Call Number:

003.006

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.125 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Neometha Bathing Society records (HCQ.003.006), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1873-1878 (inclusive)

Form:

Account books and minutes (administrative records)

Abstract:

This collection details the financial transactions, elections, and major projects of Neometha Bathing Society from 1873 to 1878. This includes payment for labor and supplies, officer information, and the construction and maintainance of "Julia's Bath," a pond created by the organization to provide swimming accomodations to its members.

The Neometha Bathing Society was a Society on Haverford's campus during the 1870s. The Society collected membership dues from all prospective applicants and, as members of the Society, individuals paid monetary fees or participated in manual labor. These efforts at fundraising and labor were put towards the construction of "Julia's Bath," a private swimming area for Neometha's members. In the 1870s, Juila's Bath was renamed "Balmae Julianae" by vote of the Society's members. In the late 1870s, the Society removed all membership fees for Neometha.

The collection includes financial and logistical information on the construction and maintainence of "Julia's Bath", an area for the society's members to swim, and on the Society's financial records, elections, and major projects.

Materials are organized into two folders. The first folder contains a bound volume of Society election information, minutes, and financial information. The second folder contains receipts from supply purchases and payment for manual labor.