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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:

Friends Historical Library collection of photograph albums

 Sub-Group — Othertype PA-ALB
Identifier: SFHL-PA-ALB
Abstract

This assembled collection consists of a wide variety of single albums acquired by the Friends Historical Library at various times from various sources.

Dates: 1850 - 1950

Richardson-Yarnall family pictures

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-185
Abstract

The collection contains photographs and other images of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families, Pennsylvania Quakers who lived in Philadelpia and Byberry, Pennsylvania. The families were united by the marriage in 1816 of Nathaniel Richardson and Hannah Yarnall of Byberry. Of special interest are the silhouettes of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families created in the Peale Museum, Philadelphia

Dates: 1806 - 1958

Friends Historical Library collected silhouettes

 Collection — Othertype SAFE
Identifier: SFHL-PA-033
Abstract

This collection combines various silhouette albums and images acquired by Friends Hitorical Library into a single finding aid.

Dates: Circa 1803-1845

Harvey family pictures

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-124
Abstract Dorothy Harvey Leonard was a nurse and family historian until her death in 2007. The Harvey family descends through Jesse Harvey, the son of Michael and Elizabeth, who was married to Keziah Ward in Center Monthly Meeting, NC, in 1786. Related families include Carter, Tregelles, Thorp, Palmer, Sharpless, Hampton, and many others.
 This collection contains artwork, albums, slides, negatives, and photos of families, people, events, nursing, schools, places, homes, vacations, and...
Dates: 1851 - 2003

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

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

Abby Hopper Gibbons Family Photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-069
Identifier: SFHL-PA-069
Abstract

Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) was an important figure in many of the reform movements in the middle and late nineteenth century. Like her father, Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), "Abby" Gibbons was an ardent abolitionist and dedicated to prison reform. This collection includes: a carte de visite album compiled by Abby Hopper Gibbons; a daguerreotype of Abby with her husband James and children; and photographs of her descendents, the Dunning family.

Dates: 1854 - 1935

Ozone Club Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-212
Scope and Contents

The collection contains various group and individual photos as well as courses played. The collection contains two photograph albums and loose materials in folders and sleeves.

Dates: 1900 - 2003

American Friends Service Committee photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-211
Identifier: SFHL-PA-211
Abstract

This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, collected over time from various sources, documenting the American Friends Service Committee and its projects. Post-World War I and post-World War II and Vietnam War relief work are well documented, and there are also photographs of AFSC work in the United States, Africa, other parts of Asia, and the Middle East.

Dates: circa 1918-1975

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