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Harry E. Adamson papers, 1880-2021 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.1 linear feet (; 27 boxes, 6 volumes)
Abstract:
Harry Egan Adamson Jr. (1949-2021) was a Philadelphia AIDS and gay rights activist and restaurant manager. Infected in 1982, Adamson lived with HIV for nearly 40 years. He moved to Philadelphia in 1981 with his partner David Yontz. The couple stayed with Dr. John E. Fryer (1937-2003), who became one of Adamson’s lifelong friends. Yontz returned to Chicago in 1982, but Adamson remained in Philadelphia. Many of his friends and former lovers succumbed to AIDS between 1984 and 2000, but Adamson was a slow progressor and did not need to start medication for his disease until 1998. Though his HIV disease was under good control, neuropathy in his extremities became disabling in 1993. Adamson remained as active as he could, completing a master’s degree in pastoral counseling at La Salle University in 2002, acting as agent executor for Dr. John Fryer’s estate after his death in 2003, and serving on the board of Philly AIDSThrift from 2010-2013. Nonetheless, medical problems and depression...(see more)

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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Buffalo Monthly Meeting Records, 1939-2022 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 4 volumes) and 0.1 gb
Abstract:
Records of Buffalo Monthly Meeting and of the Buffalo Niagara Friends Group, 1939-ongoing. Includes: Minutes, Ministry & Counsel files, Newsletters, and miscellaneous records.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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New York Quarterly Meeting Records, 1974-2021 (inclusive)

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1.5 linear ft. (7 volumes) and 0.1 gb
Abstract:
Records of New York Quarterly Meeting, 1974-ongoing, including digital records. Includes records from The Workroom, a joint project of the New York Monthly Meetings.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Robert H. Socolow Papers, 1937-2023 (inclusive) 1955-2023 (bulk)

Extent:
95.5 linear feet (73 record boxes, 3 hollinger box, 2 document storage boxes. )
Abstract:
Personal files, academic files, publications, manuscripts, printed materials, correspondence, photographs, and audio/visual materials from the American environmental scientist and theoretical physicist Robert H. Socolow.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Microanalysis Society Records, 1945-2022 (inclusive) 1966-2002 (bulk)

Extent:
11.4 linear feet (8 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box)
Abstract:
Organizational records of the Microanalysis Society, which include correspondence, financial records, administrative files, meeting files, printed materials, and drawing reproductions. Most of the materials in these records were created during the period in which the society was named the Electron Probe Analysis Society of America (1966-1973) and the Microbeam Analysis Society (1974-2010).

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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Catholic Worker Movement Collected Records, 1936- (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Primarily printed materials; includes form letters from Dorothy Day; leaflets, serials, and pamphlets; one folder each about the Catholic Worker Movement in Des Moines, IA and Philadelphia PA.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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