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Worcester Historical Society photograph collection, circa 1870-1950

Extent:
2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Worcester Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was formed in 1733. It is comprised of three villages: Center Point, Fairview Village, and Cedars. The Worcester Historical Society photograph collection, circa 1870-1950, consists of photographs collected by the Society, depicting people and places in Worcester.

Held at: Worcester Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Upper Frederick School District records, 1911-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.66 linear feet
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Upper Frederick Township is located in western Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The township's schools are now part of the Boyertown Area School District. The Upper Frederick School District records, 1911-1955, contains enrollment lists, account books, and tax reports.

Held at: Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. [Contact Us]

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LMHS.16: Lower Merion Historical Society collection on the Lower Merion Academy, 1814-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.0 linear feet
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The Lower Merion Academy in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was created at the bequest of Quaker Jacob Jones in 1812. The Academy was one of the first public schools in the United States and was one of the first in Lower Merion township to provide a free education. The Lower Merion Historical Society collection on the Lower Merion Academy, 1814-2010, includes administrative records for the building and of the Academy, and a small amount of financial records.

Held at: Lower Merion Historical Society [Contact Us]

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LMHS.21: Lower Merion Historical Society photograph collection, 1950-2011 (bulk) 1870-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
21.0 linear feet
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The Lower Merion Historical Society photograph collection, 1870-2011, contains photographs, slides, and negatives taken or collected by the Lower Merion Historical Society. The subjects include local schools, businesses, residences, churches, neighborhoods, parks, historic sites, railroads, and fire companies. The township of Lower Merion in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was first settled by Welsh Quakers in 1682. It is part of the "Main Line," a collection of affluent Philadelphia suburbs located alongside the Pennsylvania Railroad line that was built between Philadelphia and Harrisburg in the mid-19th century.

Held at: Lower Merion Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Wissahickon Valley Historical Society local history collection, circa 1850-2011

Extent:
14.0 linear feet
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The Wissahickon Valley Historical Society local history collection, circa 1850-2011, is comprised of original ephemera, photographs, receipts, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. The materials pertain to businesses, schools, churches, and events in and around the Wissahickon School District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, encompassing Whitpain, Ambler, Lower Gwynedd and other nearby areas.

Held at: Wissahickon Valley Historical Society [Contact Us]

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Welsh Valley Preservation Society local history collection, 1795-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet
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Towamencin Township is a suburb of Philadelphia located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. One of the township's gems is the Morgan Log House, a meticulously restored example of early domestic architecture on land first settled in 1708. The Welsh Valley Preservation Society local history collection, 1795-1945, contains various documents and photographs found by the preservation society while restoring the Morgan Log House, as well as some donated items. There are several folders of deeds and properties in and around Towamencin Township, 1795-1929, as well as some school photographs, circa 1910-1945, and some photographs of the Morgan Log House.

Held at: Welsh Valley Preservation Society [Contact Us]

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Historical Society of Towamencin collection, 1854-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.75 linear feet
Abstract:
Towamencin Township is a suburb of Philadelphia located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. One of the township's gems is the Morgan Log House, a meticulously restored example of early domestic architecture on land first settled in 1708. The Historical Society of Towamencin collection, 1854-1995, includes photographs from class graduations at local schools and scattered school records, a photograph album, newspaper clippings, and a cemetery inventory.

Held at: Welsh Valley Preservation Society [Contact Us]

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Goschenhoppen Historians manuscript volumes collection, 1789-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
8.0 linear feet
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Goschenhoppen, one of the oldest continuously existing Pennsylvania German communities in America, is a geographic region in Montgomery County. The Goschenhoppen Historians document and ephemera collection, 1758-1992, documents local history and is rich in genealogical data. It includes receipts and accounts, indentures, vital records, correspondence, and other original documents; ephemera, such as advertisements, pamphlets, broadsides, and sheet music, are also in the collection. Fine examples of Fraktur are of special interest.

Held at: Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. [Contact Us]

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Friends' Central School records, 1845-2016 (bulk) 1785-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
150.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Friends' Central School is a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends), co-educational, private school for children in nursery school through 12th grade. The school was established in 1845 in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved to its current location on City Avenue in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1925. The Friends' Central School records, 1785-2016 (bulk 1845-2016), consist of administrative and financial records, enrollment records, personal papers, school publications and ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, slides, various audiovisual materials, objects and other materials from and relating to the administration, faculty and staff, students, and alumni of Friends' Central School. The collection is arranged into seven series: I. Administration, II. Faculty and staff, III. Students, IV. Alumni, V. Publications, VI. Audiovisual materials, and VII. Objects.

Held at: Friends' Central School Archives [Contact Us]

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