Swarthmore Historical Society Records
Scope and Contents
The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections were deposited in Friends Historical Library in 1996. The records include legal and financial papers of the organization, minutes, projects, and related historic preservation work supporting the Swarthmore Planning Commission and Swarthmore Borough Task Force on Historic Preservation.
Dates
- Creation: 1988-2014
Creator
- Swarthmore Historical Society (Compiler, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.
Extent
1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes plus reference files)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Swarthmore Historical Society was founded in 1988, and its collections were deposited in Friends Historical Library in 1996. The records include legal and financial papers of the organization, minutes, projects, and related historic preservation work supporting the Swarthmore Planning Commission and Swarthmore Borough Task Force on Historic Preservation.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into 4 series:
- Minutes
- Legal and Financial
- Projects
- Miscellaneous including correspondence and clippings
- Historic Preservation
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Swarthmore Historical Society
Processing Information
The records originally were stored in Swarthmore Historical Society Reference Files/ RG7/004. With additional donations a separate RG 7 number was assigned and the records processed and described.
Subject
- Swarthmore Historical Society (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Swarthmore Historical Society Records
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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