Repository: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1887">1887</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Rebecca Timbres Clark photographs, 1853-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes plus 2 oversized photographs)
Abstract:: Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1947, where Rebecca worked as a medical social worker. This collection includes photographs of family and friends as well as snapshots of Russia and Poland.

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Parrish family photographs, 1860-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: .14 cubic ft. (1 box, stored with pa-118)
Abstract:: The Parrish family were prominent Philadelphia Quakers with close ties to Swarthmore College (Edward Parrish was the first president of the College). This collection contains portraits of various members of the Parrish family. The portraits are primarily card photographs.

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Brooks family photographs, 1790-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 cubic ft. (9 boxes, 1 oversized box)
Abstract:: Involved in this collection are Morgan Brooks (1861-1947), a professor of engineering, and his wife, Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947). One of their children, Charles Franklin Brooks (1891-1958), became a member of the Society of Friends shortly after marrying Eleanor M. Stabler (1892-1986) in 1914. Their daughter, Barbara Brooks (1922-2007), married Edward H. Kerner, and she was active in Quaker concerns, particularly peace. This collection contains loose photgraphs, albums, and photos of family groups, among others.

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Ferris family pictures, 1737-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: .27 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The Ferris family was a prominent Quaker family of Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains family portraits, individual photographs, silhouettes, and drawings, among other forms.

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Lippincott family photographs, 1860-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.8 cubic ft. (6 boxes)
Abstract:: Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. This collection contains family photographs, pictures of family homes and antiques, historic sites, and vacation pictures, among others.

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Mariana Wright Chapman family photographs, 1808-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 binder)
Abstract:: Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. This small collection contains a number of portraits of Chapman family members, as well as some loose photos of scenes.

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Compiled birth, death, marriage records within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1826-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: .02 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This small collection is composed of notebooks containing announcements and records of births, death, marriage of individuals living within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, many living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Not all were members of the Society of Friends, and the sources are not included.

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Friends Historical Library collection of meetinghouse photograph collections, 1800-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 cubic ft.
Abstract:: Here are listed, in approximate chronological order, collections of photographs of Quaker meetinghouses, stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collections were photographed or assembled by various individuals at various times.

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Friends Historical Library collection of photograph albums , 1850-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 cubic ft.
Abstract:: This assembled collection consists of a wide variety of single albums acquired by the Friends Historical Library at various times from various sources.

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Abby Hopper Gibbons Family Photographs, 1854-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 cubic ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) was an important figure in many of the reform movements in the middle and late nineteenth century. Like her father, Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), "Abby" Gibbons was an ardent abolitionist and dedicated to prison reform. This collection includes: a carte de visite album compiled by Abby Hopper Gibbons; a daguerreotype of Abby with her husband James and children; and photographs of her descendents, the Dunning family.

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