notes, and various family documents and ephemera. There are also small amounts of records from two clubs in which family members were involved: the Utah Club and the Men's Chapter of the Guild of the Church of Our Savior (Jenkintown).

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