Call Number:

PA.053

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

3 cubic ft. (7 binders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Rosalie and Curt Regen Slide Collection, PA 53, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1940-1986 (inclusive)

Creator:

Regen, Rosalie and Regen, Curt

Abstract:

Rosalie Stork Regen (1909-1993) was a Quaker author and playwright who joined the Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting in 1941. An active member of the Society of Friends, Rosalie taught First Day School and visited Quakers all over the world with her husband, Curt Regen. The collection depicts their world travels in seven binders of color slides, which date from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Rosalie Stork Regen (1909-1993) was a Quaker author and playwright who joined the Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting in 1941. She was the daughter of Charles Wharton Stork and Elisabeth "Lisl" von Pausinger Stork. Rosalie went to Germantown Friends School and Radcliffe College, graduating with honors in English Literature in 1931. She then went to New York City where she worked in publishing before meeting and marrying Curt Regen, who worked for an insurance firm. They had three children, Richard, Barbara and Deborah Regen. Two grandchildren, Peter Regen and Jeffrey Regen, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1989 and 1991, respectively.

The Regens settled in New Jersey and were active members of the Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. Rosalie was active in Ministry and Oversight, Peace and Service and the Religious Education committees at Plainfield and served as chair of the New York Yearly Meeting Religious Education Committee. Curt was a member of the Board of The McCutchen, the Yearly Meeting Friends Home.

Curt and Rosalie were also active in visitation and traveled to minister to Friends all over the world. They took extensive slides, which were often shown at Silver Bay.

The photographs are related to the Rosalie Regen Papers, 1856-1993, RG5/166. This collection consists of 6300 color slides depicting Rosalie and Curt Rege's extensive world travels (from China to Europe and South America) and Friends from all over the world. Their slides date from the 1940s all the way up to the 1980s and were a feature of New York Yearly Meeting for years.

The slides are organized in seven binders loosely according to the years in which the photographs were taken.