Call Number:

SCRC 694

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

4.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lloyd Wells Papers on Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.), SCRC 694, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1948-2009 (inclusive) and 1960-1979 (bulk)

Creator:

Wells, Lloyd and Newbold, Ellen

Form:

Clippings and Correspondence

Abstract:

Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia. Lloyd Parker Wells was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1921. He moved to Chestnut Hill in 1948, where he owned and operated the Hill Hardware Co. Wells was instrumental in Chestnut Hill's development, playing a part in the founding of the Chestnut Hill Development Group–of which he had served as president, the Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, the Chestnut Hill Realty Trust, and the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper. Wells also served as president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association from 1968 to 1969, which provided street improvements, transportation, street fairs, elderly assistance, and other services to the local community. Wells married twice. His first wife was Jean Tod Ballard. His second wife was Ellen Newbold, who worked as editor of the Chestnut Hill Local. Wells moved to Florida in 1976. He died on May 25, 2013.

The Lloyd Wells Papers on Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) document life in a northwestern neighborhood of Philadelphia from 1948 to 2009, with a particularly strong focus in the 1960s and early 1970s. The collection is primarily comprised of a chronologically arranged "historical index" and subject files compiled by Wells that includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and other records focusing on the Chestnut Hill community, local politics, environmental advocacy, the Vietnam War, and other topics. The collection also contains correspondence of Wells and Chestnut Hill Local newspaper's editor Ellen Newbold, which includes letters to Philadelphia mayors, United States Senators, as well as Chestnut Hill residents.

Collection is in original order; there are files in chronological order followed by files that are alphabetically arranged by name or subject.