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James A. Babbitt scrapbooks
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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.
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James A Babbitt (1869-?) was a Philadelphia area physician, chairman of the Central Board of Football officials, and a member of the Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee. Babbitt was born in Vermont, on October 22, 1869, to Mary F. Babbitt and James N. Babbitt. He married Marcella Stovall Hardwick, and the couple had three daughters: Mary E. Babbitt (b. 1897), Helen A. Babbitt (b. 1900), and Mary A. Babbitt (b. 1912). Babbitt received his bachelor's at Yale University, and his master's at Haverford College. Babbitt was a physician at the German Hospital, an assistant instructor in otology at the University of Pennsylvania, a laryngologist at the Children's Hospital, and a professor of hygiene and physical education at Haverford College. As part of his relief work in France during and after World War I, Babbitt lead 54 members of the American Friends Reconstruction Unit No. 1, part of the Anglo-American Mission of Friends under the umbrella of the Red Cross. Babbitt died October 15, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This collection is comprised of four volumes of James Babbitt's scrapbooks, which are comprised of pamphlets and clippings related to collegiate sports and a variety of organizations that Babbitt belonged to.
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed September, 2015.
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Subject
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- September, 2015
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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
This volume includes clippings related to football at Haverford College, Babbitt, collegiate football rules reforms, and cards for various organizations.
Clippings related to Boys' and Girls' clubs and vacation school, the Chautauqua club, cricket at Haverford College, collegiates sports at Harvard and Yale, pamphlets from the Phi Gamma Delta club, and clippings related to Friends' War Victims Relief Committee and WWI.
Includes clippings related to: Cricket at Haverford College, football at Haverford College, sports at Swarthmore College, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
This volume is comprised of pamphlets for a variety of organizations and events, including: Yale Alumni Association, University of Pennsylvania alumni, Alpha Mu Pi Omega banquet, and Haverford College Concert pamphlets.