Swarthmore College
Organization
Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Dechert photographs of Swarthmore College
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-042
Overview
Peter Dechert Associates, a photography company, took thousands of photographs of schools, colleges, and universities between 1952 and 1968. One of these colleges was Swarthmore College.
This collection contains a box of negatives and a box of small black and white photographs of various Swarthmore College functions and activities.
Dates:
1961 - 1965
John T. Diebold scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-002
Overview
The American businessman John T. Diebold, founder of the Diebold Group, Inc. and author of the management classic Automation, was a graduate of Swarthmore College (class of 1949). This collection consists of 89 scrapbooks carefully constructed by Diebold to document his life and the major events of his business career and personal life.
Dates:
1880 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1999
Charles B. Doron "Views of Swarthmore" photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-149
Overview
Approximately one dozen photographs of Swarthmore College and vicinity, from Charles B. Doron's "Views of Swarthmore" series. Collection is incomplete.
Dates:
1879 - 1881
Fell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-039
Overview
Joseph Fell (1804-1887), the son of Dr. David and Phebe Schofield Fell, was a Pennsylvania Quaker teacher and farmer. In 1835 he married Harriet Williams, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Watson Williams of Buckingham, Pa. Joseph and Harriet Fell had five children: William W. (1836-1874), Emily Catherine who married William Seal in 1863; David Newlin (1840-1919) who married Martha Trego; Edward Watson (1843-1901) who married Elizabeth Matlack Kenderdine in 1867; and Lucy W. Fell, born 1847....
Dates:
1753-1923
David W. Fraser papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D12
Overview
David Fraser was the 12th President of Swarthmore College (1982-1991). Trained as a physician with an emphasis on epidemiology, David W. Fraser (b. 1944) is also known as an advocate of liberal arts education, a scholar of public health, and an artist in traditional methods of textile construction. He joined Swarthmore College in 1982 after working at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and resigned from Swarthmore in 1991 to to head the Social Welfare Department at the Aga Khan Secretariat....
Dates:
1971 - 2007
Theodore Friend Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D11
Overview
Theodore Friend was President of Swarthmore College from 1973 to 1982. He is a teacher, historian, and novelist. His books include Indonesian Destinies (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Between Two Empires: The Ordeal of the Philippines (Yale University Press, 1965). He is President Emeritus of the Eisenhower Fellowship and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Dates:
1923 - 1982
Friends Historical Association
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-026
Overview
Friends Historical Association is an organization that promotes research and publication on topics in Quaker history. Membership and editorial offices are located at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. Minutes of the organization after 1964 are at Haverford College.
Dates:
1942-2001
Friends Historical Library Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-027
Overview
This collection contains the records of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Quaker reference library and archives, founded in 1871. Included are administrative records and correspondence, primarily that of the librarians and other staff, and miscellaneous records.
Dates:
1879-2010
J.William Frost Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-253
Overview
Papers of J. William (Jerry) Frost, Emeritus Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, Swarthmore College.
Dates:
1966-2004
Charles De Garmo Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D04
Overview
This collection contains the official correspondence and other related documents, of Charles De Garmo, fourth President of Swarthmore College (1891-1898).
Dates:
1891-1898
