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Charles Palmer Topical Files

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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:
RG5.328
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.75 linear ft.
Language:
English
Date:
1894-1917 (inclusive)
Creator:
Palmer, Charles, 1863-1966
Abstract:

Charles Palmer, a Quaker attorney, was born in July of 1863, the son of Lewis and Hannah Pancoast Palmer of Concord Monthly Meeting. He studied at Swarthmore College in 1882 and 1885, then studied law with Edmund Jones in Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Arletta Cutler in 1897. and they had seven sons. Palmer was a staunch supporter of temperance and ran for a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the National Prohibition Party. He was also a practicing realtor and was involved in building and loan associations and insurance. Charles Palmer founded the Delaware County Historical Society. He died in Ridley Park in 1966 at the age of 102.

This is a collection of printed ephemera and related correspondence of Charles Palmer of Chester, Pennsylvania. The materials reflect his interests in temperance and other social reforms, politics, the Society of Friends, and other topics. While there is a small amount of correspondence, most is related to business or community involvement on Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

This collection was recovered from abandoned boxes and was initially covered in mold. What could be salvaged was sorted into topical files.

Charles Palmer family papers, RG5/112

Delaware County Poor House record of inmates, 1845-1846 to be transferred Delaware County Archives. Note: Delaware County (Pa.) Poor House records deposited in Historical Society of Pennsylvania were transferred to Delaware County Archives. Admissions and Discharges, Death in the County Home, 1808-1929, missing years 1841-1846.

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Patricia C. O'Donnell
Finding Aid Date
2020

Collection Inventory

Correspondence, 1894-1917 and 1937.
Box 1
Ephemera, 1900-1917 and undayed.
Box 1

Prohibition National Committee Ephemera, 1900-1916 and undated.
Box 1
Pennsylvania State Prohibition Ephemera , 1898-1916.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1898-1917 and undated.
Box 1
Delaware County Temperance Ephemera, 1891-1893 and undated.
Box 1
Temperance Publications, 1873-1936 and undated.
Box 1
Other Reform Publications and Ephemera, 1916-1937 and undated.
Box 1

Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1898-1937.
Box 1
Miscellaneous Publications, 1870-1927.
Box 1

Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1881-1916 and undated.
Box 2
Miscellaneous Publications, 1869-1929.
Box 2

Delaware County Business Ephemera, 1898-1917 and undated.
Box 2
Other Miscellaneous Correspondence and Ephemera, 1893-1934.
Box 2
Cultural and Recreational Ephemera, 1895-1917 and undated.
Box 2

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