Swarthmore College
Organization
Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:
Swarthmore Students for Disarmament Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Swarthmore Students for Disarmament
Dates:
1957-1962
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman Walton Swayne Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-144
Overview
The Swayne family were Quakers of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Caleb Swayne was a farmer and tanner, and his son, Benjamin, also operated a tan yard and conducted a school for boys, the London Grove Boarding School. Evan Thomas Swayne also taught at London Grove, but moved to the Eaton Institute, a boarding school for girls in Kennett, after 1865. His son, Edward Swayne, had a greenhouse business and wrote poetry. Edward's sister, Anna Belle, was a photographer before her marriage...
Dates:
1733-1987
Frederick Barnes Tolles Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-218
Overview
Frederick Barnes Tolles (1915-1975), Quaker librarian, teacher, and historian, was Director of Friends Historical Library from 1951-1970, and a member of the Department of History at Swarthmore College. This collection contains the papers of primarily relating to his books and articles on Quaker history and biography, along with other writings, including research notes on a proposed history of Swarthmore College.
Dates:
1871-1970
Travilla-Speakman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-352
Overview
The collection is composed largely of correspondence and related papers of Anna Travilla Speakman and her husband William Williams Speakman, Quakers of Swarthmore and Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania. Also represented is Anna's mother, Martha Newport Travilla, a Quaker minister who corresponded regularly with Samuel Willets. The Speakmans had a wide circle of friends in the extended Quaker community, particularly in Swarthmore College. The collection contains family photographs, some...
Dates:
ca 1850-1950
Trenton Friends Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-064
Overview
The Trenton Friends Association was formed in 1892 in Trenton, New Jersey, to promote “a thorough knowledge of the history and testimonies of the Society of Friends.” Meetings were held monthly, except in the summer, in the Trenton Friends meeting house. Papers were presented on a variety of topics. The collection contains minutes, constitution and bylaws, and manuscripts of papers read at meetings.
Dates:
1892-1908
The Tri-Co Law Review
Collection
Identifier: HCL-003-074
Overview
Student publication featuring essays on legal themes and issues.
Dates:
2022
TriCollege Guide
Collection
Identifier: HCL-003-029
Overview
Guides to upcoming events in Haverford and the TriCo.
Dates:
1993 - 1997
Trotter Hall Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-063
Overview
This collection consists of 15 mounted black and white photographs of scenes in Trotter Hall prior to renovation. Trotter Hall is an academic building on Swarthmore College's campus. It was renovated approximately in 1993.
Dates:
1993
Howard Haines Turner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-210
Overview
Howard Haines Turner (1909-1996) was a Quaker economist and educator who was active in a variety of social concerns, particularly in improving the justice system. He also had a lifelong interest in cooperative communities and worked in South Vietnam under the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Dates:
1927-1995
Walton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-160
Overview
The Waltons were a Quaker family from Byberry, Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia area, including Swarthmore. The lines represented in this collection were descended from Benjamin Walton (1701-1753) and Rebecca Homer Walton (d. 1783), of Abington Monthly Meeting and Byberry. The collection includes business and estate papers, mostly of Israel Walton (1789-1863), a diary of Mary D. Walton (1832-1915) which includes a roll book of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting First Day School, albums and verse...
Dates:
1725-1930
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 35
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 24
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 18
- Quakers -- Education 12
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 12
- Student Activities 10
- Swarthmore (Pa.) 9
- Greek letter societies -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 8
- Society of Friends -- Education 8
- diaries 8
- Students -- Social life and customs 7
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 5
- Universities and colleges -- Administration 5
- Literature -- Societies, etc. 4
- Quakers -- Diaries 4
- Quakers -- Social service 4
- genealogies (histories) 4
- College sports -- United States -- History 3
- College student newspapers and periodicals -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 3
- College students -- Pennsylvania 3
- College students -- Social life and customs 3
- Gay students -- Pennsylvania 3
- Greek letter societies -- United States -- History 3
- Quaker authors 3
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 3
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 3
- Society of Friends -- History 3
- Swarthmore (Pa.) -- History 3
- Universities and colleges 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 21st century 3
- albums (books) 3
- African American students 2
- Arboretums 2
- Arboretums -- Swarthmore 2
- Blue Route (Pa.) 2
- Businessmen -- United States 2
- Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- College students -- Societies, etc. 2
- Deans (Education) 2
- Debates and debating -- Societies, etc. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Horticulture 2
- Lesbian students -- Pennsylvania 2
- Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
- Poetry 2
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- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Quakers -- New Jersey 2
- Quakers -- New York (State) 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- School enrollment -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore -- Statistics 2
- Secret societies 2
- Society of Friends -- Charities 2
- Society of Friends -- History -- Societies, etc. 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 2
- Student organizations 2
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- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 2
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century 2
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- History 2
- criticism 2
- Adult education and state 1
- Affirmative action programs 1
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Altar of Good Will 1
- Amateur plays 1
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 1
- American periodicals -- Pennsylvania 1
- American poetry 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
- Arms control 1
- Arms control -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Art -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Art appreciation -- Societies, etc. 1
- Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
- Asian American Students -- Pennsylvania 1
- Baffin Island (Nunavut) 1
- Bisexual college students -- Pennsylvania 1
- Botany 1
- Business and education 1
- Castles -- Great Britain -- History 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Chautauquas 1
- Chautauquas -- History 1
- Chester (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Chester (Pa.) -- Quakers 1
- Chester County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- China 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1 + ∧ less
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