Swarthmore College
Organization
Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred H. Bloom papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D13
Overview
Alfred H. Bloom was the 13th President of Swarthmore College (1991-2009). One of Swarthmore's longest-serving presidents, he emphasized the importance of intellectual rigor, diversity, and social responsibility on campus, and is best known for revitalizing the Honors Program and eliminating varsity football. A linguistics scholar, Bloom formerly held faculty positions at Swarthmore College and Pitzer College, and resigned from his Swarthmore Presidency to become Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu...
Dates:
approximately 1973-2009
Elizabeth Powell Bond Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-014
Overview
Elizabeth Powell Bond (1841-1926) served for four years as Matron of Swarthmore College and was appointed as its first Dean of Women in 1890. She retired in 1906. 1906. A birthright Quaker and lifelong member of the Society of Friends, she played an important role in the development of coeducation at the College. (1860-1926), diaries and journals (1856-1925), business papers, speeches and articles, pictures, and memorabilia. Correspondents include Louisa M. Alcott, Ellen Emerson, Hannah...
Dates:
1856-1958
Branson-Jackson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-016
Overview
Anna M. Jackson and her daughter, Anna M. (Jackson Branson) Theiss, were Quaker activists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Anna M. Jackson was very involved in reform activities in New York City. She served as Chairman of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, and was also involved in the Women's Municipal League and the Political Study Club. Her daughter, Anna Morris Jackson ("Pansy"), attended Swarthmore College for two years, and in 1909 earned a B.S. in Education from Columbia...
Dates:
1794-1962
Rebecca Chopp papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D14
Overview
Rebecca Chopp was the 14th President of Swarthmore College (2009-2014). She is a well-known scholar of religion and American culture. While at Swarthmore, Chopp researched changing structures and cultures of higher education, the role of liberal arts in a democratic society, and religion and higher education. She resigned from Swarthmore College in 2014 to become the 18th Chancellor of the University of Denver. This collection includes correspondence, speech texts, and other documents from...
Dates:
2009-2015
Louise K. Clement Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-061
Overview
Louise K. Clement was an avid photographer who captured foreign landscapes and peoples, urban and idllyic settings, and portraits of people of all ages from approximately 1914-1946.
Dates:
1914 - 1946
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
Comly-White Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-030
Overview
John Comly, a Quaker minister and school master, was born in 1773. He married Rebecca Budd, a fellow teacher at the Westtown School, in 1803. They operated the Pleasant Hill Boarding School on their Byberry farm from 1804-1815. The collection includes family correspondence, the journal of John Comly's brother, Isaac, other manuscript writings, financial and legal papers, and miscellaneous papers. Also includes the ledger and memorabilia of Pleasant Hill Boarding School and papers of Helen...
Dates:
1771-1961
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
Robert D. Cross Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D10
Overview
Contains official presidential papers and faculty papers, the bulk of which are correspondence, of Robert D. Cross, ninth president of Swarthmore College (1969-1971). The boxes are arranged into two series, General Correspondence and Faculty Correspondence.
Dates:
1969-1974
Darlington Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Overview
This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family...
Dates:
1831-2012
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 35
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 24
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 18
- Quakers -- Education 12
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 12
- Student Activities 10
- Swarthmore (Pa.) 9
- Greek letter societies -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 8
- Society of Friends -- Education 8
- diaries 8
- Students -- Social life and customs 7
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 5
- Universities and colleges -- Administration 5
- Literature -- Societies, etc. 4
- Quakers -- Diaries 4
- Quakers -- Social service 4
- genealogies (histories) 4
- College sports -- United States -- History 3
- College student newspapers and periodicals -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 3
- College students -- Pennsylvania 3
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- Gay students -- Pennsylvania 3
- Greek letter societies -- United States -- History 3
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- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 3
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- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 21st century 3
- albums (books) 3
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- School enrollment -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore -- Statistics 2
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- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
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- Student organizations 2
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- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 2
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century 2
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- History 2
- criticism 2
- Adult education and state 1
- Affirmative action programs 1
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Altar of Good Will 1
- Amateur plays 1
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 1
- American periodicals -- Pennsylvania 1
- American poetry 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
- Arms control 1
- Arms control -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Art -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Art appreciation -- Societies, etc. 1
- Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
- Asian American Students -- Pennsylvania 1
- Baffin Island (Nunavut) 1
- Bisexual college students -- Pennsylvania 1
- Botany 1
- Business and education 1
- Castles -- Great Britain -- History 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
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- Chautauquas 1
- Chautauquas -- History 1
- Chester (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Chester (Pa.) -- Quakers 1
- Chester County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
- China 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1 + ∧ less
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