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SFHL/SCA. Swarthmore College Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: SFHL/SCA
The Friends Historical Library collects, preserves, and provides access to the institutional archives of Swarthmore College.
Creator: Swarthmore College

Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:

Swarthmore College audiovisual materials

 Collection — Othertype RG6-X
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-X
Overview

This collection consists of audio and audiovisual materials in various formats, collected at various times from various sources, about Swarthmore or documenting life at the College.

Dates: 1925 - 2015
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Benjamin West Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-S002
Overview Inaugurated October 24, 1931, the Benjamin West Society was dedicated to promoting the arts at Swarthmore College and to promoting the memory of painter Benjamin West (1738-1820) whose traditional birthplace is on the campus of Swarthmore College. The Society organized annual lectures on art and exhibits, and each year sent its members an art print. Its activities were lead by a small group of officers, particularly New York Quaker art dealer, Frederic Newlin Price, a Swarthmore College...
Dates: 1922-1975
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College. Black Cultural Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q006
Overview Contains the records of the Black Cultural Center, founded in 1969 and located on the campus of Swarthmore College. The BCC serves as a home for a number of organizations on campus including SASS (Swarthmore African-American Student Society), Gospel Choir, and Mjumbe, a literary magazine representing black students. The collection includes constitution, minutes, correspondence, and other records of SASS, the records of the Gospel Choir which was founded in 1971, and recent records of Mjumbe,...
Dates: 1968-2000
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Board of Managers Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-C
Overview Includes the records that document the work of the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College beginning in 1862, together with the records of the Board of Managers of the Friends Educational Association (1862). Also included are the records of committees appointed by the Board to oversee the operation of the College from its founding to the present. Records consist of minutes, committees of the Board, lists of members, resolutions, reports, papers of individual members of the Board, and...
Dates: 1862 - 2018
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Book and Key Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q005
Overview

Book and Key was a senior men's honor society that was active at Swarthmore College from 1906 to 1957. The collection contains the records of the Book and Key and the Temple Trust Association including by-laws, history, minutes, financial papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, a large Bible, and a large plaque.

Dates: 1906-1966
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Camera Club Records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q028
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q028
Overview

The Swarthmore Camera Club was student organization devoted to the study of photography. It sponsored an annual Lantern Slide Exhibition beginning in 1894 for which the participants took the photographs and manufactured the slides for presentation. This small collection contains a volume of minutes, 1896-1902, with some financial records and program..

Dates: 1896-1902
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Chi Omega Fraternity Records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-Q019
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q019
Overview

Chi Omega Sorority, Gamma Alpha Chapter of Swarthmore College, was chartered in April 1919. This small collection contains membership cards and initiation stubs, 1919-1931.

Dates: 1919-1931
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Civilian Foreign Service Training Program records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-J03
Overview During World War II, Swarthmore College offered relief and reconstruction training programs, initially at the graduate level for men in the Civilian Public Service (CPS), and later as an undergraduate major. This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, syllabi, reports, and other documents relating to Civilian Foreign Service (CFS) training programs at colleges and universities, particularly the CFS program at Swarthmore. The collection was compiled by J. Roland Pennock, a...
Dates: 1942-1946
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College classes records

 Collection — Othertype RG6-R4
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R4
Overview

Contains materials pertinent to each class, such as: class business records (constitution, accounts, meeting minutes); clippings; correspondence with Alumni Office; reunion planning materials; reunion yearbooks; class day materials (programs, speeches); commencement materials (press releases, information about honorary degree recipients, commencement speaker speeches/remarks); and more.

Dates: 1869 - 2015
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Community Housing Project Group Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q023
Overview

In 1976 a group of Swarthmore College students organized to propose a communal living experience within the context of the College housing. The experiment ended after the Spring 1982 semester due to student disinterest. The collection contains proposals and studies, The Ashton House log which includes meeting minutes, informal log entries, and topics of discussion, and miscellaneous notes.

Dates: 1976-1982
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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