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Alice Hall Paxson Papers on Scattered Seeds

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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:
RG5.119
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Alice Hall Paxson Scattered Seeds Papers, 1930-1936, RG 5/119, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1930-1936 (inclusive)
Creator:
Paxson, Alice Hall , 1868-1955 and American Unitarian Association
Abstract:
Alice Hall Paxson (1868-1955) was a Quaker author and editor, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Thomas Heston and Lydia H. (Cox) Hall of Chester County. The family moved to Swarthmore, Pa., about 1889, and Alice graduated from Swarthmore College in 1888. In 1897, she married Charles Paxson. The family had close ties to Swarthmore College, including many graduates. Lydia (Cox) Hall was founding editor and editor for forty years of the periodical Scattered Seeds, a position in which her daughters, Abby Hall Paxson and Abby Hall Roberts, succeeded her. About 1928, Alice Hall Paxson became sole editor. The collection contains chiefly editorial correspondence and other papers relating to Scattered Seeds, a magazine for Quaker children, from 1930-1936 when it was edited by Paxson. The collection also includes correspondence with American Unitarian Association, publishers of a similar periodical, The Beacon.

Alice Hall Paxson (1868-1955) was a Quaker author and editor, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania She was the daughter of Thomas Heston and Lydia H. (Cox) Hall of Chester County. The family moved to Swarthmore, Pa., about 1889, and Alice graduated from Swarthmore College in 1888. In 1897, she married Charles Paxson. The family had close ties to Swarthmore College, including many graduates. Lydia (Cox) Hall was founding editor and editor for forty years of the periodical Scattered Seeds, a position in which her daughters. Abby Hall Paxson and Abby Hall Roberts, succeed her. About 1928, Alice Hall Paxson became chief editor.

The collection contains chiefly editorial correspondence and other papers relating to Scattered Seeds, a magazine for Quaker children, from 1930-1936 when it was edited by Paxson. Also, correspondence with American Unitarian Association, publishers of a similar periodical, The Beacon.

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Financial papers
  3. Manuscripts

Donor: Eleanor Paxson Keighton, 1972.

The collection was given by a daughter of Alice Hall Paxson, Eleanor Keighton of Swarthmore, Pa.

The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:

  1. See FHL periodicals for bound serial, Scattered Seeds, 1869-1935.
  2. Periodical also available on microfilm, FHL P326-P332.
  3. See also RG 2, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends Central Bureau, Scattered Seeds Account Books, 1916-1935.

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Place

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1972
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

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1930-1936, and n.d.
Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Small group of 3"×5" cards recording postage; payments for drawings, puzzles, stories, and verse; record of free copies mailed, etc., 1933-1935.
Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Notebook containing record of manuscripts received and memorandums of their return or retention, 1934-1936.
Box 1

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