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Friends Historical Library collection of panoramic photographs

Notifications

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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
PA.172
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes plus 1+++ box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Friends Historical Library collection of panoramic photographs, PA 172, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1911-1967 (inclusive)
Abstract:
This collection includes rolled panoramic photos, mostly Quaker conferences, including New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM), Friends General Conference (FGC), Friends World Conference, Young Friends Conference, and more.

This collection includes rolled and flattened panoramic photos, mostly Quaker conferences, including New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM), Friends General Conference (FGC), Friends World Conference, Young Friends Conference, and Swarthmore College student body.

Additional copies of some of these images may be filed under title and stored in Chart Case.

Most of these photographs were part of the deposit of New York Yearly Meeting records from the Haviland Record Room, 1997. Additional gifts from FGC, FWCC, Margaret Roeske, and other sources.

Most of these photographs were part of the deposit of New York Yearly Meeting records from the Haviland Record Room, 1997. In the case of FGC and FWCC, duplicate, flattened copies are stored with the FHL Chart Case: PAN ++.

Check original index card catalog for entries. Cards have been made for the photographs of New York Yearly Meeting, but there is inconsistency in titles.

In the case of FGC and FWCC, duplicate, flattened copies are stored with the FHL Chart Case: PAN ++. Check index card catalog for entries.

Organization

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Zoe Peyton Jones
Finding Aid Date
2018
Access Restrictions

This collection is available for research use.

Use Restrictions

Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

NYYM (Hicksite), Fifteenth Street, 1915.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Rolled, 8 x approx. 26" With key to identities

NYYM (Hicksite), Fifteenth Street, 1925.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

3 copies. Rolled, 8x approx. 46". One has people numbered, but key to IDs is lacking

NYYM, Glens Fall, 1927.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Rolled, single tear. Small pan, 8 x 22". See also 2 copies stored in ++Chart Case, PANS

NYYM (Hicksite) Fifteenth Street, 1931-04-03.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

3 copies. Rolled, 8 x approx. 34" 15th Street Meeting

NYYM, Keuka College, 1940-06-27.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

2 copies. Rolled, pan, 7" x 16". Has key to identifications? Also 2 additional copies in ++Chart Case, PANS

FGC, Richmond, IN, 1922.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 10" x 42 approx., Frank Aydelotte in front row

FGC, Ocean City, NJ, 1924-07.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 8 x 42 approx., large crack. Second copy in pieces

Unknown conference, Swarthmore College, 1920.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 8" x approx. 26"

FGC, Cape May, NJ, 1936.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

2 copies. pan, 10" x 42 approx., good

FGC, Cape May, NJ, 1938.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 10 x 50 approx., cracked

FGC, Cape May, 1940.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 10 x 36 approx

FGC, Cape May, 1944.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 12. x 19 approx

FGC, Cape May, 1948.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

pan, 12. x 19 approx.

All American Friends Conference, Oskaloosa, IA, 1929.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

2 copies, pan, 9-1/2" x 26 approx. See RG4/002 for records

Second Friends World Conference, Swarthmore College, PA, 1937.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 10" x 52" approx. Many other copies are filed in +++ Pan Box, top of Chart Case. One trimmed flattened version added to ++Pan drawer, stored with separate delegation pan photograph: PHL and England Also found in +++Pan Box and ++Pan, Chart Case, 1937

English Delegation, Friends World Conference, Swarthmore College, PA, 1937.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 10" x 22" approx. Individuals identified on reverse. Flattened version stored with FWC, 1937, ++Pan, Chart Case

Philadelphia Delegation, Friends World Conference, Swarthmore College, PA (with ID key), 1937.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 10" x 22" approx. ++Chart Case: Pan, with rolled panoramic photographs that are stored in PA. Note that duplicate copies already filed in ++ Pan

Conference of Friends in the Americas, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, 1957.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 10 x 34 approx, 2 copies

Friends World Conference, Oxford, 1952.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 10 x 50". 3 copies, with ID key. Smaller version with key is stored ++Chart Case: Pans

Fourth Friends World Conference, Guilford, Greensboro, NC, USA, 1967.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

pan, 8 x 50". Soiled, stained. c. 2 excellent condition. Multiple copies in Pan Rolls and +++Pan Box on chart case

Young Friends Conference, Westtown School, 1923.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 8 x approx. 34" A few autographs on reverse

Young Friends Eastern Conference, George School, PA, 1925.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 8 x approx. 32" Many individuals identified including Rufus Jones. 2 copies

Sixteenth Annual Young Friends Conference, Richmond, IN, 1925.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 10 x approx. 40". 2 copies

Young Friends General Conference, Earlham, 1929.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 10 x approx. 40"

Young Friends Eastern Conference, Moses Brown School, RI, 1929.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 8" x 28". 2nd copy Margaret Roeske, FHL 2008.008

Young Friends Eastern Conference, Westtown, PA, 1931-06-29-1931-07-05.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 8 x approx. 30"

Young Friends Conference, Swarthmore College, PA.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Pan, 8 x approx. 30"

William Penn College, Oskaloosa, IA, student body, 1934.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

pan 6-1/2 x 17". Part of a donation of photographs of Young Friends and FWC

Laying of the corner stone, Montclair meeting house, 1932.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Pan, badly cracked and broken

Fowler YPB, Hamburg NY [Young People's Branch, National Woman's Christian Temperance Union].
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Small pan photo, rolled, 7-1/2 x 13- 1/2". All participants are numbered and some are identified by name on the reverse. Florence B. Stevens, #66. A Florence Stevens, member of Hartland MM in 1929.

YPB New York State [Young People's Branch, National Woman's Christian Temperance Union].
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Small pan photo, rolled. All participants are numbered and some are identified by name on the reverse. May be by Florence B. Stevens, at top of list. A Florence Stevens, member of Hartland MM in 1929.

Friends General Confernce, Cape May, NJ, 1936.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

2 copies. Also in rolled series

FGC, Cape May, NJ, 1938.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

2 copies, see also copies in rolled panoramas

FGC, Indiana, 1922.
Box +++
New York Yearly Meeting, 1922.
Box +++
Young Friends, 1922.
Box +++
Young Friends, 1923.
Box +++
Young Friends, 1926.
Box +++
Young Friends, 1925.
Box +++
Young Friends, 1929.
Box +++
Young Friends International, 1920.
Box +++
Friends World Conference, 1937.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

5 good copies

Friends World Conference, 1952.
Box +++
Scope and Contents

3 good copies and 2 copies of the key to identifications (acidic paper)

Friends World Conference, 1967.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

2 copies, one very good, second cracked and brittle

Miscellaneous conference: Men Friends, 1915.
Box +++
New York Yearly Meeting Friends Group, 1930.
Box +++
Five Years Meeting, 1922.
Box +++
Five Years Meeting, 1927.
Box +++
Five Years Meeting of American Friends, Richmond, Indiana, 1917.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

2 copies

Miscellaneous: 26th Annual Convention. Lyceum and Chautauqua Association, 1928.
Box +++
Scope and Contents

Part of Paul Pearson Papers

Swarthmore College: S.A.T. Corps, 1918.
Box +++
Existence and Location of Copies

3 copies, 1 very good, 2 faded and brittle

Swarthmore College student body, 1911/12, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1927/28, 1936, 1937/38, 1938/39.
Box +++

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