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Friends Historical Library art reference collection

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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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
PA.250
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Date:
1900-2000 (bulk)
Abstract:
This is a collection of copies of artwork relating to Quakers (by or about). In some cases, the originals are held by Swarthmore and copies were used to fulfill reproduction requests in the era before digital scans were possible; more often, the originals are not held at Swarthmore.

The collection is roughly sorted by artist or topic. Individual item ID numbers were assigned to many items at some point in the past, but those numbers are no longer used.

This collection was assembled by staff of the Friends Historical Library throughout the the mid-late 20th century.

In 2023, the binders which were storing the collection at that point were disassembled. Obvious duplicates were thrown away, and the remainder were placed in folders. For the most part, topics written on the back of the images were maintained; in some cases, topics were changed. Individual item ID numbers had been assigned at some point in the past, but were not maintained, and the collection was no longer in order according to those ID numbers. The ID numbers were ignored during reprocessing.

See PA 4 for art originals and PA 100 for photographs.

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2023
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

Archival Resource Key. Anderson, A. (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Anti-slavery.
Archival Resource Key. Barclay (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Clayton, Joseph (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Darragh, Lydia (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Dyer, Mary (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Ellwood, Thomas  (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Foster, Stephen  (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Friends  (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Fry, Elizabeth (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Fox, George  (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Haydon, Robert Benjamin (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Hicks, Edward (art by and about, including "Peaceable Kingdom").
Archival Resource Key. Humor about Friends.
Archival Resource Key. Johnson, Adelaide.
Archival Resource Key. Kite, Family.
Archival Resource Key. Meeting, Friends (Meeting for Worship) (including van Heemskerk).
Archival Resource Key. Penn, William (art relating to, including Welcome (ship) and West, Benjamin "Penn's Treaty".
Archival Resource Key. Penrose, J. Doyle (artist).
Archival Resource Key. "Quaker Poems" illustrations.
Archival Resource Key. Quaker Tapestry.
Archival Resource Key. Rawlings, Alfred (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Shippen, Jane Galloway (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. "Thee, Hannah!" illustrations.
Archival Resource Key. Thornton, Dr. William (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Waln, Anna W. (Rawle) (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Weddings, Quaker.
Archival Resource Key. West, Benjamin (artist and art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. West, J. Walter (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Woolman, John (art relating to).
Archival Resource Key. Wright, Patience/Joseph (artist).
Archival Resource Key. Wyeth, Andrew (artist).

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