Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1925">1925</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1929">1929</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

The Donald F. Othmer papers, 1921-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 169 linear feet (304 boxes)
Abstract:

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, 1849-1995 (inclusive) 1882-1973 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.5 linear feet (1 hollinger box and 1 oversized box)
Abstract:: Letters, manuscripts, photographs, portraits, postage materials, and other miscellaneous materials collected by Chester G. Fisher and Fisher Scientific Company. Most of the materials in this collection concern French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist Louis Pasteur. Most of the Pasteur items in this collection were used in Fisher Scientific Company's exhibit Pasteur Memorial U.S.A.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

The Papers of Elmer Otto Kraemer, 1925-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: These are lectures notes, reprints and page proofs mostly by Elmer O. Kraemer and dealing with colloids and proteins.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Quaker Disciplines, 1689-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 linear ft.
Abstract:: The Society of Friends or Quakers (the terms are synonymous) was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in England by George Fox and others. The Friends Historical Library has collected Quaker disciplines since its founding in 1871. FHL is also the official repository for the records of seven American yearly meetings.

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

James A. Michener ('29) Papers, 1890-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.25 linear ft. (4 document boxes and 3 flat boxes)
Abstract:: James A. Michener (1907-1997, Swarthmore College class of 1929) was a bestselling American author of more than four dozen books. His first, Tales of the South Pacific and published when he was 40, won the Pulitzer Prize. The bulk of this collection is clippings about James A. Michener and foreign stamps collected by him.

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

Stackhouse Family Papers, 1804-1951 (inclusive) 1820-1916 (bulk) (bulk)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (5 hollinger boxes and 1 carton)
Abstract:: The Stackhouse family was a Pennsylvania and New Jersey Quaker family with roots in the earliest settlement of America. The papers include diaries, ledgers, correspondence and other family papers and voluminous genealogical research conducted by Powell Stackhouse, Jr. They were united by the descendants of two sons of Amos and Mary (Powell) Stackhouse who shared an interest in family history. Powell Stackhouse, Jr., (1827-1900) was a real estate lawyer and conveyancer who pursued a "scientific" method of genealogical research in the 1890s. His cousin, Dr. Asa Matlack Stackhouse (1845-1916) also was interested in publishing a family genealogy, a project that was assumed but not completed by his son, William R. Stackhouse. Of special interest are family letters including a group which concerns Sharon Boarding School in Darby, Pennsylvania, and a small number of account books and diaries.

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

Swarthmore College photographs, 1864-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 60 cubic ft.
Abstract:: This collection consists of photographs of Swarthmore College from the time of the College's founding into the 21st century. College buildings, students, alumni, employees, activities, events, and other subjects are depicted. Photographs collected by the Friends Historical Library from various sources internal and external to the College.

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

John T. Diebold scrapbooks, 1880-1999 (inclusive) 1937-1999 (bulk)

Extent:: 40 linear ft. (89 volumes)
Abstract:: The American businessman John T. Diebold, founder of the Diebold Group, Inc. and author of the management classic Automation, was a graduate of Swarthmore College (class of 1949). This collection consists of 89 scrapbooks carefully constructed by Diebold to document his life and the major events of his business career and personal life.

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

Gidley and Carter family papers, 1843-1938 (inclusive) 1892-1938 (bulk)

Extent:: .25 linear ft. (1 slim legal sized box)
Abstract:: Contains correspondence of Job Scott Gidley, Wilburite minister, of New England Yearly Meeting, (2) notebooks of notes taken by Jessie Gidley Carter during London Yearly Meeting and Friends Service Council in 1938, and miscellaneous Carter property records and family papers.

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

Louise K. Clement Photographs, 1914-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: .5 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Louise K. Clement was an avid photographer who captured foreign landscapes and peoples, urban and idllyic settings, and portraits of people of all ages from approximately 1914-1946.

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

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