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Dorothy G. (Dorothy Gladden) Harris Papers

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.216
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Dorothy G. Harris Papers, RG 4/028, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1927-1959 (inclusive)
Creator:
Harris, Dorothy G. (Dorothy Gladden), 1902-1972
Form:
drawings (visual works)
Abstract:
Dorothy Gladden Harris (1902-1972), Quaker librarian, archivist, scientific illustrator, was a librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and a researcher in Quaker history. This collection contains correspondence, articles, scientific drawings, and course, research, and reference notes relating to Dorothy Harris's activities as librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library and as a Quaker researcher. Includes correspondence relating to her work in London, England, as part of an exchange of Quaker librarians in 1947.

Dorothy Harris (1902-1972), Quaker librarian, archivist, scientific illustrator, was a librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and a researcher in Quaker history.

This collection contains correspondence, articles, scientific drawings, and course, research, and reference notes relating to Dorothy Harris's activities as librarian and archivist at Friends Historical Library and as a Quaker researcher. Includes correspondence relating to her work in London, England, as part of an exchange of Quaker librarians in 1947.

The collection is organized into four series. The series are:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Writings
  3. Scientific Illustrations
  4. Notes

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Gift of Dorothy Harris, 1971

Placed in document boxes as part of the records of Friends Historical Library and catalogued as a separate Record Group 4, Harris papers.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2000
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

General correspondence, 1937-1959.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by author. Largely pertains to library exchange with Friends House Library (1947) and Quaker contacts resulting from visits to England.

Correspondence and reports about Friends House Library exchange, 1947.
Box 1
Correspondence about library training and positions., 1936-1955.
Box 1
Correspondence with the Gottstein family.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

German family assisted by Dorothy Harris following World War II

"Friends' Work with the Indians—1945" Friends Intelligencer, 9/1/1945.
Box 2
"Old Friends Record Book Found," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Spring, 1946.
Box 2
"History of Friends Meeting Libraries," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Autumn, 1946.
Box 2
"Quaker Librarian's Exchange," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Autumn, 1950.
Box 2
"Grellet Letters at Swarthmore," Friends Intelligence, 2/17/1951.
Box 2
"Baltimore to Waynesville in 1805: Extracts from the Memoirs of Rebecca Wright Hill," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Spring, 1951.
Box 2
"From the Library of Pastorius," Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Autumn, 1953.
Box 2
"Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore," Friends Intelligencer, 10/3/1953.
Box 2
"Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: Its History and its Manuscript, Collections," Then and Now, 1960.
Box 2
"Old Salem Record Found," Friends Journal, 7/1/1962.
Box 2
"Friends and the Emancipation Proclamation," Friends Journal, 7/1/1962.
Box 2
Review of The Farthing Family.
Box 2
"Archival Collections at Swarthmore".
Box 2
Swarthmore College Library: reports while on the staff of the Circulation Department, 1939.
Box 2
Radnor Monthly meeting, History of.
Box 2
University of Pennsylvania M.A. paper: "Factors Influencing the Architecture of Nineteenth Century Quaker Meeting Houses in America.".
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Some notes and pictures for this paper are included. Microfilm copy of picture album used for the paper; most of the actual pictures removed from the article.

University of Pennsylvania M.A. paper: "Benjamin West, 1738-1820," and other papers.
Box 2
Drexel Institute School of Library Science, papers submitted for courses, 1936-1937.
Box 2

Correspondence regarding scientific illustrations, 1927-1931.
Box 3
Drawings published in scientific journals, 1930-1938.
Box 3
Drawings, published and unpublished.
Box 3
Drawings, sketchbooks and photographs.
Box 3

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: notes for talks on the library and on Quaker history.
Box 4
Archives, courses and conferences, 1951-1955.
Box 4
Friends House Library exchange: notes and reports; travel papers, 1947.
Box 4
School of Field Studies in European Archives, Libraries and Museums, 1955.
Box 4
Survey for college archives, 1951 and later.
Box 4
Swarthmore College: notes for course, 1954.
Box 4
Woodbrooke College: notes for course, 1947.
Box 4
Young Friends Seminar, 1936.
Box 4

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