Media Friends School records
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of materials concerning appeals for funds and the admission of all qualified children regardless of race to Media Friends School in the late 1930s. Included are letters, mostly in support of this action, including from Wilmot R. Jones, Dorothy Biddle James, James G. Vail, Thomas E. Jones, Thomas Kelly, Dorothy Steere, and others. Also "Account of Friends School Incident Involving the Admission of a Colored Child, Feb. 1937" by Dorothy B. James and other related materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1965
Creator
- Media Friends' School (Media, Pa.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Note
The Media Friends School in Media, Pennsylvania, opened in 1876, and in 1930 merged with Friends Select School, also in Media.
Extent
.2 linear ft. (4 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of materials concerning appeals for funds and the admission of all qualified children regardless of race to Media Friends School in the late 1930s.
Acquisition
The Media Friends School records were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1986 by Veronica Barbato and Robert James.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed February, 2016.
- Title
- Media Friends School records, 1937-1965
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- February, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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