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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 136 Collections and/or Records:

May Virginia Bassett Little photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-154
Abstract In the 1980s, May Virginia Bassett Little (1913-1994) created a series of family scrapbooks accompanied by short memoirs and excerpts from her diaries. Her father was a birthright Quaker, and the family had deep roots in Swarthmore College and the Borough of Swarthmore. Her husband, Ralph V. Little, Jr., (1909-2001), also was raised in Swarthmore. Their son, Donald Townsend Little, continued his mother's interest in autobiography and compiling family history. This collection contains...
Dates: 1923 - 2015
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends Historical Library collected miscellaneous lantern slides, glass negatives, and other formats

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-199
Abstract

This collection contains assorted lantern slides from various sources and places. These include: Joseph Schmoe Collection; Spence Etchings; National Parks; George A. Hoadley Travel Collection; Flowers and Gardens; Unidentified and uncategorized Swarthmore Borough Gardens

Dates: 1890 - 1930
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

Smedley Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-221
Abstract The Smedley family in America is descended from a George Smedley, a Quaker, who arrived in Pennsylvania about 1682, purchasing property from William Penn in what is now Middletown Township, Delaware County. The collection represents the descendants of Thomas Smedley and his brother Edward G. Smedley. The property was purchased by a nephew, Walter Smedley, a well-known Philadelphia Quaker architect. His widow married C. Canby Balderston, a business executive. The family sold the...
Dates: ca. 1875-1979
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 collection of meetinghouse photograph collections

 Sub-Group
Identifier: SFHL-PA-QMH
Abstract

Here are listed, in approximate chronological order, collections of photographs of Quaker meetinghouses, stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The collections were photographed or assembled by various individuals at various times.

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