Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1905">1905</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1909">1909</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Friends Historical Library collection of miscellaneous extracts, 1671-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: .63 linear ft. (2 document boxes)
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Foster-Meyers family pictures, 1865-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.6 cubic ft. (10 boxes)
Abstract:: The Meyers-Foster family are Quakers with close ties to Pennsylvania and in particular Westtown School. This collection consists primarily of color slides, card photographs, and loose photographs, both of the Foster-Meyers family and of organizations they were involved with.

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

Longstreth family photographs, 1735-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: .7 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Longstreth family were Pennsylvania Quakers who married into the Cook and Noble families. Thomas B. Longstreth (1796-1867) was a Philadelphia building contractor who married Lydia Noble (1803-1879), and both were active members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Noble, members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District. Samuel Noble was a successful tanner. This collection is composed primarily of black and white albums, loose photographs, and card photos. Most photographs are portraits of family members.

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

Gibbons family photographs, 1880-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: .64 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The Gibbons family were Quakers in the Chester County / Delaware County area. They were heavily involved in philanthropic work, donating funds for a Sunday School to Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, and founding the Gibbons Home. This collection is composed of Gibbons family images--portraits of individuals, travel photos, and prints/photos of residences, among others. Card photos, tintypes, a few loose color photographs, and others are found in this collection.

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

Niles family photographs and slides, 1881-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.13 cubic ft. (22 boxes)
Abstract:: Mary Cushing (Howard) Niles (1900-1993) was a pioneer in the field of personnel management, and her husband, Henry E. Niles (1900-1993), was a management executive. Both were active in Quaker concerns. This collection includes formal portraits of family members, career-related pictures, travel photos, family photos, photos of family friends, and miscellaneous photos, along with slides and negatives.

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

William Baxter family photographs, 1840-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.28 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: William Baxter (1824-1886) was a Philadelphia Quaker wool merchant who later settled in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. He was active in social reform, particularly in the temperance movement. This collection contains Baxter family pictures, in the form of albums and loose photographs.

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

Anna Gillingham photographs, 1870-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 box, shared with pa143: martha schofield photo collection)
Abstract:: Anna Gillingham (1878-1964) was a prominent Quaker educator and author. She taught at Friends Central School in Philadelphia from 1901-05, was school psychologist in the Ethical Culture School in New York City from 1905-36, directed the remedial reading program at the Punahon School in Honolulu from 1936-38, and was a consultant on remedial reading after 1938. She also co-authored a book on remedial training for children with Stillman. She was co-founder of the Orton Society, a national organization promoting research and treatment of language disabilities. This collection contains black and white photos from Anna Gillingham's work, life, and travel.

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

Moore-Tyson family photographs, 1803-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 box, stored with pa152: biddle family swarthmore college photographs)
Abstract:: The Moores and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Prominent family members include abolitionist Elisha Tyson, George Ellicott of Ellicott City, Maryland, and Swarthmore College founder Martha Ellicott Tyson.

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

Mary Sullivan Patterson photograph collection, 1819-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: .4 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. This collection includes photographs from Mary Sullivan Patterson's life, including her time at Swarthmore College, as well as family photographs and photographs of Quaker meeting houses.

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

Willets-Lapham family photographs, 1866-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:: .4 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Willets family were members of Westbury Monthly Meeting (New York) and lived at their farm, Homewood, from the mid 19th century until 1965. Eliza K. Willets, the last resident, was the daughter of Thomas Whitson Willets and Hannah Keese; known affectionately as Aunt Lila, she graduated from Swarthmore College in 1893. Her sister, Anna, married Edward Morgan Lapham of Chicago in 1908. In 1940, their daughter, Anne Willets Lapham, married E. Wayne Frazer, the son of John E. and Elizabeth Gamber Frazer, and moved to Pennsylvania. This collection contains two dismantled family photo albums, one bound photo album, and a panorama.

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

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