Call Number:

RG5.050

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

0.42 linear ft. (1 box (ca. 100 items)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Dora Anne Gilbert, RG5/050, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Date:

1893-1958 (inclusive)

Creator:

Gilbert, Dora Anne, 1869-1864, Swarthmore College. Class of 1893, and Swarthmore College

Form:

genealogies (histories)

Abstract:

Dora Ann Gilbert (1869-1964), was Quaker librarian and genealogist from Chester, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1893. The collection contains chiefly biographical and genealogical materials relating to the Gilbert, Strickland, Trego, and allied families, together with memorabilia relating to Swarthmore College Class of 1893, of which Gilbert was a member.

Dora Anne Gilbert, Swarthmore College alumna of the Class of 1893, was born in 1869 and died 12/2/1964. She lived in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was a member of Chester Monthly Meeting, and a librarian at the Lindsay Law Library in Chester;

Her parents grew up in Byberry, Pennsylvania. Until 1904, her father directed the Gilbert Academy, which was located at 9th St. and Potter Ave. in Chester, Pa. Miss Gilbert had no direct descendents, and her papers were given to the FHL by her close friend Elizabeth R. Lester.

The collection contains chiefly biographical and genealogical materials relating to the Gilbert, Strickland, Trego, and allied families, together with memorabilia relating to Swarthmore College Class of 1893, of which Gilbert was a member.

The collection is divided into four series:

1. Manuscript biographical and genealogical material
2. Memorabilia
3. Pictures
4. Printed reference material