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Margaret Roberts Eastburn Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
RG5.036
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes ( approx. 200 items))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Margaret Roberts Eastburn Papers, RG5/036, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1786-1951 (inclusive)
Creator:
Eastburn, Margaret Roberts, 1880-1964 and Aimwell School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Form:
genealogies (histories) and Account books
Abstract:
Margaret Roberts Eastburn (1880-1964) was a Quaker elementary school teacher and principal. The collection contains primarily correspondence relating to Eastburn's career as an educator in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and especially her activities (1905-1921) as teacher and principal at Aimwell school, Philadelphia, Pa., a Quaker school for poor girls. Also included are biographical and genealogical materials, and business, financial, and legal papers of the Eastburn family of Bucks County, Pa.

Margaret Roberts Eastburn, born 8mo 21, 1890, was the daughter of Channing Eastburn and Ellen Buckman Eastburn. She attended the Montgomery Terrace School at 1829 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was graduated in 1899 from Friends' Select School, Philadelphia. She then enrolled at the New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton, N.J., where she received her diploma in 1903 and her permanent life teaching certificate in 1906. She started her teaching career in the public schools of Princeton, N.J., where she taught for two years, leaving in 1905. In order to be near her parents, she took a position as teacher, and later principal, of the Aimwell School on N. Randolph St., in Philadelphia, a Quaker school for poor girls. In 1921, due to poor health, she was forced to take a rest from her teaching, but in 1922 she joined the teaching staff of the public schools in Ventnor, N.J., where she remained until her retirement from teaching in January 1951. Judging from letters sent to her by pupils and parents when she left each of her teaching positions, she was an excellent and greatly beloved teacher. Margaret R. Eastburn died on August 4, 1964.

Margaret Roberts Eastburn (1880-1964) was a Quaker elementary school teacher and principal. The collection contains primarily correspondence relating to Eastburn's career as an educator in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and especially her activities (1905-1921) as teacher and principal at Aimwell school, Philadelphia, Pa., a Quaker school for poor girls. Also included are biographical and genealogical materials, and business, financial, and legal papers of the Eastburn family of Bucks County, Pa.

The collection is divided into six series:

  1. Biographical and genealogical
  2. Correspondence
  3. Memorabilia
  4. Pictorial material
  5. Business, legal, and financial papers
  6. Reference material

Donor: Estate of Margaret R. Eastburn, 1966, 1975

Marriage certificates and diplomas oversize, placed in Chart Cases.

The following material has been removed from the collection and recatalogued:

  1. Marriage certificate for Joseph Wilson-Ann Roberts, 10mo 10 1786; Ashton Roberts-Sarah Wilson, 2mo 14, 1815; Jonathan Eastburn-Sidney Wilson, 5mo 15 1828; and Amos Eastburn-Margaret A. Roberts, 6mo 12 1851. Oversize, filed with Marriage Certificates in Chart Case.
  2. Marriage certificate, Channing Eastburn-Ellen Buckman, 1mo 13 1874. Oversize, filed with Marriage Certificates in Chart Case.
  3. Diplomas of Margaret R. Eastburn, dated 6mo 9 1899, 1mo 31 1902, 1mo 30 1903, 6mo19 1906. (See Diplomas)
  4. Published pamphlets about the Aimwell School (1796-1920), where Margaret Roberts Eastburn was teacher and principal. (See PG 2)

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1975
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

School grades, testimonials, and newspaper clippings concerning Margaret R. Eastburn.
Box 1
Genealogical chart and family Bible pages for the Eastburn and Buckman families.
Box 1
Samuel Buckman, 5mo 14 1908.
Box 1
Physical Description

typewritten copy

Ellen B. Eastburn, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

He was the uncle of Ellen Buckman Eastburn.

Physical Description

typewritten copy

Inventory and account statement for the estate of Smith Buckman who died intestate, 1905.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Smith Buckman was the father of Amy C. Buckan and Ellen B. Eastburn.

Final account of estate of Amy C. Buckman, sister of Ellen B. Eastburn, 1931.
Box 1
Diplomas of Margaret R. Eastburn, 6mo 9 1899, 1mo 31 1902, 1mo 30 1903, 6mo19 1906.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

See Diplomas.

Correspondence, 1865-1951, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Arranged chronologically.

Ser. 3. Memorabilia.
Box 1
Ser. 4. Pictorial Material.
Box 1

Business, legal, and financial papers, including four account books.

Published pamphlets about the Aimwell School (1792-1920) where Margaret Roberts Eastburn was teacher and principal.
Box 1

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