Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1960">1960</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1964">1964</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Isabel Potts Williamson papers, ca. 1895-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains genealogical correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Isabel Williamson and her family.

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

Keith Wedmore Towards a Quaker View of Sex collected papers, 1958-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Abstract:: The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers compiled by Keith Wedmore concerning the preparation and publication of "Towards a Quaker View of Sex.".

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

Harold Chance journals, reports, and evaluation of Friends Peace Service work, 1949-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: Journals, reports, and surveys written by Harold Chance documenting his visits to and continuing relationships as an AFSC staff member with Evangelical Friends meetings, mostly in the western United States. The collection includes nine journals, 1949-1956, Friends Peace Service evaluation surveys, 1956 & n.d., and a number of miscellaneous reports to Friends Peace Service Council. Among the former is a report on the Second American Conference of Evangelical Friends (1950) and one on the Student Conference on Peace and International Relations (1955).

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

Harry S. and Marjorie F. Scott Papers, 1942-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (12 folders.))
Abstract:: Includes Marjorie F. Scott's correspondence concerning the planning of the 1949 American Young Friends Conference and papers relating to the 1942 All American Friends Conference and 1947 American Young Friends Conference. Also two letter from Quaker writer Leonard S. Kenworthy whose books were published by Scott's firm.

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

Josiah P. Marvel papers, 1942-1966 (bulk)

Extent:: .2 linear ft.
Abstract:: Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a typescript of Marvel's unpublished memoir, "Peace in our time," and photographs of him.

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

Swarthmore College Astronomy Department records, 1899-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16 linear ft.
Abstract:: Swarthmore College offered its first elective course in Astronomy in the mid 1870's. In 1885, the Board reported a proposal to erect an observatory near the east end of the College property. After Professor Susan Cunningham retired in 1906, Dr. John A. Miller was appointed as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Until 1952, courses were listed under the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy; a separate Department of Astronomy existed until it became the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the mid 1980's. Administrative files, departmental scrapbooks, correspondence, information on symposia and assemblies of the International Astonomical Union, and miscellaneous records. Includes substantial information on eclipses and extensive correspondence with astronomers throughout the world. Correspondants include: Margaret E. Powell, L.J. Comrie, Peter van de Kamp, Sarah Lee Lippincott, James F. Wanner, Harry J. Augensen, J. Francisco Villamediana, John A. Miller, John H. Pitman, Ross...(see more)

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

Swarthmore Borough Memorabilia Collection, 1905-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 oversize boxes)
Abstract:: The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections are deposited in Friends Historical Library. The Memorabilia Collection is composed of objects donated by Swarthmore residents, largely athletic and business items.

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

Swarthmore Historical Society scrapbooks collection, 1918-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft.
Abstract:: Personal scrapbooks from various donors. They were compiled by students of the Mary Lyon and Swarthmore Preparative Schools and Swarthmore residents.

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

The Meeting School (Rindge, N.H.) records, 1957-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 linear ft.
Abstract:: The Meeting School was an experimental, co-educational Quaker farm school located in Rindge, N.H. It was founded in 1957 and closed in 2011. The collection contains the records from its inception to closing, publications, and other related records.

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

John Barnes Trustees Records, 1880-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 linear ft.
Abstract:: Records of Barnes Trustees Inc., formed in 1949 to hold in trust for Abington Meeting and School the land deeded for its use February of 1697. Also included in their responsibility are investments made with funds received from land sales over time.

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

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