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Margaret Tinkcom collection on Friends Select School
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The Friends Select School is a Quaker pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1833.
Dr. Margaret B. Tinkcom was a research historian for the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
This collection is comprised of the correspondence, manuscripts, and research notes concerning Tinkcom's research on the Friends Select School.
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed January, 2016.
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- January, 2016
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Correspondence of Margaret Tinkcom regarding the history of the Friends Select School.
Typed and handwritten manuscripts, "Growth of Concern for Select School," "Quaker Schools in Colonial America," "The Beginnings of Friends' Select School."
Single handwritten volume of meeting minutes.
Handwritten notes on the history of the Friends Select School.