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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:

Fell Family photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-117
Identifier: SFHL-PA-117
Abstract Joseph Fell (1804-1887), the son of Dr. David and Phebe Schofield Fell, was a Pennsylvania Quaker teacher and farmer. In 1835 he married Harriet William, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Watson Williams of Buckingham, Pa. He served in the State legislature in 1837-38 and as superintendent of the county schools. Joseph and Harriet Fell had five children: William W. (1836-1874), Emily Catherine who married William Seal in 1863; David Newlin (1840-1919) who married Martha Trego; Edward Watson...
Dates: 1888 - 1900
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Cooper-Richardson family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-118
Abstract The Cooper family were Quakers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, attending meetings in the Woodbury and Byberry areas. Materials in this collection focus on the children of William E. and Elizabeth Roberts Cooper, their spouses and children. William Evans Cooper (1812-1856) married Elizabeth Matlack Roberts (1815-1902) at Woodbury Monthly Meeting in Gloucester County, N.J., in 1836. They had 8 children: Annie who married Ezra Lippincott, Sarah, Mary Kaighn who married Nathaniel Richardson,...
Dates: 1863 - 1977
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Stabler family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-119
Abstract

The Stabler family were Quakers involved in a wide variety of fields. This collection includes portraits and group photos of various members of the Stabler family. These include card photos, silhouettes, and an album, among other forms.

Dates: 1760 - 1988
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Gibbons family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-121
Abstract

The Gibbons family were Quakers in the Chester County / Delaware County area. They were heavily involved in philanthropic work, donating funds for a Sunday School to Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, and founding the Gibbons Home. This collection is composed of Gibbons family images--portraits of individuals, travel photos, and prints/photos of residences, among others. Card photos, tintypes, a few loose color photographs, and others are found in this collection.

Dates: 1880 - 1987
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Brooks family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-129
Abstract Involved in this collection are Morgan Brooks (1861-1947), a professor of engineering, and his wife, Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947). One of their children, Charles Franklin Brooks (1891-1958), became a member of the Society of Friends shortly after marrying Eleanor M. Stabler (1892-1986) in 1914. Their daughter, Barbara Brooks (1922-2007), married Edward H. Kerner, and she was active in Quaker concerns, particularly peace. This collection contains loose photgraphs, albums, and...
Dates: 1790 - 1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Arch Street Meeting House renovations photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-132
Identifier: SFHL-PA-132
Abstract

The Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was designed by Owen Biddle Jr. in 1803 in the Georgian style. It was completed in 1811. This collection contains photographs and negatives from renovations undertaken in 1990-1992 of the roof of the meetinghouse.

Dates: 1990 - 1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

1992 "Halcyon" (Swarthmore College yearbook) photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-133
Abstract

This collection consists of the photographs that were used to produce the 1992 version of the "Halcyon," the Swarthmore College yearbook.

Dates: 1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting workcamps photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-134
Abstract The Weekend Workcamps Program originated on the eve of World War II. It provides volunteers and opportunity to work in an inner city community, interact with neighbors, and dialog on peace and justice issues. Today the Friends' Workcamp Program operates under the auspices of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Standing Committee on Peace and Concerns. This collection includes miscellaneous photographs, primarily of Weekend Workcamps in the Philadelphia area, but also has some images of...
Dates: 1950 - 2002
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends' Ambulance Unit photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-135
Identifier: SFHL-PA-135
Abstract

The Friends Ambulance Unit was a volunteer ambulance service that operated during both World Wars as well as for a period after WWII (1946-1959). It was founded by a group of British Quakers and most of the volunteers were registered conscientious objectors. This collection contains loose black and white photos (now in sleeves) of the Friends Ambulance Unit in Syria and France. Some of the photos in this collection ran in Harper's Bazaar.

Dates: 1941 - 1943
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Niles family photographs and slides

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-136
Abstract

Mary Cushing (Howard) Niles (1900-1993) was a pioneer in the field of personnel management, and her husband, Henry E. Niles (1900-1993), was a management executive. Both were active in Quaker concerns. This collection includes formal portraits of family members, career-related pictures, travel photos, family photos, photos of family friends, and miscellaneous photos, along with slides and negatives.

Dates: 1881 - 2006
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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