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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:

New York Yearly Meeting album collection

 Collection — Othertype PA-099
Identifier: SFHL-PA-099
Abstract

Nine albums, collected by New York Yearly Meeting from various sources, include photographs, notes, poems/letters, and a few maps, as well as portrait albums featuring several prominent New York Quakers.

Dates: 1801 - 1976
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

John family pictures

 Collection — Othertype PA-102
Identifier: SFHL-PA-102
Abstract

The John family is a Quaker family of Uwchlan and Shamokin Valley in Pennsylvania. Some of the family later moved to Illinois but continued to be active in Friends organizations. This collection consists primarily of card photos of the John family, along with some prints and negatives of scenes.

Dates: 1775 - 1951
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Foster-Meyers family pictures

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-103
Abstract

The Meyers-Foster family are Quakers with close ties to Pennsylvania and in particular Westtown School. This collection consists primarily of color slides, card photographs, and loose photographs, both of the Foster-Meyers family and of organizations they were involved with.

Dates: 1865 - 1985
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jackson-Averill photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-104
Identifier: SFHL-PA-104
Abstract

Elmore Jackson was a Quaker heavily involved in international relations, both through the American Friends Service Committee and through the United Nations. This collection contains photographs from both his professional life and his personal life.

Dates: 1927 - 1985
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-111
Abstract The Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation was established at Swarthmore College in 1929 as a memorial to Arthur Hoyt Scott (1874-1927). The intention of the Foundation was to focus on plantings appropriate to Eastern Pennsylvania, creating a practical "garden of ideas" for amateur gardeners while at the same time improving the campus. The name changed to Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College in 1986. This collection consists of slides of plants, the Scott Arboretum, Arboretum employees,...
Dates: 1925 - 2005
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Deborah Rees African photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-112
Identifier: SFHL-PA-112
Abstract

Deborah and Emory Rees were Quaker missionaries to East Africa (today's Kenya). Photographs include the Reeses at work in Kaimosi and elsewhere in East Africa, 1899-1909 and 1911-1926. Some photographs are labeled, none are dated.

Dates: 1899 - 1926
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Rebecca Timbres Clark photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-113
Abstract Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to...
Dates: 1853 - 1999
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Longstreth family photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-114
Identifier: SFHL-PA-114
Abstract The Longstreth family were Pennsylvania Quakers who married into the Cook and Noble families. Thomas B. Longstreth (1796-1867) was a Philadelphia building contractor who married Lydia Noble (1803-1879), and both were active members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Noble, members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District. Samuel Noble was a successful tanner. This collection is composed primarily of black and white albums,...
Dates: 1735 - 1980
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Emily Howland family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-115
Abstract

Emily Howland (1827-1929) was a Quaker humanitarian and educator who is particularly known for her work with formerly enslaved people in Virginia during and after the American Civil War. This collection includes family photographs and photographs of Howland's abolition and women's rights colleagues.

Dates: 1763 - 1929
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

New York Quarterly Meeting Workroom Committee photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-116
Identifier: SFHL-PA-116
Abstract The Workroom, a project of the 15th Street and 20th Street New York Monthly Meetings, was established in 1940 by the Joint Peace and Service Committee of the New York Monthly Meetings. The sewing room produced garments for needy children during World War II. This collection contains one photo album, two packets of snapshots, and one folder of sixteen loose photographs. The photo album documents the Workroom activities as well as international photos of recipients of garments, with...
Dates: 1940 - 1976
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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