scrapbooks
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
George L. Myers collection of circus materials
George L. Myers (1886-1953) was a performer in travelling theater, opera, and circus companies between 1906 and 1952, including Price of Pilsen Co., Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, Brinkley Girls Co., Sells-Floto Circus, and Baily Bros. Circus. The collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, and information documenting the routes taken by the companies.
William Parker scrapbook
The scrapbook is comprised of clippings of an article on the Christiana Riot, published in 1910 by the Atlantic Monthly, but originally published in 1866. The article, "The Freedman's Story," was written by William Parker, a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery and became an abolitionist and activist in Pennsylvania. He was a key actor in the Christiana Riot, and the article describes his memory of the event. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook.
Philadelphia Club of Advertising Women records
Samuel A. Purdie scrapbook
The scrapbook of Samuel A. Purdie includes clippings of his writing, including a series of essays on “Quakerism in Dixie,” a series entitled “Journal of a Conscript,” and a series entitled “For the Pioneer, Sojourn in the Land of Secession after a Collapsed Rebellion.” The clippings are pasted into the Back Creek Monthly Meeting school attendance record books.
Alfred G. Scattergood scrapbooks
Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums
Contains scrapbooks, autograph books, and albums compiled by Swarthmore College students, 1870-1960.
Swarthmore Historical Society scrapbooks collection
Personal scrapbooks from various donors. They were compiled by students of the Mary Lyon and Swarthmore Preparative Schools and Swarthmore residents.
George L. Seeley scrapbook
Isaac Sharpless presidential papers
Isaac Sharpless's papers consist of several publications by and about Sharpless, two letter books containing copies of his outgoing correspondence as President of Haverford College, and a scrapbook containing newspaper and journal articles by and about Sharpless.
