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Scattergood Hostel and Scattergood Friends School photographs
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 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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Scattergood Friends School opened in Iowa in 1890 under the care of Hickory Grove Quarterly Meeting (Ohio Yearly Meeting, now Iowa Yearly Meeting). In the throes of the Great Depression, the school closed in 1931 and remained vacant for a time. When European refugees began feeling Nazis in 1938, the youth conference of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) proposed that local Quakers cooperate with the American Friends Service Committee on refugee relief. In 1939, the first refuees arrived at Scattergood Hostel, operated by the AFSC. It was a place for refugees to stay and learn about American customs and history, but tenants were also expected to participate in work crews and contribute to growing and preparing their own food. Around 1943 the hostel ceased operation and the school re-opened in 1944. Scattergood still operates as Scattergood Friends School & Farm in 2018.
The bulk of this collection is photographs of Scattergood Refugee Hostel, but there are also photographs of pre-war and post-war Scattergood Friends School.
This collection is arranged in folders by size.
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- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- Zoe Peyton Jones
- Finding Aid Date
- 2018
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This collection is available for research use.
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Collection Inventory
Archival Resource Key. Scattergood School girls group photo with Sarah Hodgen, their teacher.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo of Scattergood people.
Archival Resource Key. Scattergood School group photo during the winter, 1917-18.
Archival Resource Key. Verten [?] Pemburton and Fred Hemstead [?]--Two men in a horse drawn carriage on postcard.
Archival Resource Key. Scattergood School while on a all day picnic at Rochester Iowa along the Cedar River at noon dining, 1915.
Archival Resource Key. Marge Edwards, Lynn Zimmerman, Giles Zimmerman, Ruth Carter Burgess, John Kattenback and Earl Edwards. Group photo of the staff of the Scattergood Hostel.
Archival Resource Key. Mildred Holmes Hale, Walter Stanley Sara Stanley, Camilla Hewson Flinterman and Lillian Pemberton Willoughly--Another group photo taken in the same spot as the previous photograph.
Archival Resource Key. A family of three comprising of a man, woman and little girl sitting on a bench. The caption "Carter for fun" is written on the back.
Archival Resource Key. Frank Schloss and Lillian Pemberton--A man weighing himself by standing on a scale with a woman writing down the answer beside him.
Archival Resource Key. Hedi and Hanze Ladewig[?]--Older couple standing together outside in front of a tree.
Archival Resource Key. Emil Deutsch and Hans Ladewig--Two men looking at each other outside.
Archival Resource Key. Heinrich and Anne Schoenthal--Man and woman smiling for the camera inside a room.
Archival Resource Key. Lisa Housen--Girl painting ceramic bowls.
Archival Resource Key. Postcard of Boys Dormitory, Scattergood School, West Branch, Iowa sent to George Willoughly, 1953.
Archival Resource Key. Peter Greenwood [?]Man wearing over alls walking down through the snow.
Archival Resource Key. Gunther Meyer--standing outside by a house.
Archival Resource Key. Mildred Holmes--Zoom in of Mildred holding a cat.
Archival Resource Key. Donald Hopf--Man standing in sweater vest outside.
Archival Resource Key. Louie Lichteuslein [?]--Boy standing up by ringing bell, 194?.
Archival Resource Key. Portrait of man in tie with caption "Halloh George and Cilica!"[?], 1940.
Archival Resource Key. Group preparing for a picnic.
Archival Resource Key. Group in front of a house after Scattergood Hostel.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo in black and white.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo in same setting as previous one.
Archival Resource Key. All male group photo in same setting as previous.
Archival Resource Key. Two people lounging on top of a carriage.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of farming working land with his horse.
Archival Resource Key. Two men working together to farm.
Archival Resource Key. Lillian Pemberton [?] (2nd from the left)--Group photo of four on porch steps.
Archival Resource Key. Man walking through the snow, looking at camera.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of man sitting on steps.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of older man outside leaning over a table.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of young man holding a tennis racket.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of children and man making a snow man.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of the Scattergood house on card saying "With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year from Scattergood, West Branch, Iowa" Signed on back by: MarthaW. Balderston, Walter J. Stanley, Sara H. Stanley, Peppy Hannum, John Copithorne,Josephine Copithorne, Roger W. Craven, Eva Standing, Kurt Anjohn [?], George B. Thorp.
Archival Resource Key. Picture of young boy holding a kitten.
Archival Resource Key. Two sketches of the Scattergood Hostel.
Archival Resource Key. Walter and Lillian--Black and white photo of Walter in hat and overalls and Lillian in front of a house., 1939.
Archival Resource Key. Camilla Henson, Sara Pemberton, Ruth Coppock, Esther Smith [?], Marie Jensen, Mildred Holmes, Ruth Carter--A group photo of the girls (listed in order from left to right) outside in front of a house.
Archival Resource Key. Earl Edwards, John Kaltenbach and Bob Burgers--Three young men lying on their stomachs outside on a blanket.
