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Cricket Team English Tour scrapbook

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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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Walter Carroll Brinton was a member of the Haverford College class of 1915; the collection documents Haverford's cricket team tour of England and subsequent trip to Switzerland. Brinton died of Spanish Flu in 1918 while working with the American Friends Reconstruction in France. In 1920, his family established a scholarship fund in his name at Haverford.

Scrapbook created by Walter Carroll Brinton, class of 1915, to document and commemorate the Haverford College Cricket Team's English Tour and a subsequent trip to Switzerland in 1914. The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, transportation tickets, announcements, correspondence, brochures, and legal documents.

The Cricket Team English Tour scrapbook was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in June, 2019 by Matthew B. Hill, class of 1981.

Processed by Alexandra Horkava; completed September, 2019.

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Alexandra Horkava
Finding Aid Date
September, 2019
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Cricket Team English Tour scrapbook, 1914 June 13 - August 18.
Volume 1

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