Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1920">1920</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1924">1924</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Karl D. Jessen papers, 1872-1980 (inclusive) 1890-1917 (bulk)

Extent:: 6.2 linear ft. (13 document boxes, 3 items)
Abstract:: Karl Detlev Jessen (1872-1919) was a professor of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1910 to 1919. He was involved with the Socialist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Karl D. Jessen papers house the records of Karl D. Jessen. This collection dates from 1872 to 1980, with bulk dates of 1890 to 1917. This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Jessen and his family, friends, and colleagues, in addition to manuscripts and manuscript drafts, clippings, scrapbooks, bibliography cards of Jessen's research, and other ephemera.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Conversational Club of Norristown papers, 1885-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: The Conversational Club of Norristown is a women's education club founded in 1885 that continues to meet today whose purpose is the "Study of History, Literature, and Art, and the promotion of intelligent thought and conversation." The collection of the club's papers consists of records of the meetings and activities of the club from 1885 to 2013 primarily in the forms of minutes, programs, correspondence, and other sources collected by the club.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

George Aaron Barton papers, 1859-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes (2 boxes, each containing 8 folders)
Abstract:: George Aaron Barton taught at Haverford College as a lecturer for two years and at the same time joied the Bryn Mawr faculty as Associate Professor of Biblical literature and Semitic Languages, 1891. He taught at Bryn Mawr continuously as Professor of Biblical Literature and Semitic Languages until 1922 when he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylcania as Professor of Semitic Languages. In addition, Dr. Barton was director of the American School for Oriental Research at Jerusalem, 1902-03, and at Baghdad, 1921-34; also Professor of New Testament Literature and Laguage at the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,, 1921-37. An acknowledged minister of the Society of Friends (Orothodox) from 1879-1918, Barton was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1918 and priest the following year. He was the author of many publications on Semitic origins, writing, and religion. The George Aaron Barton papers is comprised of the Barton's private...(see more)

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

The Elizabeth Barker and Agnes Davis collection of the papers of Albert Winslow Barker, 1888-1982 (inclusive) 1920s-1940s (bulk)

Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (11 flat files and 1 box)
Abstract:: Albert Winslow Barker served as the Director of Art Education in the Public School District of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1921 and 1929. 1927, at age 53, he apprenticed himself to one of the masters of American lithography, Bolton Brown. Barker spent the rest of his life in the practice of lithography, furthering the development of that art.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Edith Wetherill (Ives) scrapbook, 1888-1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volumes
Abstract:: Edith Wetherill was a member of the Bryn Mawr Class of 1892. She was one of the founders of the Civic Club in Philadelphia, which was one of the first organizations of its kind in the country. She was an active volunteer, working with the Bellevue Hospital, the Unitarian Church, the Red Cross, and the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. Her scrapbook houses Wetherill's one volume scrapbook. The scrapbook is very large and contains materials from 1888-1934, both well before and after Wetherill attended Bryn Mawr. The scrapbook primarily consists of photographs and newspaper clippings, giving a very comprehensive vision of Bryn Mawr from the 1890s well into the 1900s.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

James L. Crenshaw papers, 1911-1929 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 boxes (1 oversized document box containing 17 notebooks and 9 folders)
Abstract:: James Llewellyn Crenshaw was a professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College for 30 years. This collection, which ranges from 1911-1929, is comprised of notes, experiments, and papers on sulphides and pyrrhotite.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Bryn Mawr College Lantern Collection, circa 1889-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:: 42 items
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Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

James Leuba papers, 1896-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 boxes
Abstract:: James Leuba was an influential professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr. Howard Gray was a professor of History at Bryn Mawr. This collection, which ranges from 1896 to 1950, primarily consists of research notes from the two professors.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Elizabeth Yarnall Maguire papers, 1890-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes (2 document boxes and 1 box of trophies)
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Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Copy Books and Commonplace Books, 1500-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 volumes
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Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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