https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/HAVERFORD_HC.MC.1315
T. Wistar Brown Fund papers
- Date
- 1912-1999 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 2.05 linear ft. (5 boxes)
- Call Number
- MC.1315
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
The T. Wistar Brown Teachers Fund was established following the death of Thomas Wistar Brown in 1916. The Fund provides financial grants supporting Quakers over the age of 21 who request assistance for professional development in preparing themselves to teach at the primary or secondary school level, and those who seek to improve their skills with a graduate degree.
Scope and Content
This collection includes documents and publications relating to the T. Wistar Brown Teachers Fund, including the minutes, publications, and financial documents of the fund, correspondence from fund administrators and recipients, and records of applications to the fund.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series: Minutes, Correspondence, Applications, Publications, and Financial Documents.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed February, 2019.
Related Materials
HC.MC.1125 Thomas Wistar Brown papers, HCE.003.003.004 Thomas Wistar Brown Graduate School records
Rights and citation
- Use
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
- Preferred Citation
- T. Wistar Brown Fund papers (HC.MC.1315), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding aids author
- Alexandra Stern
- Date
- February, 2019
Subjects and headings
- Subject
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania
- Teachers -- Pennsylvania
- Education
- Education -- Finance
- People
- Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916
- Language
- English
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Minutes
Correspondence
Applications
Publications
Financial Documents
Cash Book, 1936-1963
Cash Book, 1963-1990
Disbursements, 1955-1959
Receipts, 1956-1960
Treasurer Material, 1933-1938
Contact
These materials are held by Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
- hc-special@haverford.edu
- Website
- https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/h1a49a5e29-5f42-42ac-849b-6f340d5f1718