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The Harned (Moylan, Pa.)

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG4.083
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
4.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], The Harned (Moylan, Pa.), Records, 1931-1996, RG 4/083, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1931-1996 (inclusive)
Creator:
The Harned (Rest home) (Moylan, Pa.)
Abstract:
The Harned was a non-profit boarding home for the elderly in Moylan, PA, under the care of Media Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. It operated under the direction of The Harned Committee. It was established in 1940 through the bequest of Quaker sisters, Phebe and Katherine Harned, and laid down in 1994. The collection contains minutes and reports, admission and financial papers, and other related information.

Phebe Harned was born October 12, 1841, and died May 3, 1927, and her sister, Katherine S. Harned, was born December 17, 1848, and died November 16, 193 1. The Harned sisters were Orthodox Friends and lived in Springfield Township, Delaware County, PA.

The Harned, a non-profit boarding home for elderly men and women, was established through bequests from Katherine S. and Phebe Harned. A trust fund was initiated upon the death of Katherine Harned in 1931. In their wills, the Harned sister called for the appointment of a committee under the oversight of Chester (later Media) Monthly Meeting. They intended for the Home to be established in their home in Springfield, PA, but allowed for the Committee to have full authority to build or change locations. In February 1938, the Harned Committee, or Board of Directors, was appointed by Chester Monthly Meeting. In April 1940, subcommittees were established, including Advisory and Finance Committee, Admission Committee, and House and Grounds Committee. The first residents moved in during the fall of 1940. It was decided in 1943 that the Committee would buy the "Stellwagen property" in Moylan, PA, and the move was made in 1944.

The Harned was a very small, home-like facility with only eleven residents at full capacity. It was closed in June 1994 due to financial difficulties. The Harned Trust was continued, with income going to three established Quaker retirement homes: Barclay/Friends Hall, Stapeley Hall, and the Estaugh group in NJ (Medford Leas, etc.).

Records of the Harned, 1931- 1996, including legal papers, financial records, correspondence, information regarding guests and historical material.

The collection is divided into five series:

  1. Historical Committee Material
  2. Minutes and Reports
  3. Financial Records
  4. Admission Information and Guest Records
  5. Miscellaneous Documents

Donor: Media Monthly Meeting Harned Committee, 1994, 1996

Photos removed and filed in the Picture Collection [see PA 73]. Duplicates and envelopes of returned checks, 1958-1962, were returned to the donors. In 1996, Media Monthly Meeting deposited additional material, including photographs (removed to PA 73), Harned Committee minutes, 1991-1996, and trust accounts according to the wills of Katharine and Phebe Harned. Parts of the collection are restricted.

The photographs that were originally part of this collection have been removed to PA 73.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
SKM
Finding Aid Date
1997
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Parts of the collection are restricted.

Use Restrictions

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Wills of Katherine and Phebe Harned, 7/24/1923, 7/19/1927.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes bequests for the foundation of the Harned.

Archival Resource Key. Information and correspondence related to the laying down of the Harned, 1989-1994.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlets and newspaper clippings regarding the Harned, 11/1986-4/1994, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes map with directions.

Archival Resource Key. Rough drafts for information pamphlets and applications to the Harned, n.d.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Material related to the preparation for the Jubilee, the Harned's 50th anniversary celebration, 1-2/1990, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Photos removed and filed in PA 73

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous papers, 2/1938-5/1940, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Records of Chester Monthly Meeting minutes regarding the foundation of the Harned; copies of the minutes of the Harned Committee regarding the Harned Trust and the discussion as to the location of the Harned.

Physical Description

some copies

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous papers, 1985-1993, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes the 1991-2 Reports of the Director, the 1987 Census of Service Industries, lists of Harned Committee members, 1985, 1988, 1991-2, information pamphlets and promotional correspondence, newspaper articles related to members of the Harned community, job descriptions, 1988, census information, 1990, obituaries about and writings by Harned residents, and the 1991 Pennsylvania Bulletin of Personal Home Care regulations.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 11/1937-1/1943.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1940-2 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 2/1943-11/1949.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1943-5 and 1947-9 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, the 1946 Annual Report of the Treasurer, miscellaneous financial papers, and correspondence.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 2/1950-11/1957.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1950-1 and 1953-6 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and the 1950-6 Annual Reports of the Treasurer.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 1/1958-11/1963.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1957-9 and 1961-3 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, the 1957, 1959 and 1962 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and excerpts from the will of Phebe Harned.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 1/1964-11/1969.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1963-4 and 1966 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, and the 1964-9 Annual Reports of the Treasurer

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 1/1970-5/1977.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1974 and 1976 Annual Reports of the Harned Committee, the 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1976 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, miscellaneous financial papers, and correspondence

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 9/1977-11/1982, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes contracts and advertisements, correspondence, the 1977 and 1979 Annual Reports, monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 4/1978-8/1982, and poetry.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 9/1983-11/1987, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes the 1983 Annual Report, monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 11-12/1981 and 11/1982-12/1987, and correspondence. Photos photocopied and originals filed in PA 73.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 1/1987, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes sketch of floor plans, 12/1986

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers. [rough], 1987, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes monthly income and expenses, 12/1986-12/1988 (incomplete), correspondence, 1987, and the 1986 annual report.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers, 1/1988-12/1990.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial papers, 1/1988-12/1990, correspondence, Jeanes Fund application, 1988, and information about the Harned and the Harned Committee.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers. [rough], 1988, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial information, 1987 and 1/1988-1/1989, and correspondence, 1988.

