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Magill Family Papers

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Call Number:
RG5.096
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Magill Family Papers, 1846-1909, RG5/096, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1846-1909 (inclusive)
Creator:
Magill family, Swarthmore College, Magill, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Paxson), 1798-1868, Robinson, J. Campbell (John Campbell), Robinson, Beatrice Magill, 1859-1951, and Magill, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1825-1907
Abstract:
Edward H. (Edward Hicks) Magill (1825-1907) was a prominent Quaker teacher and was President of Swarthmore College from 1872-1889. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jonathan P. and Mary Magill of Solebury Monthly Meeting of Friends. In 1852 he married Sarah Warner Beans, and they had six daughters. Their daughter, Beatrice, married J. Campbell Robinson in 1904 at Ithaca, New York. The collection includes correspondence of Jonathan Magill, 1846-58, correspondence between J. Campbell Robinson and his future wife, Beatrice Magill, and the lesson books of Edward H. Magill, President of Swarthmore College.

Edward H. (Edward Hicks) Magill was a prominent Quaker teacher and was President of Swarthmore College from 1872-1889. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jonathan P. and Mary Magill of Solebury Monthly Meeting of Friends. In 1852 he married Sarah Warner Beans, and they had six daughters. Their daughter, Beatrice, married J. Campbell Robinson in 1904 at Ithaca, New York.

The collection includes correspondence of Jonathan Magill, 1846-58, correspondence between J. Campbell Robinson and his future wife, Beatrice Magill, and the lesson books of Edward H. Magill, President of Swarthmore College.

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Jonathan Magill papers
  2. Correspondence, J. Campbell Robinson to Beatrice Magill
  3. Lesson book, Edward H. Magill

Donor: Sarah E. Gardner Magill, 1911 (lesson books)

Donor: Mrs. Edith M. Fox, 1961 (Robinson correspondence)

Sarah E. Gardner Magill was the second wife of Edward H. Magill.

See also:

  1. Swarthmore College Archives, RG 6, Edward H. Magill Papers, RG 6, (RESTRICTED)
  2. Two diaries, 1903 and 1904, which record the early years of Edward H. Magill's second marriage to Sarah Elizabeth (Sutton) Gardner. MSS 003/093

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1961
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

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Letters Jonathan Magill.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes ALS to Phebe Johnson.

Physical Description

3 ALsS

Correspondence, J. Campbell Robinson to Beatrice Magill (later Robinson), daughter of President Magill, 1903-1909.
Physical Description

Approx. 90 ALsS

Lesson books of Edward H. Magill, President of Swarthmore College.

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