Archival Resource Key. Kaethe Underwood and Lillian Pemberton--Three women sitting on a porch with two looking to the right and the other to the left. Lillian married to George Willoughly.
Archival Resource Key. The Underwoods, Lillian Pemberton and Camilla Hewson--A group of four, three women and one man sitting on porch step. Lillian is third from the left.
Archival Resource Key. John Kaltenbach, Ruth Carter, Lillian Pemberton and Hans Ladewig--Photo of group standing and sitting on a step. Woman at the forefront sitting is Lillian and balding man with striped tie is Hans Ladewig.
Archival Resource Key. Karl and Lotte Liebman--Photo of man sitting with arms crossed with a woman standing in front of him.
Archival Resource Key. Group outside having fun by a river.
Archival Resource Key. Ruth Carter, Leo Jolles, Camilla Hewson and Mildred Holmes--Group of three women and a man sitting on or holding on to a thick branch.
Archival Resource Key. Estelle and Camilla Hewson--Group photo outside by some hanging foliage of two men, two women and a dog being held up by his paws.
Archival Resource Key. Lillian Pemberton and Peter Greenwood--Lillian in lab coat standing over Peter who lying on the porch by the door.
Archival Resource Key. Paul Swarty and Martha Balderston--Martha and Paul sitting together and looking at each other on some steps.
Archival Resource Key. Kurt Schufer--Kurt standing outside in front of some trees.
Archival Resource Key. "Souvenir of Scattergood, your thankful Frans Nathusius [?]" Man in white standing outside on path.
Archival Resource Key. Anne Shoenthal--Anne in over-alls and walking with a book outside.
Archival Resource Key. Gunther Meyer--Man standing outside with hands in pockets.
Archival Resource Key. Henry Shoenthal--Man outside holding brooms.
Archival Resource Key. John Kaltenbach--Zoomed in photo of John outside.
Archival Resource Key. John Kaltenbach--sitting on some steps in front of a door.
Archival Resource Key. Robert Burgess--Zoomed in photo of Robert looking off to the left.
Archival Resource Key. John Kaltenbach--standing on path in front of steps wearing hat.
Archival Resource Key. Ruth Carter in overalls and hat holding Heinz box.
Archival Resource Key. Ruth Carter--Group of young adults and children playing by a river. Diving board made out of a plank of wood with two girls sitting on it.
Archival Resource Key. Lynn Zimmerman--Zoom in of Lynn smiling and looking to the right.
Archival Resource Key. Ardith Emmons--Photo of Ardith in all black by a tree from Scattergood School.
Archival Resource Key. Mary Emmons--Photo of Mary outside by windows wearing a hat.
Archival Resource Key. Hanna and Michael Deutsch--The Deutsch children, boy and girl, sitting outside.
Archival Resource Key. Hanna Deutsch blinking and holding two baby dolls.
Archival Resource Key. Michael Deutsch in bath suit by the river.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo of adults outside in front of house.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo of adults moving to go inside house.
Archival Resource Key. Four women sitting by the stairs by the house.
Archival Resource Key. Hans Ladewig [?]--Group photo between a building and a car.
Archival Resource Key. Group of men putting hay in a cart.
Archival Resource Key. Women sitting on the steps and a man leaning over to talk.
Archival Resource Key. Two women and men standing in front of car.
Archival Resource Key. Two men and one woman standing on a gravel road.
Archival Resource Key. Group photo of people standing around.
Archival Resource Key. People eating around a table.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of two young ladies in bathing suits by river.
Archival Resource Key. Clothes hung up to dry.
Archival Resource Key. Four people standing around outside.
Archival Resource Key. Three women up the stairs outside a house.
Archival Resource Key. Man and woman about to garden.
Archival Resource Key. Woman and man holding a cat.
Archival Resource Key. Faded small image of group on steps.
Archival Resource Key. Man in driver's seat and woman sitting on car step.
Archival Resource Key. Group of four standing around a tree.
Archival Resource Key. Woman in car with a dog [?].
Archival Resource Key. Younger and older woman standing at the top of the steps leading to the house.
Archival Resource Key. Zoom in of a stripped shirted man's face.
Archival Resource Key. Faded image of a woman with a head dress of sorts.
Archival Resource Key. Man riding on a horse next to a gravel road.
Archival Resource Key. Young man shoveling by stump.
Archival Resource Key. Zoom in of a woman with a kerchief around neck.
Archival Resource Key. Woman standing with laundry basket behind her.
Archival Resource Key. Man with a towel wrapped around his shoulders.
Archival Resource Key. Damaged photo of two babies smiling.
Archival Resource Key. Naked baby in a jail like structure outside.
Archival Resource Key. Hanna and Michael Deutsch [?] children posing in front of Christmas tree.
Archival Resource Key. Susan Copithrne--Baby Susan wearing a hat with a bucket and shovel.
Archival Resource Key. Photo of the house.
Archival Resource Key. Back scratching post for tired motorists.