Archival Resource Key. Minutes and Papers. [rough], 1990, n.d.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes monthly income and expenses and other financial information, 3/1989-4/1990, the 1988-89 Annual Report and correspondence, 1989-90.

Archival Resource Key. Harned Committee minutes, 1/1991-5/1993.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes reports, financial papers, and correspondence.

Archival Resource Key. Harned Committee minutes, 7/1993-4/1996.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes reports, financial papers, and correspondence.

Archival Resource Key. Annual Report, 3/1990-4/1991.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Also includes Friends Boarding Homes Committee Minutes, 10/1991, and the Annual Treasurer's report, 1990.

Archival Resource Key. Trust accounts according to the wills of Phebe and Katherine Harned, 11/1927-8/1932.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Guest's Boarding accounts?. Restricted., 1/1949-1/1959.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically.

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Guests' boarding accounts Restricted., 5/1973-4/1984.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Also includes lists of contributions made in memory of guests, n.d. Loose papers removed, see folder 24.

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Loose papers removed from book of guests' boarding accounts, 5/1973-4/1984.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes contributions made in memory of guests, n.d.

Archival Resource Key. Guests' monthly boarding accounts Restricted, 6/1984-1/1991.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Guests Boarding accounts and room rental information Restricted., 1987-94.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. General Ledger Restricted., 1/1950-12/1959.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Subdivided into categories of expenses

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 12/1957-12/1963.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Original folder titled "Harned House Reports." (monthly)

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account Restricted., 1-12/1982.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes payroll information.

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 1-12/1983.
Box 4
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 1-12/1984.
Box 4
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 1-12/1985.
Box 4
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 1-12/1986.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Loose papers removed (see folder 38).

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Harned House Account, 1-4/1987.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Loose papers removed (see folder 41).

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Combined House and Harned Accounts, 1-12/1983.
Box 4
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Combined House and Harned Accounts, 1-12/1984.
Box 4
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Combined House and Harned Accounts, 1-12/1985.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Combined House and Harned Accounts, 1-12/1986.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Removed from folder 33.

Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses, 5-12/1985.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses (summary), 5-11/1986.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses, 1-12/1987.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Removed from folder 34.

Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses, 1-12/1988.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses, 1-12/1989.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses (summary)., 1-12/1990.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes proposed monthly budget and savings account summaries, 5-12/1990.

Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses (summary), 1-12/1991.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes proposed monthly budget, 1-8/1991, and comparison of projected budgets, 1987-91

Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses (summary). Restricted., 1-12/1992.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes landscaping contract (copy), 1992, proposed monthly budget, 11/1991-1/1993, and W-3 tax form, 1992.

Archival Resource Key. Monthly income and expenses (summary)Restricted., 1-12/1993.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes record of the Harned's use of the Jeanes Grant, 1993, correspondence regarding employee tax deductions, 1993, and payroll record, 11-12/1993.

Archival Resource Key. Treasurer's Report, 1956-63, 1967, 1976.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes bank statements of the Harned trust, 1963-5, and miscellaneous correspondence

Archival Resource Key. Treasurer's Report, 5-12/1993.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Also includes proposed budget, 11/1992-2/1993, and letter sent to Media Monthly Meeting, 1992

Archival Resource Key. Proposed monthly budgets, 1-9/1987.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. List of uses of the Jeanes Grant, 4-11/1993.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Many stubs are restricted access.

Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 4/1958-12/1960.
Box 5
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted., 12/1960-11/1963.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

"Harned House Reports," 1957-63, were removed and filed separately. (see folder 28)

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1982.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1/1984-12/1985.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1/1986-12/1987.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1988.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1989.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1990.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 12/1990-1/1992.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1992.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Check stubs Restricted, 1-12/1993.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Payroll records Restricted., 1-12/1979.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Also includes wages and tax records for 1980.

Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Payroll records Restricted., 1983.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Payroll recordsRestricted., 2/1984-1/1985.
Box 7
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Payroll recordsRestricted., 1/1985-12/1988.
Box 7
Physical Description

bound

Archival Resource Key. Tax returns Restricted, 1959-1961.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Tax returns Restricted, 1962.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1958.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1959.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

Originally in folder with paid bills from 1958

Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1960.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1961.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1962.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 1-6/1963.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Paid bills, 7-12/1963.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous financial documents and related correspondence, 1938-55, n.d.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Includes Harned trust fund statements and related correspondence, budgets, reports of the treasurer, and more.

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous financial information, Restricted , 1958-76.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Includes Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate, 1958-72, salary information for the W-2, 1974, employer's quarterly report of employment and total wages, 1974-5, and account of monthly income, expenses and distribution, 1-12/1974. Also includes miscellaneous financial documents 1/1991-4/1996--See Harned Committee Minutes, 1/1991-4/1996, folders 96, 97

Archival Resource Key. Allen, Alice. Restricted..
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Bacon, Edith. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Douty, Mary. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Glaeser, Marion. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Roulike, Alberta. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Seymour, Melanie. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Stephens, Lucie L. Restricted.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. File of residents and emergency information, 1966-86, n.d.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Alphabetized

Archival Resource Key. File of residents and emergency info, 1944-77, n.d.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Not alphabetized. Also includes miscellaneous business cards, contracts and advertisements.

Archival Resource Key. Cards, poems and stories for and by members of the Harned community, 9/1961-5/1986, n.d.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

The original folder was marked "The Harned Chronicle".

Archival Resource Key. "The History of our Grandfather Clock," written by Lee Seremba, 1/1982.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous property papers, 2/1938-2/1945, n.d.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes information regarding alterations made to the Harned facilities, and related contracts, correspondence and receipts.

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous property papers, 1961-63.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes information regarding alterations made to the Harned facilities, and related contracts, correspondence and receipts. Also includes blueprints, 7/1962, the 1961 and 1963 Annual Reports of the Treasurer, and fire safety information, 1962.

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous papers Restricted., 1974-80, n.d.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes 1974 Annual Report, letters regarding employment, and sewer regulations, and correspondence with the architect.

Archival Resource Key. Information regarding other boarding homes in the area, 1939, n.d.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Work schedules and dining table arrangements, 1-2/1989, n.d.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Job descriptions and related correspondence, 2-3/1993.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Friends Boarding Home Committee Papers, 1986-1987, n.d.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes information and application packets for each home, minutes of 10/1986 and 4/1987, the 12/1986 Newsletter of the Friends Committee on Aging, a FCA Boarding Home Survey of the local homes, 1985-6, and a list of Friends retirement facilities in the U.S., 11/1986.

Archival Resource Key. Friends Service for the Aging Papers, 1991.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes FSA Staff Directory, Minutes and Reports, FSA Directory of Member Facilities (Southeast PA, NJ), notes and information on the Harned, and 3-4mo/1991 monthly income and expenses of the Harned.

Archival Resource Key. Friends Service for the Aging Papers, 1992.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes FSA Directory of Member Facilities, minutes, reports and announcements.

Archival Resource Key. Friends Service for the Aging Papers, 12/1992-1994.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes FSA Staff Directory, 1992, a `Study to assist FSA in deciding whether or not to increase the services they provide to inquirers,' 12/1993, FSA's three-year Strategic Plan, 1/1994, minutes and announcements, 1993-1994.

Archival Resource Key. Publications of interest and standards for the Harned, 1955-92, n.d.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes Media MM Directory, Fall 1992, a series of articles from The Christian Century on "the Church and Older People," 1955, information from the Health and Welfare Council and the Retirement Research and Welfare Association, information on tax exemption, 1958-9, fire safety regulations for building standards, 1968, and articles on the leadership in the black community by the North City Congress, 1968.

Archival Resource Key. Fire Safety information and related correspondence, 5/1960-8/1961.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Also includes bank statements for the Harned Trust, 5/1955 and 5/1959.

Archival Resource Key. Building standards and estimates, and related correspondence, 8/1959-6/1979.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Sketch done of the Harned, 1981.
Box Oversize
Physical Description

1 item, oversize

Archival Resource Key. Blueprints (approved) of the Main Building and Annex, 3/1959-7/1962.
Box Oversize
Physical Description

7 items, oversize

Archival Resource Key. Architectural drawings (2) and landscape designs (1), 6/1959, n.d.
Box Oversize
Archival Resource Key. Blueprints of the Harned, 11/1975-12/1979.
Box Oversize
Physical Description

5 items, oversize

Archival Resource Key. Blueprints of the Harned, 12/1980.
Box Oversize
Scope and Contents

Includes related correspondence, 4/1991

Physical Description

12 items, oversize

Archival Resource Key. Harned kitchen stencil design, n.d.
Box Oversize
Physical Description

2 items, oversize

Archival Resource Key. Rough blueprints of plans for the Harned kitchen, n.d.
Box Oversize
Physical Description

1 item, oversize

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