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SFHL/SCA/pers. Personal Papers - Alumni and Faculty

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/SCA/pers

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Albertson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-001
Overview

Mary Albertson was born in 1895 and earned a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. She joined the Swarthmore faculty in 1927 and served as chairman of the History Department from 1942 until her retirement in 1963. She died in May 1986. The collection contains notes and bibliography on index cards for book on British royal castles in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Dates: 1933-1935

Carl Barus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-002
Overview

Carl Barus was a professor of engineering and social activist. He taught in the Engineering Department at Swarthmore College from 1952 to 1985. He was active in negotiating a resolution to the 1969 admissions office sit-in by SASS and subsequently served on the Black Concerns Committee. Contains papers on African American student concerns at Swarthmore from the SASS sit-in in 1969 to minutes and papers of the Black Concerns Committee in the 1980s.

Dates: 1968-1985

Arthur Beardsley papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-003
Overview

Arthur Beardsley was a Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Swarthmore College from 1872-1889 and Librarian of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College from 1893-1917. The collection contains bound notebooks with handwritten math and science problems with solutions, diagrams, and proofs.

Dates: 1872

Brand Blanshard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-012
Overview

Brand Blanshard was a Quaker philosopher, writer, and teacher. He taught philosophy at Swarthmore College 1925-1944 and subsequently at Yale University until 1962 where he served as the chairman of the Philosophy Department. The collection contains primarily published writings and some correspondence and unpublished speeches.

Dates: circa 1920-1976

Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R3-008
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-008
Overview

Morris Lewis Clothier (1868-1947) was a businessman associated with Strawbridge & Clothier department store and a Swarthmore College alum who remained involved with the college from his graduation in 1890 until his death. The Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College, 1885-1948, consist of coursework, ephemera, nostalgic memorials, photographs, and other papers relating to Morris L. Clothier's time as a Swarthmore student and his involvement with alumni activities.

Dates: 1885-1948

David S. Cowden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-013
Overview

Collection contains four unpublished manuscripts by David S. Cowden who taught English literature at Swarthmore College from 1949 until his death in May 1983. He was a 1942 graduate of Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1957-1981

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

Everett Lee Hunt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-006
Overview

Everett Lee Hunt served on the faculty and administration of Swarthmore College from 1925 to 1956. The collection contains speeches and articles by Hunt (and some others) on topics such as Swarthmore College life, Frank Aydelotte, and College traditions, ranging 1935-1973.

Dates: 1935-1975

Ralph Keyes collection on Robert "Tiny" Maxwell

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-012
Overview Robert "Tiny" Maxwell (1884-1922) was an influential college and professional football player who attended Swarthmore College from 1904-1906. In 1984, Ralph Keyes wrote an article about Maxwell for Sports Illustrated. This collection consists primarily of photocopied newspaper clippings and other research materials assembled by Ralph Keyes for his article. Of special note are a small collection of original photographs of Tiny Maxwell, from his...
Dates: circa 1890-2015; Majority of material found within circa 1984

Gertrude Gilmore Lafore letters received

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-011
Overview

Gertrude Gilmore Lafore (1905-1993) was an alumna of Swarthmore College and a nursery school teacher based in Moylan, Pa. The bulk of the Gertrude Gilmore Lafore letters received date from 1928 to 1933 and are personal in nature, although there are also letters relating to her education, employment, and finances. There are a few letters from later years, and a couple photographs.

Dates: circa 1890-1944; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933