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Ye Monks of the Black Cowl Records, 1912-1919 ,n.d. (inclusive)

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Abstract:

Ye Monks of the Black Cowl was a secret society composed of ten male students chose from even year classes at Swarthmore College. The file contains the initiation rite, constitution, a scavenger hunt, and other papers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi Papers, 1931-1932, undated (inclusive)

Extent:

0.5 linear foot

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This collection consists of approximately five months worth of letters written by the artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953) in which he describes his 1931-1932 journey back to Japan in vivid detail. Writing to his wife Katherine (Schmidt) in New York, Kuniyoshi details every experience, particularly the social and media activities surrounding his one-man exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka, and his visits to Okayama to spend time with his dying father. A few photographs of Kuniyoshi's train stop in Montana and an original writing in Japanese, laid out in a scroll format, are also included.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

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Yarrowstalks (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1961-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.25 linear feet (4 boxes + 2 map folders)

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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Yarnall family history, undated

Extent:

0.075 linear ft. (1 volume)

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Yardley Warner Letter, 1863-01-05

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.02 linear ft. (1 folder)

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This letter by Yardley Warner addressed to Alfred Cope and J. Evans is about the current state of history education at his school and the possibility of revamping their history textbooks and lecturing style.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Yardley Monthly Meeting Records, 1955-2024 (inclusive)

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1 linear ft. and 0.1 gb

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Yardley Library Company records, 1845-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear feet

Abstract:

The Yardley Library Company (Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania), originally the Yardleyville Library Company, was established in 1845 and incorporated in 1877. A building for the Library was erected in 1878. Initially a subscription library, the company became a free library in 1918, and was used as a community library until 1977, when a branch of the Bucks County Library was constructed outside of town in Lower Makefield Township. The Yardley Library Company records, 1845-1977, document the library over a 130-year period beginning with its founding in 1845. It includes minutes books, financial records, director's reports, circulation and library registers, circulation statistics, library catalogs, librarian's reports, and some correspondence, blueprints, and other miscellaneous records.

Held at: Yardley Historical Association [Contact Us]

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Yardley Historical Association local history collection, 1883-2013 (bulk) 1741-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:

9.5 linear feet

Abstract:

Yardley Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was settled in 1682 by Quaker minister William Yeardley who purchased a tract of land from William Penn. Following the completion of the Bristol-New Hope section of the Delaware Canal in 1831, new commerce and trade poured into the town, then called "Yardleyville." The town continued to grow following the completion of the New York branch of the railroad in 1876 that included a nearby station. Yardley was incorporated as a borough in 1895. The Yardley Historical Association local history collection, 1741-2013 (bulk 1883-2013), is organized into two series: I. Subject files and II. Manuscripts. The Subject files include pamphlets and ephemera, photocopies of historical documents, and photographs, relating to local history topics, such as floods and Black history in Yardley. The Manuscripts include various materials, such as documents, minute books, photographs, scrapbooks, and oral histories, that document Yardley individuals, families,...(see more)

Held at: Yardley Historical Association [Contact Us]

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Yardley Civic Club records, 1915-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear feet

Abstract:

The Civic Club of Yardley (Bucks County, Pa.) was organized in 1915 by a group of 30 women; its purpose was to "form a better Yardley." Mrs. A.J. Cadwallader served as its first president. The Club joined the Bucks County Federation of Women's Clubs in 1920 and the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) in 1926. A Yardley Junior Civic Club was created in 1940; it merged with the Senior Club in 1956. The Yardley Civic Club records, 1915-1966, primarily consist of administrative records, membership booklets/yearbooks, and scrapbooks, with some financial records, correspondence, ephemera, histories and anniversary booklets, constitutions and bylaws, and printed materials from parent organizations.

Held at: Yardley Historical Association [Contact Us]

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Yardley Borough records, 1895-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.5 linear feet

Abstract:

Yardley Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was settled in 1682 by Quaker minister William Yeardley, who purchased a tract of land from William Penn. Following the completion of the Bristol-New Hope section of the Delaware Canal in 1831, new commerce and trade poured into the town, then called "Yardleyville." The town continued to grow following the completion of the New York branch of the railroad in 1876 that included a nearby station. Yardley was incorporated as a borough in 1895. The Yardley Borough records, 1895-1967, include scattered administrative and financial records of the Borough, as well as records from the Borough Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Health.

Held at: Yardley Historical Association [Contact Us]