Swarthmore College
Organization
Found in 174 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Wharton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-162
Abstract
Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. The papers cover in depth his business activities as well as his career as Manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years and as founder of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection includes business correspondence, 1855-1908,...
Dates:
1691-1955
Women's Athletic Association of Swarthmore College records
Collection — Othertype RG6-Q036
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q036
Abstract
This collection contains meeting minutes, handbooks, and other records of the Women's Athletic Association of Swarthmore College (WAA), a student organization that held various administrative responsibilities relating to women's athletics. It was founded in 1898 as the Girls' Athletic Club of Swarthmore College. The Women's Athletic Association existed in some form into the 1980s at least.
Dates:
1902-1963
Swarthmore College WSRN (Radio Station) records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q011
Abstract
The Swarthmore College Radio Club, founded before 1933, was reorganized in 1939. It was open to all students interested in short wave radio communication. The club had its own transmitter and operated station W3YJ, affiliated with the American Radio Relay League. In 1940, the Radio Club began to sponsor the Swarthmore Network, a wired wireless station on the commercial broadcast band. The station acquired its current call letters, WSRN, sometime before 1952; it was a member of the...
Dates:
1957-1997
Phyllis Nelson Yuhas Papers
Collection — Othertype RG6-R3-003
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-003
Abstract
Phyllis Nelson Yuhas (1922-2006) was an emeritus professor of history and one of the founders of international education at Ball State University, Indiana. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1944 and received a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.. The collection contains letters, 1940-1944, from Phyllis Ann Nelson, a student at Swarthmore College, to her family in Iowa. She wrote weekly letters, detailing her daily...
Dates:
1940-1944
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 34
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 23
- 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
- College students -- Social life and customs 3
- Gay students -- Pennsylvania 3
- Greek letter societies -- United States -- History 3
- Quaker authors 3
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 3
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 3
- Society of Friends -- History 3
- Swarthmore (Pa.) -- History 3
- Universities and colleges 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century 3
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 21st century 3
- albums (books) 3
- African American students 2
- Arboretums 2
- Arboretums -- Swarthmore 2
- Blue Route (Pa.) 2
- Businessmen -- United States 2
- Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- College students -- Societies, etc. 2
- Deans (Education) 2
- Debates and debating -- Societies, etc. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Horticulture 2
- Lesbian students -- Pennsylvania 2
- Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
- Poetry 2
- Quaker women 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Quakers -- New Jersey 2
- Quakers -- New York (State) 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- School enrollment -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore -- Statistics 2
- Secret societies 2
- Society of Friends -- Charities 2
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 2
- Student organizations 2
- Student publications 2
- 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 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
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- 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
- College graduates -- Employment -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- College presidents 1
- College prose, American -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore -- Periodicals 1 + ∧ less
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