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SFHL/FHL/PA. Photograph Collections

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/PA
Collections of still photographic types, including paper prints, cased photographs, glass plates, and slides. Historically, when processing a collection, FHL staff have often removed the photographs from the manuscript portion (e.g. RG4 organizational records or RG5 family or personal papers) and stored them as an associated PA photographs collection. FHL staff have also assembled alphabetical files by topic, such as the Meetinghouse Picture File.

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Friends Historical Library meetinghouse picture file

 Collection — Othertype PA-MPF
Identifier: SFHL-PA-MPF
Abstract

This collection consists of images of various Quaker meetinghouses across the world, collected at various times from various sources, by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Dates: 1800 - 2000
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Historical Library collection of miscellaneous portraits

 Collection — Othertype PA-100-P
Identifier: SFHL-PA-100-P
Abstract

This collection contains miscellaneous photographs, engravings, illustrations, and other images, acquired over time from various sources by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The bulk is individual portraits of Quakers, with a few non-Quakers mixed in. There are also some group portraits of Quaker families and Quaker organizations.

Dates: circa 1860-1980
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Historical Library cased photographs collection

 Collection — Othertype PA-107
Identifier: SFHL-PA-107
Abstract

This collection consists of miscellaneous cased photographs - primarily daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, with some other formats - collected at various times from various sources by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Many were acquired as parts of manuscript collections of family papers.

Dates: approximately 1840-1870
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Martha Schofield photograph collection

 Collection — Othertype PA-143
Identifier: SFHL-PA-143
Abstract

Martha Schofield (1839-1916) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher from Pennsylvania who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S. C., in 1868 to provide education for formerly enslaved people. This collection contains a number of portraits of Martha Schofield, as well as some family pictures and photographs of the Schofield school.

Dates: 1847 - 1984
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

A. Keith and Ruth Smiley slides

 Collection — Othertype PA-161
Identifier: SFHL-PA-161
Abstract

A. Keith and Ruth Smiley were Quakers active in the Mohonk area. This collection consists of slides they took on their travels to England, Africa, and other sites.

Dates: 1952 - 1976
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Louis W. Schneider color slides

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-184
Abstract

This is a collection of approximately 1500 color slides taken by American Friends Service Committee worker Louis W. Schneider during his international travels to Africa, Asia, and Europe in the mid 20th century.

Dates: 1949 - 1983
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Parrish family photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-120
Identifier: SFHL-PA-120
Abstract

The Parrish family were prominent Philadelphia Quakers with close ties to Swarthmore College (Edward Parrish was the first president of the College). This collection contains portraits of various members of the Parrish family. The portraits are primarily card photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1860 - 1900
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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